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What exactly did Kofi Annan say in Nairobi?
03 August 2007, source: Business Daily Africa
URL: http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2257&Itemid=5822
Nairobi: Since Kofi Annan's Press conference in Nairobi over two weeks ago, the GM (genetically modified) food debate has arisen once again. As Chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Mr Annan's statements reverberated around the globe through media reports suggesting that AGRA would not incorporate GM into their strategy for boosting agricultural productivity in Africa...
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WB approves additional financing for agricultural research in Uganda
03 August 2007, source: World Bank
URL: www.worldbank.org/uganda
Washington: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $12 million International Development Association (IDA) credit to provide additional financing to the Second Agricultural Research and Training Project in Uganda.The objectives of the Second Agricultural Research and Training Project (ARTPII) are to generate new knowledge, strategies and technologies in support ofthe Government of Uganda's Plan for the Modernization of Agriculture (PMA);design and implement improved procedures and capacities for scaling-up theapplication of new technologies; and capacity building of the reformed NationalAgricultural Research System (NARS)...
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Gordon Brown on MDGs
02 August 2007, source: Office of the Prime MInister
Speaking at the United Nations headquarters in New York, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that "today is an important decision day for Darfur - and for change". The speech, as prepared for delivery, follows: It is a pleasure to be here in New York today. Coming here six years after September 11th I recall the resilience and bravery shown in this city in the face of tragedy...
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Zimbabwe: WFP launches appeal for emergency funding
02 August 2007, source: Irin
URL: http://www.irinnews.org
Johannesburg: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) made an urgent US$118 million appeal on Wednesday to provide immediate assistance to 3.3 million Zimbabweans facing severe food shortages. "Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans are already starting to run out of food, and several million more will be reliant on humanitarian assistance by the end of the year," Amir Abdulla, WFP's Regional Director for Southern Africa, said in a statement...
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Botswana: Agriculture needs government boost
02 August 2007, source: Mmegi/The Reporter
URL: http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200708010823.html
Gaborone: Calls by Trade Minister, Neo Moroka for the commercialisation of agriculture are timely and more than welcome if Botswana is to achieve self-sufficiency in food production. Media reports indicate that Moroka called for the commercialisation of agriculture when speaking at the just ended Gantsi agriculture show...
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Nasfam teach growers on groundnuts poison
02 August 2007, source: The Daily Times
URL: http://www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/article.asp?ArticleID=5975
Lilongwe: The presence of poisonous substances in groundnuts would undermine the country's exports of the product, National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (Nasfam) has said.The poison, scientifically known as Aflatoxin, develops when groundnuts are not properly stored is responsible for numerous human ailments including cancer...
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EDUN launches the Conservation Cotton Initiative
02 August 2007, source: Earthtimes.org
URL: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,150104.shtml
New York: In an effort to create a truly sustainable global community, EDUN has established the Conservation Cotton Initiative (CCI). The Initiative will work towards improving the livelihoods of communities in Africa by promoting greater investment in sustainable and ethical production of conservation-friendly agricultural products...
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Kenya: Agriculture drives economy to new highs
02 August 2007, source: The Standard
URL: http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143972159
Nairobi: Boosted by positive growth in agriculture, manufacturing, hotels and restaurants, transport and communication and financial sectors; the economy has registered a 6.3 per cent growth for the first quarter ended March 31. This is compared to a 4.1 per cent increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in a corresponding period last year...
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Swaziland-South Africa: First drought and food shortages, now fires
01 August 2007, source: Irin
URL: http://www.irinnews.org
Mbabane: Fires have blazed through parts of Swaziland and eastern South Africa since last week, destroying crops and plantations and killing over 20 people and thousands of cattle. The Swazi government declared a national emergency in June. "Fires have broken out in all four regions of the country; high winds have been spreading these fires since Friday," William Dlamini, spokesperson for Swaziland's Fire and Emergency Services, told IRIN...
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Uganda: Budding flower sector wants sheltered EU market
01 August 2007, source: IPS/The East African
URL: http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/current/Business/biz3007074.htm
Uganda's flower industry needs government incentives and preferential European Union access to stay competitive, say stakeholders in the floriculture sector. Uganda is Africa's fifth-largest flower exporter, dealing solely in roses and chrysanthemum cuttings. The industry earns over 30 million dollars annually in revenue from over 7,500 metric tonnes of exported flowers...
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Angola: July food security update
01 August 2007, source: Reuters AlertNet
URL: http://fews.net/centers/files/Angola_200706en.pdf
Luanda: The majority of the population is generally food secure because of recent harvests of cereals, tubers and beans. As consequence, most key informers have reported stable nutritional status of children below five years of age. However, some moderately food insecure population can be found in Cunene and Uige, where harvests has been affected by poor rainfalls, disease and pests...
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Mozambique: Agriculture inputs fairs
01 August 2007, source: IPS
URL: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38701
Maputo: Despite a chain of misfortunes, 75-year-old Gonçalves Mandlate faithfully works his plot soon after sunrise each day, hoping that his life, and those of the five grandchildren who live with him, will improve.Their standard of living is miserable. All six live crammed into a reed shack that is divided inside by a coarse, sack-like curtain...
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Ghana: Stanbic starts negotiations with government and stakeholders
01 August 2007, source: Ghanaian Chronicle
URL: http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200707250525.html
Accra: Standard Bank Africa, parent company of Stanbic bank has said it has started negotiations with government concerning their unsolicited proposal to merge with the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB). Stabic would also have discussions with the Management of ADB and Parliament. This follows a response to Standard Bank's proposal by the government on June 7, 2007 for negotiations to begin...
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Fourth Biennial International Waters Conference
01 August 2007, source: DEAT
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07073110451001.htm
Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk opens Fourth Biennial International Waters Conference in Cape Town: "The success of International Waters Programmes and projects must lie in the ability of the implementers to work across state boundaries with various configurations of government agencies and portfolios...
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High level AU/Brazil/UNIDO biofuels seminar
01 August 2007, source: African Union
URL: http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2007/july/IE/30/PR%20BIOFUEL%20SEMINAR%20II-ENG.doc
Addis Ababa: The First High Level AU/Brazil/ UNIDO Bio-fuels Seminar in Africa kicked off this morning (Monday), at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, under the theme: " Sustainable Bio-fuels Development in Africa".Organised by the African Union Commission in collaboration with the Brazilian government and the UNIDO, the First High Level Seminar on Bio fuels falls within the overall framework of the 2004-2007 Strategic Plan of the African Union Commission that envisages, among other things, the elaboration of a policy and strategies on new and renewable energy...
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