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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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DRC ex-combatants to be equipped with farming skills
31 July 2007, source: African Development Bank
URL: http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=293,174339&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&press_item=21860334&press_lang=us
Tunis: The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, will support a post-conflict socio-economic Reintegration support project in the Democratic Republic of Congo with a grant of 15 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 22...
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Malawi: Surplus maize production keeps demand low
31 July 2007, source: AlertNet/Reuters
URL: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/FEWS/140a8e3edfa67a095157aea07b026eb4.htm
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security released the third round crop estimates figures which put overall maize production at 3.44 million MT, 33.7 percent higher than the 2006 harvest. This is an historic record, and is attributed to favorable weather conditions and increased input uptake due to the government input subsidy program...
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Lesotho: Drought Flash Appeal 2007
31 July 2007, source: Ocha
URL: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MMCY-75JNK5?OpenDocument
Maseru: A combination of extremely high temperatures and low rainfall has led to one of the worst droughts in thirty years, causing the Government to declare an emergency on 9 July and request international assistance. Maize production, the country's main staple, has dropped by 51% compared to last year, causing a deficit that is likely to be further aggravated by decreased cereal production in parts of South Africa, which has also experienced below-average rainfall for much of this year, and which supplies approximately 70% of Lesotho's food requirements...
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Tanzania: Investors in bio-fuel production have local farmers worried
31 July 2007, source: Sunday Observer/IPP Media
URL: http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/observer/2007/07/29/95331.html
A workshop on investment in bio-fuel plants in Morogoro has heard a strong appeal from local farmers for protection against the threatening invasion from foreign investors. Staff Writer Evans Rubara who covered the workshop reports: Local farmers have appealed to the government for help in the face of invading foreign investors in the production of bio-fuel...
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Zambia: NRDC probe reaches peak
31 July 2007, source: The Times of Zambia
URL: http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200707270326.html
Ndola: Investigations into the circumstances under which 3,000 hectares of land belonging to Natural Resources Development College (NRDC) reduced to 300 hectares have reached advanced stage. Agriculture and Cooperatives minister, Ben Kapita also expressed disappointment at the way the 3,000 hectares ranch that used to provide proper training facilities in practical ranching to students had been reduced to almost nothing...
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Impoverished Malawi unveils economic blueprint
31 July 2007, source: The Citizen
URL: http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=44090,1,22
Blantyre: Malawi, one of the world's most impoverished countries, on Wednesday unveiled an economic blueprint to accelerate growth and reduce poverty with a focus on improving the agricultural industry. "The national economic policy will set Malawi on a growth path and eventually enable the country to break out of the poverty trap," said President Bingu wa Mutharika in a speech aired live on state radio...
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Zambia donates food to UN
31 July 2007, source: IOL
URL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20070726095217209C802794
Lusaka: The Zambian government on Thursday donated food to the UN's World Food Programme to help neighbouring countries such as Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo which are facing food shortages.Minister of Agriculture Ben Kapita said the donation was made after his country recorded an unprecedented food surplus for two consecutive years despite the floods that hit most parts of the country...
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Mozambique to launch industrial strategy
31 July 2007, source: African Press International
URL: http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/mozambique-said-on-wednesday-it-has-plans-to-spend-us87-million/
Maputo: Mozambique said on Wednesday it has plans to spend US$87 million to implement a three-year industrial policy and strategy to boost its exports. The programme will be rolled out on 7 September in the central port city of Beira, with Trade and Industry Minister, Antonio Fernando, and Agriculture Minister, Erasmo Muhate, leading the launching ceremony...
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South Africa: Proposed food labelling laws to promote healthy choices
30 July 2007, source: BuaNews
URL: http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07072710151002&coll=buanew07
Pretoria - Proposed food labelling regulations which aim to help consumers make healthier choices, are set to revolutionise the eating habits of South Africans. The new draft Regulations Relating to the Labelling and Advertising of Foodstuffs, have been published in the Government Gazette by the Department of Health in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act...
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High interest rates in Mozambique hindering agricultural development
30 July 2007, source: FreshPlaza
URL: http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=4886
Maputo: High interest rates charged by banks are one of the main obstacles to developing Mozambique's agriculture sector, an official has said. Setina Titosse, provincial agriculture director for Maputo, said Tuesday that in some cases interest of 35 percent was being charged and this was too much for most farmers, "whose production continues at very low levels, particularly in relation to cereals...
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Swaziland spots seeds of recovery in biofuel plant
30 July 2007, source: France24/AFP
URL: http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070729224505.9iu1zyko&cat=null
Mbabane: Swaziland, one of Africa's poorest and most drought-hit countries, is a test ground for a biofuel crop which its champions believe can transform the farming sector and generate vital revenue."I do not use the word 'life-changing' lightly but I was amazed when I first saw this plant," said pop star-turned activist Bob Geldof of the giant jatropha plants that are being cultivated on a farm in southern Swaziland...
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Africa looks to biofuels for economic fortunes
30 July 2007, source: Mail and Guardian
URL: http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=315258&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/
Dakar: Faced with mounting energy crises, many African nations in recent years have zealously launched projects to produce cheaper biofuels, but few have gained steam.One fervent advocate of biofuels, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, said during a trip to Brazil, a leading ethanol supplier, that biofuels would set in motion "a new revolution in Africa"...
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African mapping highlights risk of drought and flood
30 July 2007, source: Africa Science/SciDev.Net
URL: http://africascience.blogspot.com/2007/07/african-mapping-highlights-risk-of.html
London: The European Space Agency (ESA) has produced maps of soil moisture levels in southern Africa, and says they will help predict floods and droughts. The maps of countries in the Southern African Development Community were published online last week (16 July) and will be available to governmental and independent organisations free of charge...
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Technology predicts African food shortages
30 July 2007, source: Africa Science/SciDev.Net
URL: http://africascience.blogspot.com/2007/07/technology-predicts-african-food.html
London: Satellite data could soon help predict and manage food shortages in Africa, with the help of a new model developed by NASA. Molly Brown, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre, has developed a model that combines remotely-sensed crop data with grain prices to predict changes in food prices in the future...
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