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A current awareness bulletin for ACP agriculture

Remote control
30 08 2010 Managers of the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali are using remote sensing data to analyse the efficiency of the system without having to physically check the infrastructure. The information will help them prepare for future expansion.

A balanced delivery
30 08 2010 Irrisat-SMS combines satellite data, information from local weather stations and feedback from farmers to deliver daily, detailed irrigation scheduling advice via SMS.

A plan for the future
30 08 2010 Tanzania’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation has developed an ICT strategy, which includes using GIS, radio and cell phones, to deliver irrigation and water services.

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CTA / Knowledge for Development


Observatory on science and technology for ACP agriculture and rural development

2009-10 Africa-wide women and young professionals in science competitions
04 09 2010

The finals of CTA/FARA/AGRA/RUFORUM/ANAFE/NPCA 2009-2010 Africa-wide science competitions were held in Burkina Faso from 19-20 July 2010 as a side event during the 5th African Agricultural Science Week and FARA General Assembly. The 'Women in science' competition was won by Dr Sarah Lubanga Mubiru of Uganda for her work on the Development of the ‘ENDIISA’ decision support tool for improved feeding of dairy cattle in Uganda. Other winners were Dr Theresia Luvuno Munga of Kenya, Ms Esperance Benedicte Zossou of Benin, Mrs Lalini Unmole of Mauritius and Ms Eunice Wamuyu Githae of Kenya. The Young Professionals Competition was won by Ms Sandrine Nguiakam of Cameroon for her paper on « Cours des matières premières, recettes budgétaires et croissance économique: Cas de la Cote d’Ivoire ». Other winners were Mr Kevin Zowe Mganga of Kenya, Ms Aneeza Soobedar of Mauritius, Dr Robert Kajobe of Uganda, Ms Wendkhoumi Sabine Marie Flore Doamba of Burkina Faso and Mr Michael Kwabena Osei of Ghana. Read the abstracts of the winning papers.

2009-10 Africa-wide women and young professionals in science competitions
04 09 2010

The finals of CTA/FARA/AGRA/RUFORUM/ANAFE/NPCA 2009-2010 Africa-wide science competitions were held in Burkina Faso from 19-20 July 2010 as a side event during the 5th African Agricultural Science Week and FARA General Assembly. The 'Women in science' competition was won by Dr Sarah Lubanga Mubiru of Uganda for her work on the Development of the ‘ENDIISA’ decision support tool for improved feeding of dairy cattle in Uganda. Other winners were Dr Theresia Luvuno Munga of Kenya, Ms Esperance Benedicte Zossou of Benin, Mrs Lalini Unmole of Mauritius and Ms Eunice Wamuyu Githae of Kenya. The Young Professionals Competition was won by Ms Sandrine Nguiakam of Cameroon for her paper on « Cours des matières premières, recettes budgétaires et croissance économique: Cas de la Cote d’Ivoire ». Other winners were Mr Kevin Zowe Mganga of Kenya, Ms Aneeza Soobedar of Mauritius, Dr Robert Kajobe of Uganda, Ms Wendkhoumi Sabine Marie Flore Doamba of Burkina Faso and Mr Michael Kwabena Osei of Ghana. Read the booklet of abstracts.

Development of ‘ENDIISA’ decision support tool for improved feeding of dairy cattle in Uganda
04 09 2010

Despite existing knowledge and, in some instances, the appropriate use of feed resources, milk production on dairy farms has remained low in the ranges of 2–5 Lcow-1day-1. In her paper, Mubiru argues that this poor performance clearly points to a gap in farmers' knowledge regarding cattle feeding. Since farmers are unable to know the quantities of feeds needed to meet the nutritional requirements of their animals, they were only able to provide 59% and 36% of the required metabolisable energy and crude protein, respectively, to their animals. A mechanism was developed by which farmers could establish adequate feed quantities for their cattle, even when they are combining a variety of feeds. ‘ENDIISA' is the web-based decision support tool that was one of the major outputs of the author’s winning research submission. Read Dr Mubiru and the other papers in the booklet of abstracts of all winning papers.

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CTA / Brussels office / Web log


information on key ACP-EU programmes and events from Brussels relevant to agriculture and rural development in ACP countries.

Brussels Development Briefing on 'Financing Agriculture'
04 09 2010 The 20th Brussels Development Briefing will be on 'Financing agriculture' and will take place on the 15th of September 2010. As an input to the UN Summit on MDGs to be held in New York on 22-26 September 2010, we will discuss issues related to financing development in the context of agriculture and rural development. This will include issue such as Aid and ODA, taxation (Domestic tax revenues), private investment (new donors), revenue generation. Speakers include: Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College in London, the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa in the US, CONCORD, OECD, African Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, YARA, African regional framers organizations.
For more information please contact: lopes@cta.int or boto@cta.int

Our video guest this week: Mr. Pedersen, FAO
04 09 2010 Our video guest this week is Mr. Pedersen; he is the director of the FAO Liaison Office with European Union and Belgium. In this interview Mr. Pedersen explains how the FAO is working with the EU. Furthermore, Mr. Pedersen elaborates on the work of the FAO towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In particular, Mr. Pedersen stresses on the issue of food security. He presents the various actions and campaigns, such as the 1 billion hungry campaign, to illustrate the work done by the FAO in this area.

Looming food crisis to hit Afghanistan and Africa first
31 08 2010 African nations make up 36 of the 50 nations whose food supplies are most at risk, according to the Food Security Risk Index of 163 countries, compiled by risk analysis firm Maplecroft. Extreme droughts and high poverty rates, as well as poor infrastructure for transporting agricultural products, render Sub-Saharan Africa particularly vulnerable, it said.

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Centre de resources virtuel des publications du CTA

Fabrication de cossettes et de farine de banane
03 09 2010 Ce dépliant vous montre comment vous pouvez fabriquer des cossettes et de la farine à partir de la banane.

Élevage des chèvres laitières
03 09 2010 La plupart des paysans souhaiteraient élever des vaches laitières mais ils ne possèdent pas assez d’argent pour se procurer les animaux, construire des étables pour la stabulation permanente ou assez de terre pour produire le fourrage nécessaire...

Du compost enrichi pour des rendements plus élevés
03 09 2010 La fertilité du sol peut être augmentée par l’utilisation d’engrais chimiques, mais ceux-ci sont trop chers pour beaucoup de paysans et ils ne sont pas toujours disponibles. Une autre option plus abordable est de produire soi-même du compost...

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CTA / Anancy


CTA's virtual resource centre

FANRPAN 2009 Annual Regional Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue: Summary of Proceedings
02 09 2010 This dialogue brought together researched case studies from different countries on the “true contribution of agriculture to economic growth and poverty in southern Africa” – based on the various forward and backward linkages...

2009 FANRPAN Policy Dialogue – True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth
02 09 2010 To be noted: Media as a key partner in policy advocacy (p7) and the need to invest in local research to support policy (p.8)

The True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Development
24 08 2010 Issues covered include investments in agriculture for Malawi’s and Mozambique economic growth.

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CTA / Corporate site / English

Our video guest this week: Mr. Pedersen, FAO
01 09 2010 Our video guest this week is Mr. Pedersen; he is the director of the FAO Liaison Office with European Union and Belgium. In this interview Mr. Pedersen explains how the FAO is working with the EU. Furthermore, Mr. Pedersen elaborates on the work of the FAO towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In particular, Mr. Pedersen stresses on the issue of food security. He presents the various actions and campaigns, such as the 1 billion hungry campaign, to illustrate the work done by the FAO in this area.

Prospects for expansion of Namibian dairy sector
31 08 2010

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