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Uganda: Museveni Reveals National Oil Plan
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 09 07 2008 PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has said revenue from Uganda's oil will be used to develop infrastructure and other sectors of the economy such as agriculture.
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Zimbabwe: No Foreign Currency, No Food
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 09 07 2008 A R100 (US$13) remittance from a relative living in South Africa was a lifeline to food for Lydia Nxumalo, 36, and her family in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city.
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Swaziland: A Better Maize Crop, But Not Enough
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 09 07 2008 Swaziland's anticipated maize harvest this year will be double the size it was in 2007, when drought devastated the crop, but still not enough. According to UN estimates, over 20 percent of the country's one million people face the possibility of going hungry.
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EU Considers Dumping Biofuels While U.S. Continues to Bully Global South to Adopt Gene-Altered Crops
Environmental News Network | Agriculture 08 07 2008 European Union energy ministers said at an informal meeting Saturday they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels.What seems to be a stunning misreading on the part of policymakers in Brussels comes at a time when the image of biofuels has shifted over a matter of a months from climate saviour to climate pariah.
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Uganda: Parents Face Jail for Not Feeding Kids
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 PARENTS and guardians who fail to feed their children will be charged and imprisoned for six months or fined sh240,000.
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Zimbabwe: NGO Ban Starting to Bite
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 The ban on non-governmental organisation (NGO) activities in the lead-up to the second round of voting in the presidential ballot is beginning to bite, according to Zimbabwe's communal farmers, who are weathering the worst food shortages in living memory.
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Tanzania: Higher Crop Prices Bring Farmers No Joy
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 The six-foot tall corn stalks on Kastul Baha's homestead are the envy of his pastoral village in northern Tanzania.
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Africa: G8 Leaders' Statement on Global Food Security
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 1. We are deeply concerned that the steep rise in global food prices coupled with availability problems in a number of developing countries is threatening global food security. The negative impacts of this recent trend could push millions more back into poverty, rolling back progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. We have taken additional steps to assist those suffering from food insecurity or hunger, and today renew our commitment to address this multifaceted and structural crisis.
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Africa: High Food Prices Put World Food Day 2008 in the Spotlight
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 Rarely has World Food Day assumed greater meaning than at the present time, as rapidly rising food prices risk increasing the number of hungry people, notes FAO's Chief of World Food Day events, Sidaty Aidara.
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Africa: UN Rome-Based Agencies Call On G8 for Decisive Blow On Hunger
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 The heads of the three United Nations agencies based in Rome today called on G8 leaders to help feed the world by contributing to a new green revolution through much-increased public financing to agricultural development.
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Nigeria: How to Tackle the Food Security Conundrum
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 Members of the National Council on Agriculture came out of an emergency meeting in Abuja last week in full agreement that Nigeria needed a revolution in the sector. They were however not sure whether the country could implement the current food security programme, which is being pursued by Agriculture and Water Resources Minister, Dr. Abba Sayyadi Ruma. Etim Imisim writes
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Kenya: Sh12.3 Million Boost for Aloe Vera Project
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 The European Union has donated Sh12.3 million towards the production and sustenance of an Aloe Vera project in Baringo to boost rural livelihoods.
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Southern Africa: SADC Countries to Toughen Up on Fighting Illegal Fishing
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 The eight coastal countries belonging to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Friday agreed on tough measures to curb illegal fishing and the landing and marketing of such catches at their ports.
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Uganda: Cattle Vaccination to Start
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 THE Government is to carry out a massive vaccination of animals following an outbreak of foot-and- mouth disease in some districts.
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Namibia: Otjombinde Gears for Farming Shift
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 Slowly but surely, the farming community here is now increasingly visiting the Agriculture Extension Office, to the pleasure and satisfaction of Ewald Tjihuro, the new kid on the block as far as agricultural extension is concerned.
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Namibia: CoD Wants Answers On Rotten Food
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 The Congress of Democrats is still prodding the Government for answers on the food aid that went rotten while in store at Caprivi Region last year.
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Namibia: Region Battles With 'Cancer' of Fishing
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 Lack of resources and technical capacity among the Southern African Development Community (SADC) coastal member states are some of the reasons the region is unable to effectively deal with the "cancer" of illegal fishing, estimated to cost the region N$8 billion in revenue every year.
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Uganda: Mengo in Anti-Famine Campaign
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 THE Buganda government has launched a campaign to fight poverty and famine in Bugerere county, Kayunga district.
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Namibia: New Farmers Attend Lecture
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 Emerging farmers flocked to another edition of a one-day public lecture series in Windhoek on Thursday, receiving practical tips from experts on topics like proper marketing of livestock, successful farming methods and veterinary first aid.
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Namibia: Sheep Farmers Give Govt Until Month End
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 Sheep farmers who wanted to start a boycott of local abattoirs yesterday postponed the exercise in order to give Government a month to come up with a solution to the highly unpopular export restrictions Cabinet imposed on them.
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Namibia: Meatco Takes Over Ownership of Namco
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 Namibia's largest meat producing company, Meatco, took over the ownership of the Namibia Allied Meat Company (Namco) recently.
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South Africa: Cosatu Marching for State Action On Prices
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is hoping to convince the government to show "political will" on the issue of food prices and regulate basic food prices when it marches on Parliament tomorrow.
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Nigeria: National Assembly Endorses Rural Watch Award for Excellence
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the National Assembly have agreed to be part of the Rural Watch Award for Excellence, coming up in Abuja in September this year.
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Rwanda: Country to Host Coffee Cup of Excellence
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 Rwanda will host the coffee Cup of Excellence competition in August. This was revealed last week by the OCIR Cafe Marketing Manager, Beninya Izabiriza, during a fundraising ceremony for the Cup of Excellence competition at Serena Hotel. The event that will be covered by local and international journalists will be held in Africa for the first time.
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Nigeria: Bauchi Govt Boosts Meat Factory With N45 Million
All Africa | Food and Agriculture | Latest News 08 07 2008 The Bauchi State government has so far committed about N45 million to reactivate the Meat Products Company in Bauchi. The Executive Chairman of the Bauchi Meat Company,Alhaji Abdulkadir Sabo Abubakar revealed this to newsmen in Bauchi recently and reiterated their determination to run the company through public, private partnership.
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