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Kenya: Maize Stock Dwindles
07 09 2008 Kenya is likely to face a maize shortage by mid next year, as the country's stock would have dwindled to less than a month's supply of grain.
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Kenya: Cabinet to Approve Rescue Plan for Ailing Farmers' Union
07 09 2008 A plan to rescue the ailing giant Kenya Planters' Co-operative Union is ready for Cabinet approval before being taken to Parliament.
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Malawi: Going Against the Grain On Subsidies
07 09 2008 In each of the past three growing seasons, the family of Bernadette Banda, in Chidambo village in the central region of Malawi, has doubled the maize harvest from the family plot, thanks to a government input subsidy programme.
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Nigeria: Sokoto Checks Quelea Birds' Invasion
07 09 2008 Determined to boost food production in the state, Sokoto state government has commenced the aerial spray against invasion of quelea birds and other pests that wrecks havoc on crops.
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Nigeria: Enugu Urges Community, Cattle Rearers Harmony
07 09 2008 The Enugu State Government has called on Fulani cattle rearers to maintain peace and harmony with their host communities.
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Kenya: Needed - Better Planning for ASK Shows
06 09 2008 Agricultural shows have of late taken a turn for the worse, and this is why I did not attend the Mombasa one last week.
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Kenya: Team Set Up to Monitor Sugar Imports
06 09 2008 The Government has struck at the heart of beneficiaries of cheap sugar imports after setting up a committee to monitor the flow of the commodity into the country from the Comesa region.
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Uganda: Karimojong Cross to Pader
06 09 2008 OVER 200 Karimojong from Kotido have, in the past one week, crossed into Pader in search for food and pasture for their cattle, Pader resident district commissioner (RDC) said on Thursday.
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Uganda: KCC Closes Over 28 Butcheries
06 09 2008 THE exercise of closing down substandard butcheries in the city ended yesterday with many butcheries closed. By Wednesday, 28 butcheries in Kabalagala, Makindye, Kasanga and Katwe, all in Makindye division had been closed.
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Mozambique: Food Crisis Can Be Solved, Says Guebuza
05 09 2008 The world food crisis can be solved, Mozambican President Armando Guebuza declared on Thursday, if major investments are made in countries such as Mozambique, which possess large amounts of arable land that is still unused or underused.
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East Africa: Three Million Children at Risk of Death
05 09 2008 Almost three million children across the Horn of Africa are at risk of death, disease and malnutrition due to a combination of drought, rising food prices and conflict, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today.
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Africa: World Bank Calls for Practical Measures On Food
05 09 2008 The World Bank has asked the international community to urgently implement measures to contain the food crisis that has pushed millions of people in vulnerable countries to the verge of extreme poverty.
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Nigeria: Adamu Advocates Stable Fertilizer Policy
05 09 2008 To address fertiliser crisis and agriculture related problems in Nigeria, there is the need to ensure policy consistency that will be passed from one regime to another, former Governor of Nassarawa State has said.
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Ethiopia: Desperate Farmers Eat Seeds Before Planting
05 09 2008 Martne Harja had prepared her three-quarter hectare piece of land at Galcha Seke village in Wolayita zone of Ethiopia's Southern Region for the planting season, but her seven children found themselves without food after the rains failed.
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Rwanda: Soil Erosion Affecting Farm Productivity
05 09 2008 Over the years local residents of Rebero in Gicumbi District north of the Rwandan capital of Kigali, watched as their soil was washed away by rain.
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Sudan: Food Riot At Refugee Camp in Darfur Kills One, Injuries Six Others - UN
05 09 2008 One person was killed and six others were injured during a food riot inside a camp that houses Chadian refugees in the Sudanese region of Darfur, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports.
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Rwanda: Claire Short in the Country, Praises Development Efforts
05 09 2008 Former British Secretary of Overseas Development Claire Short, has lauded Rwanda's development and reconstruction efforts over the past 14 years, saying that the remarkable positive changes are a result of good leadership.
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South Africa: Chicken Farm is a Health Risk, Court Told
05 09 2008 Poultry chain Rainbow Farms is taking a Khayelitsha man to the Cape High Court, claiming the man's chicken farm is a health hazard and may spread disease to its farm 500m away.
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Zimbabwe: Farmers Unhappy With Fertilizer Supply
05 09 2008 FARMERS' leaders have expressed concern with the rate at which fertilizer is being supplied given the impending summer cropping season.
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Namibia: Community Farm 'Commandeered', Residents Face a Barbed Future
05 09 2008 THE future of some 600 Nama people who have lived on a farm near Dordabis for nearly a century has been plunged into uncertainty - most of the grazing is being fenced off and they have to pay a N$50 grazing fee per animal per month to two men who claim to be the owners.
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Zimbabwe: Diplomatic Shops Ideal
05 09 2008 TWO Zimbabwean women passed through South Africa's Oliver Tambo airport security check points on their way back home and were asked to step aside and open their bags after the machines had detected unusual items in their luggage.
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Uganda: Farmers Advised on Fertilisers
05 09 2008 Farmers should combine natural and artificial fertilisers for sustainable crop productivity, an environment expert has advised.
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Nigeria: EG, Niomr Back From Thailand for Food Security
05 09 2008 A TEAM of experts from Erste Graceland, an agriculture consultancy firm and Nigerian Institute of Oceaneography and Marine Research (NIOMR) who were concerned about the nation's food security threat took a trip to Thailand to understudied shrimp farming were back from the trip recently: Verdict - "Shrimp farming does not really existent in Nigeria," they said with authority.
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Uganda: Kampala City Council Halts Crackdown On Butcheries
05 09 2008 Kampala City Council has halted it's crackdown on substandard butcheries because of security concerns. The District Veterinary Officer, Dr Bariyanga Ahimbisibwe, said KCC has resolved to involve Police force before resuming the operation. He said council officials have already communicated to the Regional Police Commander, Mr Edward Ochom, over the security issue.
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Nigeria: FG to Boost Farming in 38 Irrigation Projects
05 09 2008 Federal Government said it has concluded plans to expand farmimg activities in 38 irrigation projects across the country this year.
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