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Zimbabwe: Govt to Disobey Court Ruling on Farms
01 12 2008 THE Sadc Tribunal's ruling that 78 white former commercial farmers whose properties were compulsorily acquired by Government for resettlement could keep their farms will not reverse land reforms.
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Nigeria: UN to Invest $50 Million in Cassava Processing
01 12 2008 International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has revealed plans to invest $50 million to improve the processing of cassava in the country and increase market accessibility of the product.
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Africa: 'Food Crisis a Blessing to Continent'
01 12 2008 PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has reiterated that he is happy with the current food crisis, saying it is a good opportunity for Africa.
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Zimbabwe: US$550 Million Needed for Food - Relief Agencies NGOs
01 12 2008 HUMANITARIAN agencies say they will need a staggering US$550 million for their programmes in Zimbabwe to alleviate massive starvation and death due to curable diseases such as cholera.
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Uganda: High Food Prices Causes Inflation
01 12 2008 UGANDA'S annual inflation rose to 14.9% in November from 14.5% last month due to higher food costs, the government said on Friday.
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Nigeria: Reps Threaten Research Institute, Agencies Over Funds
01 12 2008 THE House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has warned research institutes and other agencies under its supervision that the House may not approve any new funds for capital projects if they did not show how useful they deployed the one given to them before.
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Zimbabwe: Police Seize Maize 'To Curb Cholera'
01 12 2008 Police are reportedly seizing maize from desperate residents at roadblocks on roads leading to the city under the pretext that they want to curb the spread of cholera.
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Zimbabwe: 'Work Together to Ensure Food Security'
01 12 2008 ZIMBABWEANS should work together to boost agricultural production and ensure food security so that the country stops relying on donor organisations, Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Constantine Chiwenga has said.
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Uganda: Karamoja Districts Get Tractors
01 12 2008 THE districts of Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto, Abim and Nabuin Agricultural Institute have received over six tractors worth sh110m each.
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Uganda: Agriculture Threatens Wetland Existence
01 12 2008 MANY people have been made to think that it is only construction that is threatening wetland depletion. To the contrary even agriculture is reclaiming many wetlands and it is increasingly becoming a threat.
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Zimbabwe: 'Regularise Settlement'
01 12 2008 At least 5 000 families resettled under model A1 scheme in Chiredzi have appealed to the Government to give them offer letters to regularise their occupancy.
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Uganda: Japan Donates Food to Karamoja
01 12 2008 The government of Japan has donated food aid to the Karamoja region as part of the nation's support to Uganda.
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Zimbabwe: Mujuru Launches Champion Farmer Programme
01 12 2008 ACTING President Cde Joice Mujuru yesterday launched the Champion Farmer programme with a donation of seed, fertilizer and farm implements in Guruve District.
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Nigeria: FG to Review Youth-in-Agric Programme
01 12 2008 Minister of Youth Development, Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, has said that the Federal Government will review the 'Youth-in-Agriculture' Programme to target rural cooperative youth societies for mass food and cash crops production in the country.
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Uganda: Museveni Warns Peasants to Ensure Food Security
01 12 2008 THE Prosperity-for-All programme, a campaign to alleviate household poverty, transform peasants into commercial farmers, President Yoweri Museveni has said.
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Zimbabwe: No Land Changes - Govt
01 12 2008 THE Sadc Tribunal's ruling that 78 white former commercial farmers whose properties were compulsorily acquired by Government for resettlement could keep their farms will not reverse land reforms.
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Malawi: President Honoured on Food Security
29 11 2008 The President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, has been honoured by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for his efforts in achieving food security and in transforming the economy of his nation, among the poorest in Africa.
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Malawi: President Awarded UN Prize for Enhancing Nation's Food Security
29 11 2008 The President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, has been honoured by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for his efforts in achieving food security and in transforming the economy of his nation, among the poorest in Africa.
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Côte d'Ivoire: Farmers Return to Land in West After Deadly Clashes
29 11 2008 Some 70 long-displaced farmers - mostly immigrants - returned this week to a cocoa plantation in western Côte d'Ivoire, despite deadly clashes triggered when armed youths tried to block their return.
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Zambia: Farming Supplies Must Be Distributed
28 11 2008 THE assurance given by Nyiombo Investments that they will soon complete the distribution of farming inputs, though welcome, is still cause for anxiety.
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Nigeria: Country Solicits IFAD's Assistance Over Desertification
28 11 2008 Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Sayyadi Ruma, has called for assistance from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in fighting the scourge of desertification in Nigeria.
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Ghana: $2.5 Million Agro-Dealer Project for Country Farmers Launched
28 11 2008 A 2.5 million-dollar project to assist over 2,200 agro-dealers and 150 seed producers to increase the availability, accessibility and affordability of quality agro-inputs in rural areas has been launched in Accra.
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Africa: Trade Carbon for Food Security
28 11 2008 Forget the view of climate change as impending catastrophe for a moment: if negotiators can recognise sustainable agriculture by African smallholders and forests as mitigating factors in climate change, carbon trading could become an important support for Africa's food security.
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Ghana: AGRA's Commitment to Agricultural Research is Commendable
28 11 2008 It is now an agreed fact that one of the reasons for the low productivity of agriculture in Ghana and Africa in general is because farmers do not have the access to improved agricultural technologies and modern inputs such as improved seeds , mineral fertilizers and crop protection products.
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Ghana: CRI Commends AGRA for Investing in Agricultural Research
28 11 2008 The Director at the Crop Research Institute (CRI) at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dr. Hans Adu-Dappah has commended the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) for investing into the research activities of Agricultural Scientist in Ghana.
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