By Gerald Businge on November 5, 2011
addis ababa ethiopia, Africa agriculture, African, Agriculture, change, countries in sub saharan africa, development, Economic Commission for Africa, enhancing food security, evidence, Food, food policy research institute, Food Security, food security in africa, IFPRI, international food policy research, investment, investment priorities, percent, sector, showcase opportunities, united nations economic commission
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—High-level policymakers, leading academics, and representatives from farmer and trader organizations and the private sector will gather here to identify investment priorities and policy options that can help increase agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, thereby reducing rural poverty, hunger, and malnutrition in the region. The November 1–3 conference “Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing […]
By Gerald Businge on August 22, 2011
Africa agriculture, Boitshepo Bibi Giyose, Food Security, NEPAD
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By Boitshepo Bibi Giyose The African Union (AU) and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, convened a special consultation of the Steering Group of the Africa Food and Nutrition Security Day as part of a plan to firm up the implementation of activities that will lead up to the continent-wide commemoration of the Day on […]
By Gerald Businge on July 29, 2011
Africa agriculture, Nourishing the planet, Worldwatch
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News Release: The trend of international land grabbing – when governments and private firms invest in or purchase large tracts of land in other countries for the purpose of agricultural production and export – can have serious environmental and social consequences, according to researchers at the Worldwatch Institute. Deals that focus solely on financial profit […]
By Gerald Businge on July 6, 2011
Africa agriculture, agriculture conferences, CAADP, Food Security
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The Call for Papers for the conference Young People, Farming & Food: The Future of the Agrifood Sector in Africa is now open. This international conference is being sponsored by the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) and the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and will take place 19-21 March 2012 in Accra, Ghana. […]
By Gerald Businge on July 4, 2011
Africa agriculture, Drought, East Africa, Food Security, hunger
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Christian Aid has launched an emergency humanitarian appeal to help people across the east and Horn of Africa after two failed rainy seasons have left ten million on the brink of starvation. Drought and displacement combined with rising global food prices have left Kenya and Ethiopia in particular facing severe food shortages, with UNOCHA reporting that […]
By Gerald Businge on June 27, 2011
Africa agriculture, Africa infrastructure, capacity building, Dr. Andrew Kanyegirire, NEPAD
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The 42nd session of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Steering Committee (SC) took place in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Saturday, 25 June 2011, with members welcoming the progress being made in the implementation of programmes and the 10th Anniversary of NEPAD. In his presentation to the 42nd SC session, Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, […]
By Gerald Businge on April 9, 2011
Africa agriculture, agriculture research, IFPRI, Sub Sahara Africa
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African Countries and development agencies have been called upon to invest more in agriculture research if the respective African countries are to improve their agriculture productivity and meet their anti poverty targets. The call was made by the International Food Policy Research Institute while releasing a new report on Agriculture Research and Development. The report […]
By Gerald Businge on April 9, 2011
Africa agriculture, agriculture research, IFPRI, IFPRI research reports, investment in agriculture
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Key country specific facts from a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute. *All data related to investment and spending patterns are adjusted for inflation. BENIN • Agricultural R&D expenditures have gradually increased since 2000, reflecting enhanced government funding and greater involvement by the higher education sector, but agricultural research remains largely donor dependent. […]
By Gerald Businge on February 15, 2011
Africa agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, International Institute of Environment and development, Land Acquisitions, Land grabs Africa, r. Camilla Toulmin
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Bill Gates, the Microsoft billionaire and leading philanthropist has come under attack by civil society organizations for his remarks that seemed to justify a phenomena that has been termed as land grabs in Africa. The Director of the International Institute of Environment and Development Dr. Camilla Toulmin wrote an open letter to Bill Gates expressing […]
By Gerald Businge on January 25, 2011
Africa agriculture, food and agriculture issues in Africa, Genetically Modified organisms, GMOs in Africa
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By Nurudean Ssempa, South Africa There are concerns recently raised in the media about genetically modified crops/Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Indeed, a few years ago, Zimbabwe refused 10,000 tonnes of GM maize despite the fact that it had been hit by drought induced famine, arguing that the GM strains could contaminate the local crops. Some […]
