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  • Drought Sends Food Prices Soaring 2012-10-15

    MAURITANIA, 2012/10/15

  • Agric Minister Lauds New Nut Company Intervention 2012-10-13

    GAMBIA, 2012/10/13

  • Agriculture Infrastructure Under Implementation 2012-09-25

    ERITREA, 2012/09/25 The Administration of Halib-Mentel Administrative area said that agriculture infrastructure is under implementation in the surrounding of the Dam in the locality with a view to launching integrated irrigation farming on 10 hectares.

  • Several steps to boost wheat stocks 2012-09-19

    ALGERIA, 2012/09/19 Algeria is taking several steps to improve its cereal production capacity in order to meet local request for wheat and decrease its food import bill. Nevertheless, the current market climate, impacted by decreased production in North America and climbing world prices, has reinforced the country’s dependence on wheat imports in the short term.

  • Nation Grows Nerica Rice 2012-09-15

    GUINEA, 2012/09/15 "Our first rice harvest is in, and we're getting ready to plant again," he says, surveying his farm in southeastern Guinea. "Other farmers who have not from now on tried NERICA are still preparing for their only harvest of the year." Along with 24 younger associates, Koné harvested nearly 700 tonnes of an improved variety of rice from their 140-hectare plot in the Beyla prefecture in the southeastern corner of this West African country at the beginning of August.

  • Agricultural Research Center Playing Vital Role 2012-09-15

    ERITREA, 2012/09/15  Irrigation and dairy farmers in Mendefera sub-zone lauded Halhale Agricultural Research Center for the technical advice it has ensured to that end. Upon organizing an excursion to the research center, they indicated that it is witnessing an impressive evolution as regards compiling data for various select cereals and fruits, and that such exposure has visibly fostered new insights in their respective domains of farming.

  • FAO Support Programme Approach Launched 2012-09-15

    CAMEROON, 2012/09/15

  • Malian Farmers Want Their Land Back 2012-09-13

    MALI, 2012/09/13

  • Getting a Grip On Food Security in DR Congo 2012-08-30

    CONGO KINSHASA, 2012/08/30 The Association for Integrated Rural Development is one of a number of rural organisations on the periphery of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which are strengthening the city's food security while demonstrating how to maximise sustainable use of agricultural land. Joseph Ngandungala, an agricultural engineer and one of the association's twenty-odd members, guided IPS through a tour of ADRIM's 25 hectare plot in Mbenkana,

  • Burkina Faso farmers are reaping the benefits 2012-08-29

    BURKINA FASO, 2012/08/29
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