Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Senegal to grow more crops to fight food squeeze

MUSINA, SOUTH AFRICA - MAY 27:  Zimbabwaen immigrants climb through a barbed wire fence while illegally crossing illegally into South Africa May 27, 2008 near Musina, South Africa. Facing economic strife and political oppression at home, Zimbabwaens continue to flood accross the border, despite recent violent attacks against foreign immigrants in South Africa. A human rights group recently reported that up to 49,000 Zimbabwaens are illegally crossing into South Africa each month, adding to the 3-5 million Zimbabwaen refugees already residing in South Africa.Image by Getty Images via DaylifeReuters South Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa
Wade said the cost of the agricultural programme still had to be established, and while Senegal would not seek money from its international partners, ...
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Farming project in Andros was successful

Wallace Groves, Founder of FreeportImage via WikipediaThe Freeport News - Bahamas
There was widespread agreement with my suggestion that the establishment of a proficient agricultural programme on the island would make it an attractive ...
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There’s No Problem Between VP and I – Sylva

Map of the Local Governement Areas of Lagos; Apapa highlightedImage via WikipediaApapa, Lagos, Nigeria
I just told you one of the programmes, the agricultural programme, the fisheries programme are actually for youth empowerment. When we came in, ...
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Govt Plans Mass Production of Rice

French cooked snailsImage via WikipediaApapa,Lagos,Nigeria
... production of snails, rabbits, pigs and all sorts of domestic agriculture, which would form the next step of the state’s aggressive agricultural programme.
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Agriculture records boom in Abia

NASA Space Shuttle Overflight photo of the Niger Delta. North is on the left.Image via WikipediaThe Tide - Port Harcourt, Niger Delta, Nigeria
Agriculture in Abia has moved from subsistence to business, Dr. Awosile Otisi, the Programmes Manager, Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), has said. ...
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Sugar land claims are ‘too slow’

Sugarcane field in India.Image via WikipediaSowetan - Soweto, South Africa
The initiative of the South African sugar industry to transfer at least 30percent of sugar-cane land into black hands by 2015 is steadily gaining momentum. ...
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