Agricultural Programmes

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Food price plan unveiled
iAfrica.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Maseko noted rising food prices "also present a window for the development of a vibrant and sustainable agricultural programme to meet the country's food ...

Thursday, July 3, 2008

The African Union summit is meeting at a time when Africa faces great challenges from the possible impact of current developments on the international

Minister of Agriculture (Jamaica), Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that a restructured Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), would better serve farmers in the country.

Addressing a Farmers' Forum at the Gray's Inn Sports Club in Annotto Bay, St. Mary on June 25, Dr. Tufton said the new RADA structure would have 200 additional staff, including marketing and livestock officers to ensure that proper marketing arrangements are made for farmers and appropriate guidance is provided in respect of animal husbandry.

Collective action on Africa needed

The African Union summit is meeting at a time when Africa faces great challenges from the possible impact of current developments on the international economic scene.

Indeed, the recent encouraging economic performance of Africa is being threatened by global economic emergencies in the food and energy markets and the prospect of stagflation in key industrial economies.

These developments are closely linked with the negative effects of climate change and can undermine political stability and the scaling-up of efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Since the causes and consequences of these problems are global, the key issue is to use common solutions and benefits of regional and international cooperation to guide and drive national actions.

Monday, June 16, 2008

OAU and FAO collaborated with ECA in preparing the framework for developing a common African agricultural programme within the context of the African

OAU and FAO collaborated with ECA in preparing the framework for developing a common African agricultural programme within the context of the African ...

Monday, June 9, 2008

Senator warns of $13 billion inflow - May 28th 2008

He said Government should expedite the distribution of the Caroni 1975 Ltd lands, should consider using the underemployed in an agricultural programme-Farmpep (as opposed to CEPEP)-to stimulate agriculture and should maintain the gas subsidy to cushion inflation.

Disqualified NPP candidate goes solo

Mr. Asafu-Adjei who is also Director, Youth and Agricultural programme under the Ministry of Agriculture, made these remarks when he addressed more than 3,000 people at a rally at Atonsu near Nsuta, the district capital of the newly created Sekyere Central Assembly in the Ashanti Region.

As The Man Says - Forty years on

Omagh,Northern Ireland,UK
A recent RTÉ agricultural programme made much mention of heifers. For a while, I though they were quoting Brian Cowen. Charlie McCreevy, asked what would ...

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, ...

Farming project in Andros was successful

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There was widespread agreement with my suggestion that the establishment of a proficient agricultural programme on the island would make it an attractive ...

There’s No Problem Between VP and I – Sylva

Map of the Local Governement Areas of Lagos; Apapa highlighted

Image 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, ...

Govt Plans Mass Production of Rice

Image 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.

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. ...

Sugar land claims are ‘too slow’

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. ...

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Nigeria: Coalitions Emerging to Tackle Food Crisis

Map showing location of the African Union

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An alarm was sounded at the Pan African Parliament (PAP) over the global food crisis last week when a member asked the regional assembly to find lasting solutions to the challenge of food poverty in the continent.

Hon. Athumani Janguo, while making a presentation at PAP, which is holding its Ninth Ordinary Session May 5-16 at Midrand, South Africa said that the Parliament should persuade Heads of State, governments, regional economic communities, non-governmental organisations and the international community to get to the root causes of the problem and address them.

The acting chairperson of PAP's Permanent Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economy, Natural Resources and Environment, said Africa was most at risk in the worsening global food situation. The crisis is likely to worsen malnutrition and HIV/AIDS as well as increase crime and violence in Africa, he noted.

Rioting over rising food prices have already been reported in a number of countries in the region. And last week, troops fired at similarly protesting crowds in the capital, Mogadishu, killing two, according to agency reports. World Food Programme executive director, Josette Sheeran, has called the worsening food situation a 'silent tsunami'.

The famine has been on in the continent for five years, Janguo added. Around 30 million citizens, most of them women and children have suffered hunger, starvation, and even death. The Horn of Africa and some Southern African countries, including Zambia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, are the hardest hit.

Former UN scribe, Mr. Koffi Annan used the platform of the three-day conference to call for 'bold pro-poor policies' to address the global food crisis and a uniquely African Green Revolution for the continent.

"To address poverty at its core, particularly in light of the growing threat of climate change, we need a uniquely African green revolution," Annan said. "Our farmers need better seeds, soils, and prices for what they sell. They need access to water, markets and credit. They need policies that accelerate rural economic growth, investment and job creation".

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, which the former UN Secretary General chairs was established last year by Rockefeller and Gates Foundations.

The African Union seeks to achieve a 6 per cent annual growth in food production by 2015. This will however only be possible if African countries place agriculture at the centre of their development agenda. The World Development Report 2008, published by the World Bank, says Sub-Saharan Africa relies heavily on agriculture for overall growth.