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In line with the theme of the just concluded Africa Union Heads of State and Government summit 'Investing in agriculture for economic growth in Africa', the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, has revealed that his government is already on track in terms of massive investment in the agriculture sector of the country.
Worried by depleting oil revenue, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has urged Nigerians to go back and till the land with the mission of re-enacting the glorious era of pre-1970s when the nation's economy mainstay was cash crops.
Recently, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held a parley with serving ministers, aimed at evaluating their performances, as a pro-active strategy in preparation for the 2001 general elections.
Concern is mounting in Kenya that the government has leased a big slice of agricultural land to the Qatari foreign investors to produce food for export.
Sudan is hoping to use foreign cash to reinvigorate its under-performing agricultural sector, but there is growing disagreement over the extent to which outsiders, rather than local farmers, should be taking control of the industry.
As Africa grapples with the question of food insecurity, biotechnology buffs seem to have an answer: genetically modified crops that could feed a continent vulnerable to famine and food deficits. But environmentalists warn of new dangers.
The Mozambican cashew processing industry has benefited, over the last five years, from a line of credit of 50 million US dollars, opened by the government as part of a drive to facilitate access to credit for small and medium companies.
RUNAWAY FOOD PRICES GAVE the world a wake-up call last year. Two weeks ago, another alarm went off: UN food agencies reported that the world's hungry have surpassed one billion in number. At least 265 million of these are in sub-Saharan Africa - an increase of almost 12 per cent over last year.
Mpumalanga farmers will soon have access to all the advice and technical facilities they need to make a success of farming.
THE Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) has denied accusations that its members are buying maize at K35,000 per 50 kg bag saying it did not discuss the purchase of maize with its members.
SOUTH Africa's agri-processing group Tongaat Hulett has announced plans to consolidate its Zimbabwe sugar operations in its financial statements for the first half of this year, advising shareholders that the move was likely to have a sizeable impact on financial results.
Katsina state government is to undertake a soil mapping exercise in selected locations across the state with a view to producing fertilizer that will be applied based on specific site fertility.
Oxfam International has tasked heads of states attending the African Union Summit in Libya to produce radical agricultural reform policies tilted towards poor farmers as hunger will increase in the face of global economic and climate change crisis.
The ad-hoc committee set up by the Plateau State House of Assembly to investigate the recent civil unrest in Bokkos and Barikin Ladi local governments of the state has blamed the entire fracas on the Fulani for using teenagers as cattle rearers.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State and Country Director of the N4GG Group, Mr Sunny Onuesoke in an interview with Olaolu
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General today highlighted the benefits of investing in agriculture, which she stressed is the key to a brighter future for Africa and its people.
The Zimbabwean government has announced new measures to boost local cereal purchases through its crisis-ridden Grain Marketing Board (GMB), but farmers are not convinced the plan will work.
Pigs, poultry and wild birds are being tested for the influenza virus. Livestock minister Mohammed Kuti said on Wednesday that the move is to keep in check the viruses that have the potential of causing a pandemic.
The Sustainable Tree Crop Program (STCP) of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has distributed 33, 000 pre-germinated high-yielding oil palm seedlings imported from Cameroon amongst 150 oil palm farmers in Bong County.
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced plans to embark on a massive expansion programme to streamline its activities in the country, and is particularly concerned about improving its operations in the Western Region, which is producing the bulk of the country's cocoa.
Robert Mugabe is set to take centre stage at the African Union Summit of heads of state this week where he will, ironically, be speaking about food security in Africa.
African Agriculture Ministers have called on governments to increase financial resources for scientific research in order to optimise agricultural production.
GOVERNMENT should not use the taxpayer's money to help establish monopolistic companies, because this is contrary to development objectives, a commercial farmer and businessman said on Friday.
The director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), Jacques Diof, recognised on Monday the importance that Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos gives to agriculture as priority sector to boost the economy.
Development in Africa should be boosted through labour-intensive production on small to medium-sized farms while governments should assist small farmers with credit lines and infrastructure and protect them against fluctuations in world food prices.
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