Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By Shehu Abubakar Nigeria is to rebound as a leading producer of groundnuts in Africa, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina said at an international gathering of agricultural researchers and policy makers in Patancheru, India. The minister said in a keynote address at the 40th anniversary of International Crops Research […]
By Hans Awude As climate change makes agricultural employment increasingly precarious, trade unions could have a big role to play. With climate change increasingly altering weather patterns and environments, it is likely that developing countries, those who have contributed the least to the problem, will suffer its worst impacts. Agriculture in particular will be […]
By Mercy Adhiambo Nairobi — Human activities like agriculture and urbanization can lead to the destruction of coral reefs and make their recovery and management difficult, according to research undertaken along the Kenyan coast. These activities increase the rate at which microbes – microscopic plants and animals such as bacteria, fungi, and algae, as […]
By Hans Awude As climate change makes agricultural employment increasingly precarious, trade unions could have a big role to play. With climate change increasingly altering weather patterns and environments, it is likely that developing countries, those who have contributed the least to the problem, will suffer its worst impacts. Agriculture in particular will be […]
By Judd-Leonard Okafor A revised national plan targeting possible development of HIV vaccine Tuesday came into effect, nearly 13 years after it buckled under financial and administrative challenges. The National HIV Vaccine Plan, developed by National Agency for Control of AIDS and its partners–US Department of Defence and SI Consulting–hopes to bring the country […]
By Mercy Adhiambo Nairobi — Human activities like agriculture and urbanization can lead to the destruction of coral reefs and make their recovery and management difficult, according to research undertaken along the Kenyan coast. These activities increase the rate at which microbes – microscopic plants and animals such as bacteria, fungi, and algae, as […]
Rome — A new FAO publication says carefully tailored policy and institutional changes can help to unlock the livestock sector’s poverty reduction potential. “Although an estimated 750 million poor have a major stake in the livestock sector, only a small minority of them have so far been able to take advantage of the opportunities provided […]
In June 2007, a previously undocumented monkey known locally as “Lesula” was found in the forests of the middle Lomami Basin in central Democratic Republic of Congo. This new species is described as Cercopithecus lomamiensis. (PHOTO ESSAY: New Monkey Species Identified in DR Congo) Cape Town — Scientific journal Plos One has published a paper […]
Abidjan — Researchers from Africa and Brazil’s agricultural sectors are establishing a new partnership to enable the transfer of agricultural technologies, in support of cotton production in Africa. The partnership aims to reinforce scientific cooperation between the agricultural sectors of Africa, Brazil and other Latin American countries. The partnership was formalized in Brasilia, Brazil, last […]
By Melissa Britz Cape Town — Smallholder agriculture has potential not only to alleviate poverty in South Africa, but to spur general economic growth, a major conference on combating poverty and inequality has heard. Given that South Africa’s growth is lagging behind that of many smaller African economies, the potential of small farmers to […]