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(IPS) – A combination of an abundance of bamboo and eager foreign investment is making Ethiopia a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa, according to this country’s government. “Ethiopia has the resources, the investment, a rapidly-developing manufacturing industry … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Agriculture, Bamboo, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Overseas Development Institute, sub-Saharan Africa
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By Chelsea Diana LONDON – Despite Ethiopia’s heavy investment in irrigated cotton and sugarcane farming in the Awash valley, pastoralism could be just as effective a way to deal with changing climate conditions there, researchers from the Imperial College of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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By Pankaj Kumar Selecting beneficiaries for any resilience project is always difficult. But one of the basic principles is that women, children, orphans and the elderly should be near the top of the queue. In Ethiopia, with its high population … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Agriculture, Business, ECHO, Ethiopia, Field Crops, Harvest, Potato, Root Crops
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by Anna Brazier Winter in Harare is almost over. Walking my kids to school in the morning across frosty vleis, strewn with festering rubbish, we see the first signs of the agricultural season awakening. Litter is being raked into piles, … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Carbon Trading and REDD+ in Mozambique: farmers ‘grow’ carbon for the benefit of polluters Via Campesina – Africa MAPUTO, 18 JUNE 2012 (VIA CAMPESINA AFRICA NEWS) –As evening falls, Albertina Francisco*, a farmer from the Nhambita community in Sofala province, … read more »
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Toby Leon Moorsom KINGSTON, CANADA – Over the past year, Africa has seen the decomposition of states from coast to coast. A belt of war, coups and large-scale spontaneous demonstrations has emerged across the Sahel, from Guinea-Bissau to Somalia. The … read more »
INTRODUCTION: THE PRECAUTIONARY PATH Our focus in this presentation is on modern biotechnology in crops and animal species. Traditional biotechnology is as old as agriculture and quite harmless. We are not also looking at hybridisation of crops or animals. We … read more »
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Food security and farming: women’s rights in rural Africa Nidhi Tandon A critical analysis of different ‘solutions’ to improve the situation for rural women in Africa within the context of an iniquitous global food system. As acknowledgement of women’s farming … read more »
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By Jacob K. Lupai South Sudan is made up of ten States which grew out of the previous three southern provinces of Upper Nile, Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal. As history shows the people of South Sudan have had a … read more »
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Tagged Agriculture, Bahr el Ghazal, Food Security, South Sudan, Sudan, Sustainable agriculture, Upper Nile, World Food Programme
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With land central to the livelihoods of millions of people in Africa, Lorenzo Cotula of the International Institute for Environment and Development examines the impact of large-scale land acquisitions on the continent’s farmers. “Land grabs” are now one of the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Featured 1
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Agriculture, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Institute for Environment and Development, Land run, Lorenzo Cotula, Mali, World Bank
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According to a recent report by the Oakland Institute, ‘Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa: South Sudan’, a large influx of one-sided foreign investment has flooded into South Sudan. These unfair land deals undermine the land rights of rural communities, … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan
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Tagged Agriculture, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Salva Kiir Mayardit, San Francisco State University, South Sudan, Sudan, Unity, Unity (state)
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Land in Ethiopia is being leased to agro-industry investors on very long terms and below market rates. The beneficiaries have good political connections. But then land has been the play-thing of centralising authoritarians throughout Ethiopia’s recent history. Ethiopia is the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Agriculture, Ethiopia, History, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Land grabbing, Meles Zenawi, United States
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Durban – Foreign countries which buy African farmland in order to gain food security are guilty of a “new form of colonisation,” Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Wednesday. She blasted foreign acquisition of African farmland and … read more »
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Agricultural methods need to be radically overhauled to ensure food production rises to meet increasing demand but that water resources are not depleted further by doing so, research showed on Monday. A radical overhaul of agriculture could create farms that … read more »
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Once upon a time, the nation Ghana, formerly Gold Coast, was the envy of other African countries, a darling colony and a pride nation of the British, before and immediately after independence. A nation of loving, hospitable, compassionate, sociable and … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Ghana, News, West Africa
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January 18, 2011 by benim
It was midnight when a neighbor warned Freddie Ramashidza that they were in danger. “I had just finished praying and was falling asleep. When my neighbor knocked on the door, the water was already knee-deep,” he said. Ramashidza is among … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Agriculture, breaking news, Country music, Disaster area, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Embassies and Consulates, Flood, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Johannesburg, News local news, newspapers, South Africa, South African Weather Service, World news
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December 31, 2010 by benim
Food is plentiful at Ekwendeni’s street market The road side market in Ekwendeni, in Malawi’s northern region, is bustling. Piles of mangos, sacks of maize flour and large pots of peas and beans glisten in the afternoon sun. But six … read more »
Posted in Agriculture, East Africa, Malawi, News
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Tagged Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Ekwendeni, Farmer, Green Revolution, Indepth Africa Magazine, Malawi, Soil, sub-Saharan Africa
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December 30, 2010 by benim
Reports say that bumper harvest has been registered in Molqui sub-zone as a result of concerted popular effort. Speaking at an assessment meeting, the Administrator of the sub-zone, Mr. Kidane Woldeselasie, pointed out that the farming community has managed to … read more »
Posted in Agriculture, Indepth Africa Magazine, Miscellaneous, News, Press Releases
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Agriculture, breaking news, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Harvest, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, News local news, newspapers, Soils, South Australia, United States, World news
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December 3, 2010 by benim
Rising food prices are focusing minds on Africa’s agricultural output, and on whether or not technology is the best way to boost production. African agriculture has become the focus of extraordinary attention and interest. Yesterday a big report was launched … read more »
Posted in Agriculture, Analysis, Indepth Africa Magazine, News
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Tagged Africa news, Agriculture, Business and Economy, Calestous Juma, East African Community, farming, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Food Policy Research Institute, Olivier De Schutter, sub-Saharan Africa
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November 22, 2010 by benim
Sudan will prioritise agriculture to target self sufficiency within five years after the devastation of decades of civil wars, its agriculture minister said on Monday. Africa’s largest country must diversify its economy away from oil — from which it derives … read more »
Posted in Agriculture, News, North Africa, Sudan
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Tagged Africa news, Agriculture, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, River Nile, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, White Nile
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November 15, 2010 by benim
The skewed nature of cotton production means that American and European growers receive subsidies while many Malian growers are earning barely £200 a year. From a distance, the cotton field appears to be a single patch of colour stretching to … read more »
Posted in Agriculture, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Agriculture, Fairtrade, Fairtrade certification, Fairtrade Foundation, farmers, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, United States, Vince Cable, West Africa
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October 30, 2010 by benim
When he was 21 years old, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu founded an organization that may just change the way farming is conducted in Africa. Nnaemeka, who grew up on a farm in Nigeria, recognized that African farmers rely on traditional farming methods, … read more »
Posted in Agriculture, Making a Difference, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Agriculture, Farmer, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Millennium Development Goals, Nigeria, Radio, Rolex Award for Enterprise, World Summit Youth Award
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October 28, 2010 by benim
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika, who is also African Union chairman, said on Thursday that Africa should fight for subsidies for its poor farmers so as to achieve food security on the continent. The World Bank and the IMF have … read more »
Posted in Agriculture, East Africa, Malawi, News
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Tagged Africa news, African Union, Agriculture, Bingu wa Mutharika, Farmer, Food, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, International Monetary Fund, World Bank
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October 27, 2010 by benim
The year 2008 was a perfect storm for hunger in Africa. Our readers may remember the spikes in food prices around the world, brought on by a combination of drought, rising oil prices, the explosion of investment in biofuels (eating … read more »
October 27, 2010 by benim
A growing African food sector can yield private sector returns on the back of government support, said a report on Tuesday, which also said that a global grain reserve may be needed to protect consumers from price spikes. Local initiatives … read more »
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