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- Cereal production to fall in Sahel: regional committee 11 Nov 2009 06:14 GMT
... a better crop than last year in "Benin (up by 45 percent), Ghana (44 percent), Gambia (18 ... arrival of the first harvests on the market, the food situation of households is improving ... which raises a risk of conflict with farmers in the zones" where they go, the ...
- Brazil readies cotton retaliation against U.S. 10 Nov 2009 06:31 GMT
... that U.S. cotton subsidies are damaging to farmers around the world," said Oxfam's policy director, ... have to pay. Unfortunately, the American cotton industry will continue to reap the subsidies while ... by third-party countries, such as Chad and Benin in Africa. The dispute over U.S. upland cotton trade ...
- Cereal production will 'decline sharply' in Sahel 10 Nov 2009 15:50 GMT
... A Nigerian peasant woman walks in a farming area at Farab village of Niger's southern ... a better crop than last year in "Benin (up by 45 percent), Ghana (44 percent), Gambia (18 ... arrival of the first harvests on the market, the food situation of households is improving ...
- Cereal production to drop 10 Nov 2009 15:37 GMT
... a better crop than last year in "Benin (up by 45 percent), Ghana (44 percent), Gambia (18 ... arrival of the first harvests on the market, the food situation of households is improving ... which raises a risk of conflict with farmers in the zones" where they go, the ...
- A trade center in West Africa: Benin's city of Cotonou 5 Nov 2009 00:20 GMT
... The official language of Benin, a former French colony, is French. French ... spoken tribal languages in Benin. Two-thirds of Benin's population lives in the southern reaches of ... than their share of dust. Â The Beninese city of Cotonou is not only the ...
- Profits before people: The great African liquidation sale 5 Nov 2009 19:13 GMT
... which foreign commercial interests are forcing their agricultural 'solutions' on the African continent represents nothing ... reporting from northern Ghana, an elderly woman farmer decided I would benefit from a bit ... an area the size of Senegal and Benin together) have been grabbed in at least 28 ...
- Profits Before People - the Great African Liquidation Sale [opinion] 5 Nov 2009 22:10 GMT
... reporting from northern Ghana, an elderly woman farmer decided I would benefit from a bit ... lives. She said that the imported seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and tractors, the instructions to plant ... an area the size of Senegal and Benin together) have been grabbed in at least 28 ...
- Bright Idea: Bringing Eco-friendly Lighting to India's Hinterland 5 Nov 2009 23:19 GMT
... months ago, Vinod Waghmare, 24, was a farmer in his native Mangaon village in Raigad, a ... Uppal describes the growth prospects of the industry as "mindboggling." A few years ago, he ... when he saw a 12-year-old neighbor in Benin, in West Africa, suffer third degree burns from a ...
- 'One Can't Work 18 Hours a Day and Still be Poor' [interview] 9 Nov 2009 20:30 GMT
... goods to flood their markets. , a farmer from Senegal and a member of the ... West African Network of Farmers' Organisations and Agricultural Producers, known by its French acronym ROPPA. ... senior representatives of the Cotton Four countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad) and found that ...
- Africare Honors Grammy Award Winner John Legend at 2009 Africare Award Dinner 6 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... Washington, DC — Every fall, more than 2,000 ... such as securing safe water points, improving agricultural techniques, building local medical clinics, providing free ... chief of Essence Magazine, Susan Taylor; and Beninese singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo. The Coca-Cola Company was ...
- Modern farming centre boosts agriculture in Ebonyi 3 Nov 2009 01:31 GMT
... A N40m private farming initiative with about 200 youths from various ... away from oil and more into modern agriculture received a big boost in Abakalikili, Ebonyi ... of the world including Songhai farm in Benin Republic to be trained in different fields in ...
- Afren farm into Benin basin block 4 Nov 2009 16:59 GMT
... -- Afren has farmed into OPL 310 in the Benin basin, offshore western Nigeria. The company will hold a 40% legal interest, a 70% effective working interest, and technical operatorship ...
- Continent Can Help Mitigate Climate Change [analysis] 3 Nov 2009 20:35 GMT
... to Europe, as well as to Togo, Benin, and Ghana. But about a third of the ... may see a 50% reduction in rain-fed agricultural yields. Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai won ... There is competition for land with local farmers, rising demand for wood for fuel, and ...
- UN Bankrolls Cassava Projects With U.S. $2 Million 2 Nov 2009 09:11 GMT
... West African countries. The countries are Nigeria, Benin Republic, and Sierre-Leone. The donation is for the ... Sanni, of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), said the Cassava Value Chain Projects ... pleased to witness the gathering of great farmers and processors and other enthusiastic stakeholders because ...
- Afren Secures Offshore Nigerian Interest, Currently Drilling Ebok-5 4 Nov 2009 18:42 GMT
... the broader Ebok-Okwok complex. Acquisition of an interest in OPL 310 Awarded to indigenous company Optimum Petroleum in 1992, OPL 310 is located in the Benin Basin offshore western Nigeria. Afren has farmed-in to the block as technical operator and will hold a 40 percent legal interest ...
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