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  • New Africa Partnership to Boost Agriculture 10 Nov 2009 01:30 GMT
    ... UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Nairobi, Kenya (File) Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General ... intention and action. Under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Program, African leaders have agreed to allocate ... governments to increase the productivity of smallholder farmers growing Africa's staple crops. He says with ...

  • Somali pirates charged in Kenya 10 Nov 2009 18:13 GMT
    ... month, have appeared in court in the Kenyan port of Mombasa accused of piracy. They are ... accused of attempting to hijack a French fishing boat. The BBC's Odhiambo Joseph says the ...

  • Globeleq Quits Kenya's Wind Farm Project 10 Nov 2009 14:13 GMT
    ... Shanghai, which means "on the sea", is China's largest city in terms of population and ...

  • The fight over the future of food 10 Nov 2009 06:10 GMT
    ... (Reuters) – At first glance, Giuseppe Oglio's farm near Milan looks like it's suffering from ... laser beams and , a leader in agricultural biotechnology, spends about $2 million a day ... summed it up like this: "I'm a Kenyan. I resent very much people telling us ...

  • Climate Change Threatens Region's Most Traded Crops 10 Nov 2009 10:10 GMT
    ... study published in the peer-review journal on Agricultural Systems, projects that climate change will have ... if they're to seize opportunities for intensified farming in favoured locations, while cushioning the blow ... about half in highland "breadbasket" areas of Kenya and beans to match the same degree ...

  • Millions of poor across Africa set to suffer deepening food crisis, warns UN report 10 Nov 2009 16:21 GMT
    ... stubbornly high food prices, the United Nations agricultural agency warned in a report released today. ... last year because below average rainfall forced farmers to re-plant crops in many parts of ... trade disruptions and continuing high food prices. Kenya’s maize production is forecast to be 30 ...

  • Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity, High Prices 10 Nov 2009 10:10 GMT
    ... exported - mainly informally - to hunger-stricken Kenya and the lucrative markets of Southern Sudan ... Sudan and DR Congo. State Minister for Agriculture Henry Bagiire told Business Power that the ... the food." The spokesperson of the Uganda Farmers' Federation, Mr Morrison Rwakakamba, attributed the rising ...

  • Over 20 mln people need food aid in east Africa - U.N. 10 Nov 2009 15:52 GMT
    ... on Tuesday. Turkana residents gather at a livestock de-stocking centre in the Loyoro village of ... Loyoro village of Turkana district in North-western Kenya, October 1, 2009. (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Files) "The situation ... high food prices," the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. In its latest report ...

  • W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback 10 Nov 2009 01:34 GMT
    ... Africa, according to Julian Fennessy, a Nairobi, Kenya-based conservation expert. Today, giraffes number less than ... hundreds of times the yearly income of farmers. The changes had a startling effect: by 2004, ... zone. Inside them were Togolese soldiers, government forestry rangers and three local guides, according to ...

  • Giraffes make surprising comeback 10 Nov 2009 02:54 GMT
    ... Africa, according to Julian Fennessy, a Nairobi, Kenya-based conservation expert. Today, giraffes number less than ... hundreds of times the yearly income of farmers. The changes had a startling effect: by 2004, ... zone. Inside them were Togolese soldiers, government forestry rangers and three local guides, according to ...

  • UN says poorest countries still suffer from high food prices 10 Nov 2009 13:10 GMT
    ... priority to increase investment in developing country agriculture in order to fight poverty and hunger". ... trade disruptions and continuing high food prices. Kenya's maize production for example, is expected to ... parts of West Africa and led to livestock losses in Mali, Chad and Niger, the ...

  • Somali pirates demand $3M for ship with 18 crew 10 Nov 2009 11:51 GMT
    ... seven suspected Somali pirates are guarded by Kenyan security officers as they arrived at the port's ... as they attempted to hijack a French fishing vessel. EU Naval Force said that seven ...

  • Researchers Use 454 Sequencing System to Complete Draft Genome Sequence for Cassava 10 Nov 2009 13:56 GMT
    ... of the many limitations that face cassava farmers around the world. Cassava is a root ... director of the International Laboratory for Tropical Agriculture Biology (ILTAB) at the Donald Danforth Plant ... The team will collaborate with researchers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in applying these genetic ...

  • Poor Countries Still Face High Food Prices 10 Nov 2009 16:25 GMT
    ... That's according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's new Crop Prospects and Food Situation ... more or less the same situation in Kenya, where Millions in Africa rely on emergency ... parts of West Africa and led to livestock losses in Mali, Chad and Niger." During ...

  • Gema Looks for 2012 Candidate 10 Nov 2009 14:53 GMT
    ... Nairobi — CENTRAL Kenya is planning to field its own presidential ... Minister Raila Odinga, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Agriculture minister William Ruto and Deputy Premier Musalia ...


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