The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has engaged in pest-control measures in Niger and Mali where farmers have been facing up to the imminent prospect of a desert locust invasion
Agriculture
Hybrid cocoa variety promises to increase yield
The Nigerian cocoa sector is set for a major boost with the countrys government planning to introduce an improved variety of the crop
Food and nutrition security alliance to include FARA
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has announced its inclusion in the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
Monsanto dedicates US$50 million to African agricultural development
Multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation Monsanto Company has announced that it will provide US$50 million to support sustained agricultural development and growth across Africa over the next ten years
UNDP report – food security central to Africa’s development
Sub-Saharan Africa cannot sustain its present economic resurgence unless it eliminates the hunger that affects nearly a quarter of its people, according to a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report
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