Zambian minister of agriculture, Emmanuel Chenda, has called for the countrys government to make fertiliser more easily accessible to farmers in order to help them overcome a reliance on imports
At the New World Nigeria investment conference, Nigerian minister of agriculture and rural development, Akinwumi Adesina, and the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, made clear their resolve to rebuild a vibrant agricultural sector
Maarit Hirvonen, chief technical adviser to the Programme for Agriculture and Livelihoods in Western Communities (PALWECO), spoke of the ways in which PALWECO has worked, and continues to work, towards delivering Finnish support for civil society in Kenya
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has spoken out against the full implementation of the World Health Organisations tobacco control recommendations in the region
The measures in place for food provision and the supply of medicines were recently explored by Dr Sylvester Kimaiyo, programme director at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, for the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH)
