A new Maplecroft global food security report has shown that 75 per cent of African countries have been severely affected by food shortages
Risk report reveals 75 per cent of African countries at risk of starvation
Agriculture
Funding found for cassava breeding research project
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UKs Department for International Development (DFID) will invest US$25.2mn to improve cassava productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian farmers set to benefit from rural development project
Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF), in partnership with Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium (VSF-B), has rolled out a new project for rural development in Niger
Tanzanian cashew farmers seek government support
Tanzanian cashew farmers in the Tanga region have asked the government to repossess idle cashew nut processing factories and give them use of the facilities through co-operatives
Successful cotton harvest predicted for Zimbabwe in 2013
Zimbabwe has been predicted to experience another good cotton harvest in 2013 as figures from the Cotton Ginners’ Association (CGA) have revealed that more than 8,000 tonnes of seed have already been sold ahead of the next season
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