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Canada Works to Improve Business Environment for African Agriculture
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, attended the World Economic Forum on Africa, Grow Africa Investment Forum, and G-8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition Leadership Council...
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Focus on Gender: Business can do more to aid women
By SciDev.Net – Henrietta Miers Companies have much to offer when it comes to helping female entrepreneurs in developing countries access markets, says Henrietta Miers. Ongoing research into controlling cassava...
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Rice research and development in Africa create history
The recent news of unprecedented growth rates of rice production and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) based on an analysis of independent data by the Africa Rice Center(AfricaRice) coupled with...
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Abstract Submission Deadline Extended!
In response to numerous requests from partners, the abstract submission deadline has been extended till 30 April 2013. Participants planning to present a paper or poster should submit an abstract...
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Kenya: Netting flies and mosquitoes protects livestock and boosts milk yields
A simple but innovative use of insecticide-impregnated nets to protect livestock is doubling and in some cases tripling milk outputs on smallholder dairy farms while also reducing mosquito-borne illnesses in...
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Madagascar needs more than $41 million to end locust plague / Half of the country infested by locusts – food production seriously at risk
Madagascar needs more than $22 million of emergency funding by June to start fighting a severe locust plague that threatens the country’s next cropping seasons and the food security of...
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Minister Costello visits Mozambique to develop trade opportunities and see the impact of Irish Aid
Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello T.D., will seek to strengthen economic links between Ireland and Mozambique when he visits the southern African country today (Sunday March 17th). Minister...