Conferences, FANRPAN, Featured
Adapt or perish
Across Southern Africa, a changing climate will prompt changes in how herders manage finding forage for their animals.
Conferences, FANRPAN, Featured
Annual Policy Dialogue on Food Security opens
Africa needs home-grown solutions to its problems, agricultural economist Dr Ponniah Anandajayasekeram said in Windhoek, Namibia Tuesday.
FANRPAN, Featured
CAADP getting a financial boost
The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from a $22 billion pledge made by the G8.
FANRPAN, Featured
Fisheries can play key role
Worldwide there are less than one million people employed by the big fisheries sector, but it is estimated that the artisanal sector employs 50 million people.
FANRPAN, Featured
Growing seed security
Restrictions on the movement of seeds in the SADC region because of agriculture legislation contributes to food insecurity.
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Conferences, FANRPAN
Race to meet deadline for G8 agriculture fund
Posted on 02 September 2010
Four COMESA member states are racing against time to meet an October 1 deadline to submit their investment proposals to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP).
FANRPAN
Reviewing Zambia’s input subsidy programme
Posted on 01 September 2010
Researchers are proposing a review of distribution mechanisms for seed and fertiliser in Zambia's seven-year Fertiliser Support Programme (FSP).
COLUMNS
Columns, FANRPAN
‘Agriculture in Africa is changing rapidly’
Posted on 01 September 2010
ILRI researcher Marco Herrero is amazed by the ingenuity and adaptability of dryland farmers.
Columns, FANRPAN
Agriculture a vital force for development
Posted on 01 September 2010
Agriculture must be viewed as a vital force in our global mission to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
INTERVIEWS
Conferences, FANRPAN, Interviews
Two Minutes with: Dr David Kamchacha, FANRPAN
Posted on 01 September 2010
Now that farmers have food, they are no longer spending so much time looking for basic sustenance. Now they are now involved with other development activities.
FANRPAN, Interviews
Two minutes with: Thulasizwe Mkhabela, agriculture economist
Posted on 01 September 2010
I don't have to wait for policy to change, but have a role to play in forming policy. I can now also help on a practical level and really change people's lives.
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