Thursday, 29 November 2012

MALNUTRITION: CAMEROON: New cassava species could boost food security

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Photo:  David Monniaux/Wikimedia Commons Cassava, the “crop of last resort” YAOUNDE, 13 November 2012 (IRIN) - Scientists and farm...

MALNUTRITION: Niger seeks funds for Nigeriens Nourish Nigeriens agriculture initiative

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Government wants cash – and ideas – to increase food security through diverse seeds, milk transfers and better land use Liz Ford ...

MALNUTRITION: North Korean food harvest improving, but still tight - FAO

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Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:43 GMT Source: Reuters // Reuters ROME, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Food production in North Korea has risen for a secon...

POVERTY: Spotlight on "land grab" deals

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Photo:  Anna Jefferys/IRIN Take care of the small farmer JOHANNESBURG, 14 November 2012 (IRIN) - "Land-grab" deals invol...

POVERTY: MYANMAR: Kachin fighting hits IDP health

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Photo:  Nyan Lynn/IRIN Kachin State young IDP in November 2012 MYITKYINA, 15 November 2012 (IRIN) - Cold weather, medicine stock-o...

POVERTY: KENYA: Rice farmers lose harvest to floods

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Photo:  Hezron Ochiel/IRIN Submerged farms KISUMU, 15 November 2012 (IRIN) - Flash floods have washed away the rice harvest of som...

MALNUTRITION: Senegal’s Urban Agriculture

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By   Koffigan E. Adigbli DAKAR, Nov 26 2012 (IPS)  - Watering cans in hand, men and women move back and forth between the wells and wat...

POVERTY: Congo war exposes folly of western aid

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Britain and other donors bankrolled flawed elections that handed power to a greedy elite incapable of constructing a viable state ...