The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Lennart Bage, guaranteed in Maputo on Thursday that his institution, together with its cooperation partners, will step up its credit portfolio to finance projects to fight against hunger in Mozambique.
Government will soon announce measures to buffer the impact of high food and fuel prices and electricity shortages on citizens, President Hifikepunye Pohamba vowed yesterday.
A five-day 'Quest' team training workshop, organized by the Africa Emergency Locust Project, The Gambia, on Tuesday concluded at the Agricultural Rural Farmer Training Centre in Jenoi, Lower River Region.
In this Q&A interview, Grimur Valdimarsson, Director of FAO's Fish Products and Industries Division, talks about international trade in fish products, the global seafood industry, and what they mean for developing countries and the environment.
FAO Representative, Ms Maria Helena di Morais Semedo received Niger's highest award for her distinguished service to the field of agriculture and the enrichment of the rural population in a ceremony presided over by H.E. M. Mahamane Moussa, Minister of
As African governments and tens of millions of poor African consumers faced a dangerous rice crisis in 2007, new rice varieties adapted to African conditions helped achieve a 6 percent increase in the continent's output. Though this represents a major
Many poor, food-importing countries around the world, including Ghana have become desperate in recent months, as global prices of rice, wheat, and maize have doubled. Hundreds of millions of poor people, who already spend a large share of their daily
The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Lennart Bage, on Thursday pledged that his institution will help the Mozambican government to respond to the international food crisis.
High food prices have particularly hit vulnerable populations in many countries that spend a substantial part of their income on food, according to a report released today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Hundreds of Mozambicans working at the East Rand Proprietary Mine (ERPM), at Boksburg, just outside Johannesburg, say they want to return to Mozambique until the current anti-foreigner violence has died down.
East African countries could realise faster economic growth if they put emphasis on increased enrolment in tertiary educational institutions and access to quality training.
