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LRR Farmers Speak Out

Thursday, July 02, 2009

In the build-up to this year’s rainy season, farmers in Kiang Central district have expressed willingness to make optimum use of the rainy season....

Old Jeshwnag women horticulturists in despair

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

women horticulturists at the women’s garden in Old Jeswwang have once again raised concerns over persistent infiltration into their gardens and...

SENEGAL: Squeezing more out of sesame

Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Senegalese government has invested millions of dollars in the past decade to revive sesame production, but the sector has been slow to develop....

GUINEA: Record cold snap destroys crops, kills hundreds of animals

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Near-freezing temperatures in north-central Guinea in January destroyed crops and livestock on which thousands of people depend for food as well as...

WEST AFRICA: Can organic cotton save the industry?

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Fuel and fertiliser price hikes, insect infestations and chemical damage to soil have led some cotton farmers in West Africa to produce organic...

ETHIOPIA: Drought intensifies in Tigray

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81695

Thursday, November 27, 2008

MEKELLE Thursday, November 27, 2008 (IRIN) - The humanitarian situation in the drought-affected north and north-eastern Ethiopia continues to...

UGANDA: Displaced first by war, now by elephants

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81100

Saturday, November 22, 2008

AMURU Friday, October 24, 2008 (IRIN) - Marauding elephants in northern Uganda have added to the challenges faced by civilians trying to rebuild...

Genetically Engineered Crops Negatively Impact Global Food Security

http://sacsis.org.za/site/News/detail.asp?iData=196&iCat=1434&iChannel=1&nChannel=News

Thursday, November 20, 2008

The global increase in food prices has resulted in a siren call from the pro-biotech cheerleaders that GM crops should be more widely adopted. But...

CONGO: Disease devastates cassava crop, threatens widespread hunger

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Cassava is the staple food for most people in the Republic of Congo, but this main source of nourishment is being threatened by a disease that has...

Cassava’s comeback

Friday, November 14, 2008

On the plate of over 1,5 million people in Africa After years of massive crop losses caused by a devastating virus, farmers are harvesting healthy...