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Big Hope for Zimbabwe’s Small Grains
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a project in Zimbabwe recently to promote the use of small grains such as millet and sorghum to boost food security in three drought-prone provinces – Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South...
African Agriculture Development Meeting Opens in Abuja
The 5th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform Meeting opened on Monday in Abuja with more than 50 African countries and donor agencies in attendance. The meeting is being held in preparation of the three-day...
Prime Minister of Japan’s Thoughts on a Lasting Solution to Food Security
Food security will be the highlight of discussion when the heads of 27 countries and 11 organizations meet on Friday on the occasion of the G8 L’Aquila Summit. I expect substantial progress be made, particularly on aid to countries affected by the...
Drought Blamed for Syria’s Food Shortages
Two years of drought has left many farmers and herders without an income and has severely limited cereal production in Syria, pushing up local food prices and putting pressure on basic food supplies, according to UN and Syrian government officials. In...
Bleak Forecast for Afghanistan’s Agriculture
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said that agricultural production will see no major increase in 2009 and Afghanistan will continue to rely on external assistance and food imports.
UN: Zimbabwe Needs 395,000 Tonnes of Food Aid to Avert Famine
Lack of fertilizer and seeds, economic constraints and adverse weather have led to food insecurity in Zimbabwe, threatening to plunge five million people into hunger by early 2009, a new United Nations report released here has warned.
UN: Summit Organizers Apologize, Readmit Farda Journalist
Organizers of a UN food summit in Rome have readmitted a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Persian-language service and apologized for the “unfortunate incident” when he was denied access on the summit’s opening...
