Time up for Africa to achieve real green revolution, Annan says
Written by Adu Domfeh   
Thursday, 02 September 2010

Time has come to scale-up progress to achieve a uniquely African Green Revolution, former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan and chair of African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) has said. But he acknowledged that Africa, with a lower density of critical infrastructure than Asia had in the 1960s, needs massive investments if agriculture is to have impact.

 
Experts urge increase in agricultural investments
Written by Fidelis Khumalo   
Thursday, 02 September 2010

African agriculture would require an intensification of investments in key prime movers to “get it moving, Dr Anandaja-yasekeram Ponniah said at the ongoing Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) in Windhoek, Namibia.

 
South African firm to promote, distribute MSD products in sub-Saharan Africa
Written by Henry Neondo   
Thursday, 02 September 2010

Adcock Ingram, South Africa's second largest pharmaceutical company will now be the distributor of MSD products in parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

 
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Uganda expects to begin  the first experimental planting of transgenic maize varieties within the next few months. However,  there are reservations about the country’s regulatory preparedness and experts are calling for a biosafety law to guide the process.

The use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) to protect children from malaria has risen six-fold in the past seven years, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Climate change is unequivocal and only the die-hard skeptics still believe that it is a myth. This is the scientific consensus globally.

Tanzanian officer of health has called for regular studies on malaria drugs efficacy if war against the disease is to be won.

As Africa marks the day of the African child, many of the millions of African children  who  don’t  live  to see their fifth birthday could be saved with greater  investment  in  basic  health  services  and infrastructure.

Have African governments been overthrown for ignoring local forest and land rights?

Prolonged drought, human /wildlife conflict and forest destruction in major National Parks have been cited as the enemies of wildlife conservation in the country.

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