Care for animals key to successful livestock production
Written by Anthony Aisi and Erick Akasa   
Saturday, 31 July 2010

In a world food prize laureate seminar organized by International Livestock research Institute on Friday, the Heifer International president and the world food prize laureate winner Jo Luck said success of livestock production in Kenya and the sub-Saharan African countries at large depends on people knowing how to care for animals.

 
WFP promises to double food purchases from rural Ugandan village
Written by Anthony Aisi   
Saturday, 31 July 2010

WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran pledged at the weekend to double the amount of food that the organization buys from women farmers in the Millennium Village of Ruhiira, Uganda where a strategic, integrated approach to rural development is already changing lives.

 
AU to mobile resources for child and maternal health, promise to review Abuja declaration
Written by Henry Neondo   
Friday, 30 July 2010

Africa’s Heads of State 15th AU Summit held in Kampala, Uganda, from 19 to 27 July adopted actions to be undertaken in various Member State, in particular the actions aimed at attaining the MDGs 4, 5 and 6, mobilisation of adequate resources for integrated health programmes up to 15% of national budgets, the sharing of best practices within regions, regular evaluation and reporting of progress achieved by Member State.

 
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A farmer holds maize seedsUnfavourable seed policies, lengthy variety release process and controlled seed market have been identified as major constraints to seed sector in sub-Saharan Africa.

Botswana’s future in science and technology is seriously hampered by the shortage of science teachers in public schools, an official in Botswana’s Ministry of Education and Skills Development has said.

A study recently conducted by the National Nutrition Centre of Egypt states that 48.5% of Egyptian women and 16.7% of Egyptians over 20 are obese. As many as 35% of the population has a BMI over 30, and are therefore considered obese. The various surveys conducted in Egypt underline the main nutritional problem and raise the growing trend of obesity among adults.

A national academy of sciences is to be launched in Ethiopia, making it the world’s youngest science academy. 

Lack of breeding policy and the indiscriminate crossbreeding programmes are endangering animal resources in Africa. Yet the continent is has no deliberate plans to develop Animal Germplasm Program.

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President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said Thursday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that African leaders to act now and turn 500 million small farms into profitable businesses.

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