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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The need to increase current rice production could be prohibited by production systems that rarely apply science.

The International Potato Center (CIP) has launched an Africa-wide project to exploit the untapped potential of the sweetpotato to improve the nutrition, incomes and food security of one million farming families in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ghana’s Minister of Communications disclosed Friday that the government is ready to mitigate harmful computer threats anticipated with the advance of technology. 

The effect of the credit crunch is being felt across the globe with both developed and developing countries rushing to cut expenditure in key government departments. US President, Barack Obama signed a USD787 billion of rescue stimulus package last month, in a bid to save the US economy from further spiral.

At a time when electronic waste dumping is becoming a teething problem in developing countries, African leaders have been urged to carefully vet donor aid channeled into the continent as Information Communication Technology.

Poor agricultural yeids and rising food insecurity in sub – Saharan Africa has brought into sharp focus the role of modern agricultural technology in human development.

Somalia and Zimbabwe are said to be among four of the worst offenders for exaggerating figures on the numbers of children immunized.

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