Focus on lowland farming yields multiple benefits in Liberia
Written by Kevin Wafula   
Friday, 27 August 2010

The European Union and FAO are to support plans by Liberia to lessen dependence on rice imports by improving farming in the fertile lowlands that cover one-fifth of the country.

 
Kenya seeks ways to achieving MDGs on Maternal, Newborn Health
Written by Naftali Mwaura   
Wednesday, 25 August 2010

The Kenyan government in partnership with agencies has launched a new road map that will accelerate achieving the millennium development goals on maternal and child health.

 
New initiative to boost mixed tree, crop farming launched
Written by Henry Neondo   
Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Almost half the agricultural land in the world, about a billion hectares, has more than 10 percent tree cover, but there is still huge potential to increase the number of trees on farmland and improve their productivity. Incorporating trees within farming landscapes, or agroforestry, can increase soil fertility, raise and sustain yields, increase income through the sale of timber and other tree products, and produce fodder and fuelwood; this is according to new Agroforestry Policy Initiative launched by the World Agroforestry Centre during the XXIII World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations in Seoul, Korea.

 
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Uganda’s Joint Clinical Research Centre has urged parents to test their children for HIV.

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Rural Africans are observing clear trends in local climate across a range of environments from humid to semi-arid.

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