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Hard times delay MDGs

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun25 10
JOHANNESBURG - Life is mostly hard in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho, but the chronic droughts that seem to ...
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Forced to sell cattle for a handful of dollars

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun22 10
DAKAR - Nigeriens are likely to take years to recover from selling their weakened livestock at a fraction of ...
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La muraille verte commence à prendre racine

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun21 10
N'DJAMENA - Pendant des décennies, le gouvernement du Tchad a considéré l’environnement comme « le problème de l’homme blanc » ...
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New life for old rubber trees

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun18 10
MONROVIA - At first glance it looks like a fully grown tropical forest, but among the thick undergrowth, the ...
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Cassava comes in from the cold

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun8 10
NAIROBI - Perishable, poisonous if mishandled and reputedly fit only for the plates of the poor, the cassava plant ...
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Life is just not getting any better

by IRIN | 0 » | May25 10
HARARE - The death of Zimbabwe's secretary for agriculture, Renson Gasela, and two other senior officials from the Movement for ...
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Lightweight kit for small farmers

by IRIN | 0 » | Apr15 10
NAIROBI - A new piece of kit in the form of a backpack could help small farmers in Kenya ...
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High food insecurity, malnutrition, predicted in Niger

by IRIN | 0 » | Jan27 10
DAKAR, 27 January 2010 (IRIN) - The agro-pastoral areas of Diffa and Zinder in southern Niger are likely to see ...
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Beyond cashews and rice

by IRIN | 0 » | Oct22 09
SAN DOMINGOS, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are encouraging communities to diversify their agricultural production in Guinea-Bissau, ...

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