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		<title>Hard times delay MDGs</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/06/25/hard-times-delay-mdgs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG &#8211; Life is mostly hard in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho, but the chronic droughts that seem to signal the unfolding impact of climate change are projected to become more severe, and could squeeze cultivable land from an already slim 10 percent to a mere three percent in 25 years. [full report]]]></description>
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		<title>Forced to sell cattle for a handful of dollars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DAKAR &#8211; Nigeriens are likely to take years to recover from selling their weakened livestock at a fraction of its normal value due to drought in the Sahel region. [full report]]]></description>
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		<title>La muraille verte commence à prendre racine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[N&#8217;DJAMENA &#8211; Pendant des décennies, le gouvernement du Tchad a considéré l’environnement comme « le problème de l’homme blanc » a dit Hassan Térap, le ministre de l’Environnement. « Pendant longtemps, c’était un problème de pays riches, mais maintenant nos terres sont dénudées, le bétail meurt, l’eau disparaît, c’est aussi notre problème », a dit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New life for old rubber trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONROVIA &#8211; At first glance it looks like a fully grown tropical forest, but among the thick undergrowth, the trees still stand in lines, their trunks deeply scarred. This was once a productive rubber plantation; now it is part of Liberia&#8217;s estimated 600,000ha of overgrown and moribund rubber farms. [full report]]]></description>
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		<title>Cassava comes in from the cold</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/06/08/cassava-comes-in-from-the-cold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI &#8211; Perishable, poisonous if mishandled and reputedly fit only for the plates of the poor, the cassava plant is set for an east African makeover by agronomists who hope to unlock its potential as a cash crop with a host of industrial uses. The key, they say, is to add value locally. [full report]]]></description>
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		<title>Life is just not getting any better</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/05/25/life-is-just-not-getting-any-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 06:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARARE &#8211; The death of Zimbabwe&#8217;s secretary for agriculture, Renson Gasela, and two other senior officials from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a car accident recently has highlighted the country&#8217;s inability to respond to accidents, emergencies or disasters. [full report]]]></description>
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		<title>Lightweight kit for small farmers</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/04/15/lightweight-kit-for-small-farmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI &#8211; A new piece of kit in the form of a backpack could help small farmers in Kenya increase yields, profits and agricultural know-how in a sustainable way. [full report]]]></description>
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		<title>High food insecurity, malnutrition, predicted in Niger</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/01/27/high-food-insecurity-malnutrition-predicted-in-niger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DAKAR, 27 January 2010 (IRIN) &#8211; The agro-pastoral areas of Diffa and Zinder in southern Niger are likely to see a rise in food shortages and malnutrition in the coming months, according to an assessment by the US-funded Famine Early Warning System. http://www.fews.net/niger/ [full report]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond cashews and rice</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2009/10/22/beyond-cashews-and-rice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DOMINGOS, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) &#8211; Aid agencies are encouraging communities to diversify their agricultural production in Guinea-Bissau, where 90 percent of farmers grow rice or cashews to survive, making them vulnerable to erratic rainfall and price fluctuations. [full report]]]></description>
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