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Ethiopian government and partn...

Ethiopian government and partners request $67.7 million for drought response

africa » ethiopia » addis ababa
Friday, April 18, 2008
The Ethiopian government and its humanitarian partners yesterday announced that a total of $67,737,459 is required to fund the country’s humanitarian...
drought, emergency, food, farming, harvest
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MAURITANIA: Struggling to cope...

MAURITANIA: Struggling to cope in pre-harvest “lean season”

africa » mauritania » nouakchott
IRIN
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Ali Sambadga showed IRIN the contents of his village grain bank - there are just two tonnes of maize left to help thousands of villagers stave off...
harvest, food, livestock, money, prices
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ZIMBABWE: More food shortages ...

ZIMBABWE: More food shortages anticipated

africa » zimbabwe
IRIN
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Erratic weather is likely to hurt Zimbabwe's harvest this year, with the country ending up with an even higher maize deficit than in 2007, according...
weather, food, shortage, harvest, growth, wfp, crop, agriculture, cereal
(10 views)
NAMIBIA: Too much rain is as b...

NAMIBIA: Too much rain is as bad as too little

africa » namibia
IRIN
Monday, March 17, 2008
Floodwater caused by heavy rains in Namibia's northern and northeastern regions has brought an outbreak of cholera, and is also being blamed for a...
flood, water, government, unicef, rains, disease, hygiene, harvest, crops
(10 views)
ETHIOPIA: “Eight million need ...

ETHIOPIA: “Eight million need assistance, despite record harvest”

africa » ethiopia
IRIN
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Ethiopia experienced a record harvest during the meher season that runs from June and October but pockets of poor food production across the country...
harvest, food, assistance, insecure, people, security, crop, production, malnutrition
(15 views)
MALAWI: Enough food for everyo...

MALAWI: Enough food for everyone?

africa » malawi » lilongwe
IRIN
Monday, February 18, 2008
Despite a bumper harvest last season, there are signs of maize shortages in some parts of Malawi, but deputy minister of agriculture Bintony Kutsaira...
food, food security, agriculture, harvest
(15 views)
MALAWI: Subsidising agricultur...

MALAWI: Subsidising agriculture is not enough

africa » malawi
IRIN
Friday, February 08, 2008
Malawi is riding high on the success of its fertiliser subsidy programme and has become a regional exporter hoping to profit from booming food...
agriculture, farmers, food, prices, market, report, harvest
(17 views)
ZIMBABWE: No middle ground for...

ZIMBABWE: No middle ground for crops between drought and deluge

africa » zimbabwe » bulawayo
IRIN
Thursday, January 31, 2008
After six years of drought, the forecast was that Zimbabwe was set for good rains and a decent harvest this season - and then came the deluge.The...
drought, rains, harvest, crops, flood, farmers, food, aid
(21 views)

YOUNG OBSERVER-The three illiterates and the policeman

africa » gambia
Friday, January 11, 2008
Once upon a time, there were three men who had never been to school.  These men were just groundnut farmers, and they have had an enormous harvest,...
Farmers, money, killed, loosing, learn, police, harvest, arrest, educated
(16 views)
MALAWI: Malnutrition still a t...

MALAWI: Malnutrition still a threat

africa » malawi » lilongwe
IRIN
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Despite two years of bumper harvests, malnutrition, partly a consequence of Malawi's famine in 2005, still lingers. "The scale of the malnutrition...
malnutrition, food, harvest, famine
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