In the News: Week of December 7, 2009

Tue, 12/08/2009

"Africans, on whose shoulders the responsibility of transforming the agriculture rightly falls, have devised a powerful home-grown initiative to address this challenge, the CAADP". - President Paul Kagame, Rwanda. Read more here.

President Kagame calls for more investment in agriculture, allAfrica.com, December 8
States, partners agree to continue supporting CAADP, allAfrica.com, December 10
Kenyans struggle as drought turns Rift Valley into wasteland, Des Moines Register
Africa needs $40bn/yr in climate aid, Reuters, December 7
Nearly 5 million Ethiopians will need food aid in first part of 2010, UN reports, allAfrica.com, December 8

The weekly post, “In the News”, lists current headlines and news stories on agricultural development in Africa.

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