• African agriculture suffers from erratic climate, Reuters, Apr. 20
• Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, Fact Sheet, The Chicago Council, Apr. 22
• One more promise kept: the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, World Bank Blog, Apr. 22

• Development aid rose in 2009 and most donors will meet 2010 targets, OECD Newsroom, Apr. 14
• Sub-Saharan Africans want focus on agriculture, jobs, Gallup, Apr. 15

• U.S. sees food security as next big Africa push, Reuters, Mar. 22
• Time for Africa to get serious about investment, by President Koroma, Huffington Post, Mar. 22
• Nigeria plans to increase rice production fourfold in 10 years, Bloomberg, Mar. 26

• Africa Begins to Make Poverty History, The Guardian, Mar. 3
• Kenya: Taking the Risk out of Farming, allAfrica.com, Mar. 5
• Uganda bumper Maize Harvest Depresses Prices, Reuters as reported on African Agriculture, Feb. 28

• New Round to Assess Food Needs in Mozambique, allAfrica.com, Mar. 1
• In Niger, Opening Once-Taboo Topic of Hunger Crucial to Easing Impending Food Crisis, AP, Feb. 26
• NEPAD, ILRI Unveil Fund for East Africa's Agriculture, allAfrica.com, Mar. 1

• Cattle Diseases Ravage Eastern Province of Rwanda, allAfrica.com, Feb. 24
• Over 7 Million People in Niger Facing Food Insecurity Owing to Bad Harvest, Warns UN, allAfrica.com, Feb. 23
• Surplus Food Production in SADC, allAfrica.com, Feb. 23

• Leaders Approve New Agency to Replace NEPAD, allAfrica.com, Feb. 9
• NEPAD to Drive Continent's Growth, allAfrica.com, Feb. 16
• Food Security Talks in Africa Must Help, allAfrica.com, Feb. 16

• NEPAD integrated into AU structures, allAfrica.com, Feb. 2
• Low agricultural growth could lower overall growth in Kenya, allAfrica.com, Feb. 4
• EAC heads to discuss food security, allAfrica.com, Feb. 4

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

• Malawian inflation accelerates to 7.6% on higher food prices, Bloomberg, Jan. 21
• Kenya: We should never go hungry again, allAfrica.com, Jan. 24
• Gates Foundation in Sh862.5 million deal for Kenya fruit farmers, allAfrica.com, Jan. 22

• Worm outbreaks in Kenya threaten food security, allAfrica.com, Jan. 20
• Uganda set for cheaper fertilizers, allAfrica.com, Jan. 21
• Agricultural insurance program launched in Botswana, allAfrica.com, Jan. 21