A new ReSAKSS working paper, “Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Kenya: Technical Analysis for the Agricultural Sectoral Development Strategy (ASDS)—Medium Term Investment Plan (MTIP)”, is now available on the ReSAKSS website.

Ghana has just confirmed they will be investing in a four-year, Medium -Term Agricultural Investments Sector Investment Plan (METASIP) to implement the Food and Agricultural Sector Development Policy (FASDEP II) has been launched in Accra.  The METASIP is consistent with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Agriculture Policy and NEPAD's Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Pr

• Africa can live up to its promise, Huffington Post, Feb. 10
• Food price hike drives 44 million into poverty, World Bank, Feb. 15

• Africa: Thinking big on climate change modeling, IRIN, Oct. 13
• Without investment in agriculture, Africans stay hungry, IPS, Oct. 24
• Global food crisis forecast as prices reach record highs, The Guardian, Oct. 25

World Economic and Social Survey 2010: Retooling Global Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, July 2010