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(October 06, 2008) Africa urgently needs a new green revolution to curb the suffering of the most vulnerable, the Relief Coordinator of the UN, John Holmes, writes in an op-ed; a revolution that is agriculturally productive, economically profitable and environmentally sustainable.
(October 06, 2008) Western donors must keep promises made earlier this year to help developing countries deal with the food crisis, President George Bush and PM Gordon Brown, write in a joint letter, calling for support to help pay for seeds, fertilizers, and other resources for African farmers.
(October 06, 2008) Access to inputs such as fertilizers and irrigation , targeted subsidy and credit programs, secure land tenure systems to increase farmers capacity to use and invest in new technology are the best starting points to build a stable economy, says Prof Florence Wambugu.
(October 06, 2008) Asias green revolution was all public sector; the new one has to include the private sector, says President Elsa Murano of A&M University, supported by Administrator Henrietta Fore of the USAID, pointing at several areas where private partners come in.
(October 06, 2008) USAID has signed a USD 113 million funding to back food security in Sub-Saharan Africa through agricultural productivity and elimination of bottlenecks along the value chain of intra-regional trade, extending an existing collaboration with the regional grouping CILSS.
(October 06, 2008) Three essays by Namanga Ngongi of AGRA, Josette Sheeran of WRP, and Joachim von Braun of IFPRI respond to critical questions connected to the dramatic rise and volability of food prices that since last year have shaken the global food system.
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