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hunger – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:24:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg hunger – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 Food Security Concern Grows in Kenya as Farmers Switch from Maize to Coffee http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/food-security-concern-grows-in-kenya-as-farmers-switch-maize-to-coffee http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/food-security-concern-grows-in-kenya-as-farmers-switch-maize-to-coffee#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:24:45 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10322 ELDORET, 23 November 2011 (IRIN) – The switch by many farmers in Kenya’s Rift Valley province from staple cereals to more profitable coffee is likely to increase the country’s dependence on grain imports and possibly affect food security, agricultural experts have warned. “It is unsafe to use our land for crops with the hopes of …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/food-security-concern-grows-in-kenya-as-farmers-switch-maize-to-coffee/feed 1 Is There Hope for The African Child? http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/is-hope-for-the-african-child http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/is-hope-for-the-african-child#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:58:15 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9162 The theme for this year African Child’s Day, was ‘All Together For Actions in Favor of Street Children’. This was targeted at some estimated 30million African street children and was celebrated all over the African continent. June 6 of every year is set aside by the African Union (AU) to commemorate the wanton massacre of …

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]]> In Africa, a Man Without Job Has no Status http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/millenium-development-goals-unemployment-africa Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:28:44 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=6830 Michael Fleshman For 17 years Peter worked as a machine operator in a South African textile plant. It was not high-paying work, but it paid the bills and kept his family above the poverty line. When he lost his job because foreign imports were cheaper, he told University of KwaZulu-Natal researcher Claire Ichou, he was …

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]]> Africa: Unlocking the Economic Potential of Biotechnology http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/biotechnology-africa-economy http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/biotechnology-africa-economy#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:34:22 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=6229 There are rays of hope as we go towards 2050. The potential for agriculture in Africa is great. African countries can use their own experiences, indigenous knowledge and traditional methods, as well as the many talents of their people to adopt and adapt the best of what science has to offer in new technologies.

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/biotechnology-africa-economy/feed 3 Millions in Niger need help to avoid another food crisis, warn UN agencies http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/millions-in-niger-to-avoid-food-crisis-warn-un-agencies Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:41:11 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=6105  20 January 2011 – The United Nations food agencies are urging continued assistance for Niger, where acute malnutrition rates remain high despite a good harvest and millions need help to avoid another food crisis. Last year the Government of Niger, supported by the UN, launched a massive humanitarian intervention which averted the worst effects of …

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