From Left to Right: Kikki Nordin, Regional Team Leader, Environment and Economic Development (REED),Sida; Claes Kjellström, representative of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) at the Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi; Björn Häggmark, Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden. (photo credit: ILRI/Nairobi).
A new programme that provides grants to bioscientists working to improve food production and environmental management in eastern Africa was launched Wednesday at the Nairobi headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
The newly established Bioresources Innovation Network for Eastern Africa Development (Bio-Innovate) Programme—the first of its kind in Africa—provides competitive grants to African [...]
By Aimable Twahirwa
The Rwandan government plans to boost agricultural production through its Crop Intensification Programme (CIP) and a range of post-harvest measures to reduce waste from the 2011 season onwards.
The programme will boost agricultural research to increase productivity in rural areas and ensurefood security for the country’s 10 million people.
“We plan [...]
Revitalising agricultural research is a top priority for food security and the rural poor as a continental ‘brain drain’ continues to sap knowledge and talent from African research institutions.
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Presidents of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi receive landmark study at retreat on African food security and climate change
Africa can feed itself. And it can make the transition from hungry importer to self-sufficiency in a single generation.
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