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January 07, 2012

1 Foreign farm investors flock to Ethiopia, but food self-sufficiency not in sight


2 US university scales back link to controversial Tanzania land deal


3 Africa succumbs to colonial-style land grab


4 Tea research key to a growing industry


5 Lesotho: new financing aims to help rural farmers


6 WFP Buy Local scheme helps Zimbabwean farmers


7 Chinese technology to increase rice yields in Mozambique


8 Insect experts to help diagnose disease affecting Rwandan coffee


9 Erratic rain threatens Zambia's food security


10 Africa is not growing the food commodities China imports


11 South Sudan: Africa’s next farming frontier


12 South Sudan seeks food and farmland investments


13 South Sudan: land ownership a major challenge for investors


14 Iran exports agricultural equipment to Tanzania


15 Sweet potato gains new respect in East Africa


16 Give biotech scientists the benefit of the doubt


17 Ugandan farmer makes good with fresh fruit exports


18 The Indian land grab in Africa


19 South Africa: benefits of Pioneer-Pannar seed companies' merger over-stated


20 Nigeria's cassava conundrum


21 China strengthens cotton trade ties with Africa


22 Nigeria removes import duty on agricultural equipment


23 Nigeria to release Vitamin A-rich, yellow-fleshed cassava


24 Irrigation with seawater


25 Resistant wheats and Ethiopian farmers battle deadly fungus


26 Drought-tolerant maize faces rain aplenty in Zimbabwe


27 Millennium Villages - a lasting impact?


28 Changing land laws, policies to suit needs of locals, investors

29 The need for educated people to take up farming

30 Scientists find desert cure for dates disease

31 New UN initiative to boost Mozambican crop yields

32 Study of large land deals warns of threat to poor

33 Indian floriculture investor answers questions on his African interest

34 Nigeria, China ink deal to invest $2.55 billion in biorefinery projects

35 Sisal cultivation spreads in Tanzania

36 The great Ethiopian land-grab: feudalism, leninism, neo-liberalism … plus ça change

37 Rush for land a wake-up call for poorer countries

38 ICIPE to strengthen fight against fruit fly to boost Kenya mango exports

39 SADC establishes seed center

40 IRRI releases two new rice varieties in Burundi

41 Warren Buffett's son schools Bill Gates on African agriculture

42 Why deny biotech crops to Africa?




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