Boost for Africa's depleted soils
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A $180m five-year project to revive the depleted soils of sub-Saharan Africa is launched in Nairobi.
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PARIS, October 30  (IPS) - A new project to develop an integrated sugarcane  facility in Kenya could be a boost for biofuels production in  east Africa.
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World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick said yesterday that he is optimistic that a push to raise money for a fund that grants billions of dollars to Africa will be successful because of early feedback from donor countries.
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MADRID, Sep 21 (IPS) - Supporting the private sector in Africa, as Spanish  businesses agreed to do this week, and combating people  trafficking mafias is the way to promote development and prevent  brain drain from African countries.
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George SorosÂs money will, among other things, pay for fertilizers and improved seeds to raise crop yields, classrooms and health clinics.
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Science & environment: Scientists hope evidence will save other areas of land given over to timber and oil-palm plantations.
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Restoring a turned off gene in wheat could boost levels of protein and key nutrients, scientists discover.
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South Asia and southern Africa may be hardest hit by climate change-related food shortages by 2030.
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The United States is building a partnership with Africa to pull the continent out of poverty, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday as she lent her support to moves to boost U.S.-African trade.
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Africa is starting to enjoy economic growth again after years of dismal statistics, but to cut poverty and be more competitive its countries must invest more in manufacturing and improve their export performance, a major United Nations report on the
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A tenth of the world&#39;s irrigated crops - everything from lettuce and tomatoes to mangoes and coconuts - are watered by sewage. And much of that sewage is raw and untreated, gushing direct from sewer pipes into fields at the fringes of the developing ...
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Zambian high school student  Bibian Phiri will conduct her first science experiment this  year -- a small but important breakthrough paid for by a  massive poverty relief plan for Africa.
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Rising global temperatures will hit Africa's poor the hardest, reducing their ability to deal with disease, feed themselves and earn a living, a scientist told an international conference on climate change Wednesday.
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If disaster &mdash; climate change, nuclear war &mdash; ever wipes out the world's crops,  we'll need spare seeds. Inside the ultimate agricultural backup system.
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KABWE, Zambia  - Irene Solo ate soil from tree bark and anthills when she was pregnant in the belief among some Zambians that it makes babies strong.
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Africa is being damaged by greenhouse gas pollution from developed nations and must sell carbon credits to grow in a "green fashion," Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Bill Clinton's philanthropic summit on Thursday.
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.