Charities Launch Plan to Help African Farming
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The program will try to replicate the success of a Rockefeller program that increased the production of grains like wheat, corn and rice in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
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The US government announced a five-year, 547-million-dollar aid package to Ghana to help the African nation develop agriculture and alleviate poverty.
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British philanthropists have started raising funds in aid of more people with disabilities in Bangladesh to build on the success of their first rehabilitation initiative.
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African leaders call for more funds to fight the world's deadliest diseases - Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.
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Climate change could worsen Africa's struggle to feed itself, but simple steps &#151; a cistern to catch rainwater, a solar panel, or hardier seeds for crops &#151; could help the continent's subsistence farms, specialists and activists said Friday.
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HIV and AIDS are expected to kill 16 million farmworkers in southern Africa by 2010, with severe implications for agricultural production and food security.
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People can halt the decline of many birds by making their gardens more wildlife-friendly, says a charity.
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Poor farmersâ simple methods have helped lead to millions of newly tree-covered acres in a dust-choked region.
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The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee is proposing a series of agricultural tax credits, bonds and a trust fund as part of a farm bill that would give billions in aid to farmers and pay for the nation's nutrition programs.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and  the Rockefeller Foundation unveiled on Tuesday a joint $150  million pledge to fight hunger and poverty in Africa by helping  small farmers become more productive.
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By ANDREW FORGRAVE Rural Affairs Editor  A WELSH wildlife charity is to launch its biggest ever conservation scheme to protect upland landscapes and communities.
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By Anna Lognonne  Livestock and dairy farmers have been awarded grants totalling more than pounds 1.6m by Defra to prevent cattle diseases and improve cattle health on-farm.
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Oxfam urges Tony Blair to make the fight against African poverty a priority for his time left in office.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - President Thabo Mbeki on Friday pledged to tackle poverty and crime and speed up land redistribution to blacks, signaling a new interventionist approach in fighting South Africa's glaring social ills.
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The British Red Cross has set up a fund for AIDS victims in Lesotho after the screening of a documentary shot by Prince Harry during a visit earlier this year, a senior British diplomat said.
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The Cumbria Farmer Network has taken over the work of the Rural Futures project.   Since the foot-and-mouth epidemic, Rural Futures has helped farmers gain grants to improve their businesses.
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UK charities launch an appeal to save lives among the 4.5m people at risk in Darfur and neighbouring countries.