SA Agriculture Minister says food security must be discussed at Climate Change Summit
By admin | September 8, 2011
Mail and Guardian, 8 September
The world will suffer dire consequences if food security was not placed on the agenda at November’s COP17 climate-change meeting in Durban, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tina Joemat-Pettersson. Read the rest of this entry »
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President Zuma’s speech on agriculture and food security at the Africa EU Summit.
By Mark | November 29, 2010
Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency, President Jacob Zuma, on Sub-Theme 3: Millennium Development Goals on Agriculture and Food Security, at the 3rd Africa-European Union Summit.
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Zimbabwe: Food insecurity threatens rural villages
By Laura | April 14, 2010
From IRIN, 9 April 2010
The villagers of Nkalanje, in Zimbabwe’s arid Matabeleland South Province, use bells tied around the necks of their livestock to track animals that roam ever greater distances in search of sparse tufts of grass as a dry spell tightens its grip in the already food insecure country.
Nicholas Ntepe, 40, told IRIN he often spent days away from home to find his livestock and bring them closer to home. “It is a tough life, because I have to divide my time between looking for my livestock and looking for food to feed my family.”
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Mozambique: Drought and floods bring food shortages
By Info | April 8, 2010
Article from IRIN News, 29 March 2010
Extensive flooding along the rivers of central and southern Mozambique during March, in tandem with persistent drought in other parts of the same areas, have left 465,000 people in need of food assistance, but aid agencies warn that they do not have the resources to help. Read the rest of this entry »
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Zambia: Bumper crop prospects raise spirits
By Info | April 8, 2010
Article from IRIN News, 1 April 2010
News of a bumper harvest could not have come at a better time in Zambia, where rising food and fuel prices have made it more and more difficult for John Banda, a taxi driver in the capital, Lusaka, to provide for himself and his family of four.
The Central Statistical Office said inflation had climbed from 9.8 percent to 10.2 percent, mainly on the back of rising food prices. Earlier in the year the government announced a 15 percent hike in petrol prices, soon after it slapped a 10 percent excise duty on diesel – huge shocks in a country where most people live on less than a dollar a day.
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