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Small-scale private irrigation schemes (SPRI) have been the driving force behind the expansion of irrigated areas in Nigeria, despite government efforts to promote large-scale public irrigation schemes. SPRI allows adjustment of irrigation schedules in accordance with observed crop needs. The…

KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but…

- The vast majority of poor households, throughout the country, are facing normal lean period food shortages of varying magnitude, which do not warrant food aid or external assistance. However, the food security scenario for the July-December period assumes that…

Posted by Bill Gates With continued hard work and investment the world is on a path toward something pretty incredible, the eradication of polio. In the past two decades, polio cases around the world have been reduced by 99 percent. If…

- L'hivernage 2010 s'installe progressivement au Sahel permettant ainsi la poursuite des semis dans les zones agricoles et la régénération des pâturages dans les zones pastorales. Si cette installation est quasi normale comme prévue dans les zones agricoles, elle…

gricultural innovations are still relevant in transforming livelihoods in Africa, a stakeholder lecture on "Food and Culture" has heard. Using a case study of the cassava revolution in Africa, researchers estimate that resource-poor farmers in Nigeria, alone, traded improved cassava stems-a…

* At least four killed, some residents put toll higher * Authorities impose curfew on town * Clashes near region where hundreds died earlier this year By Shuaibu Mohammed JOS, Nigeria, July 14 (Reuters) - At least four people have been killed in…

1. INTRODUCTION There is much interest in the sources and consequences of agricultural productivity differences between male and female farmers, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although it has often been argued that lower levels of physical and human capital among female farmers…

Contents 273 Progress towards eradicating poliomyelitis in Nigeria, January 2009–June 2010 Sommaire 273 Progrès accomplis dans l’éradication de la poliomyélite au Nigéria, janvier 2009-juin 2010

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2010 - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved the following project: GEF Trust Fund Grant: US$6.8 million Project ID: P109737 Project Description: The objective of the project is to increase the incomes of rural entrepreneurs…