By Benita Nsabua on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 08:24
It is essential that policymakers and researchers have access to the latest food security research and policy tools in order to strengthen national and global capacity to respond effectively to food policy challenges. The Food Security Portal, facilitated by IFPRI, has launched a series of new beta tools designed to answer important research and policy questions, including how a country is affected by changes in the global prices of its export and import commodities.
By Benita Nsabua on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 12:24
Dear Readers
This is just a brief note to reassure you that progress is being made on Non State Actor participation in CAADP.
The "Guidelines" are almost drafted and translation work has begun. These should be available by the end of January.
By Benita Nsabua on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 12:53
The Africa Media Leadership Conference (AMLC) series is the foremost pan-African gathering of senior media professionals on the African continent, and is hosted annually by the Media Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Rhodes University’s Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (SPI).
By Benita Nsabua on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:49
By Denis Jjuuko
Fisheries experts, ministers, and stakeholders currently attending the First Conference of African Ministers on Fisheries and Aquaculture (CAMFA) have been urged to work towards peace through innovative and inclusive partnerships at all levels. This call was contained in a statement by the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Mr. Jean Ping, in his message for the commemoration of the International Peace Day.
By Benita Nsabua on Wed, 09/15/2010 - 08:43
By Benita Nsabua on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 12:40
A continent with half of its population under the age of twenty owes it to itself to invent a new way of governance, adapted and contextualized to the challenges imposed by its demography as well as its development. This way of governance would only be able to emerge with a leadership that is conscious of our reality, in order to create an enabling environment for security and progress.
By Benita Nsabua on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:57
By Denis Jjuuko
Ouagadougou: The 2010 CAADP Day was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with a call for a review of the Maputo Declaration on budgetary commitments of agriculture by including a date by which countries should have allocated at least 10% of their national budgets to agriculture. This call was made by Laurent Sedogo, the agriculture minister of Burkina Faso while opening the CAADP Day.
By Benita Nsabua on Sat, 06/20/2009 - 17:06
The NEPAD e-Schools Initiative is the key to bridging the digital divide and ensuring socio-economic development of African countries, said the Deputy President of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, when she opened the NEPAD e-Schools stakeholders conference, held in Johannesburg from 15-18 April 2008. The conference, which was aimed at discussing NEPAD e-Schools progress and the business plan, was attended by South Africa's Minister of Communication Dr.
By Benita Nsabua on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:51
By Denis Jjuuko
Ouagadougou: If we need agriculture to attract African politicians, it needs to be seen as an issue that can win them votes according to Boaz Blackie Keizire, the Technical Advisor/CAADP Implementation Specialist at the African Union Commission. Keizire was addressing the media at a press conference ahead of the CAADP Day that took place in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.
By Benita Nsabua on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:50
By Denis Jjuuko
Ouagadougou: Kenya, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast will sign CAADP compacts in the next few days bringing the number of countries that are committed to improving their agriculture to 22 according to Martin Bwalya, head of CAADP at the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency.
