ANNAN: Nine steps to food security in Africa

Locust swarms in East Africa pose additional challenge in the continent's fight against coronavirus.

Expanding Locust Swarms Threaten Food Security Across East Africa  World Politics ReviewPlague of locusts threatens East African economies as UN sounds alarm  CNBC‘Like an Umbrella Had Covered the Sky’: Locust Swarms Despoil Kenya  The New York TimesHuge Swarms of Locusts Are Invading East Africa  Bloomberg Markets and FinanceLocusts infesting East Africa could inflict significant economic damage  CNBCView Full coverage on Google News

Dr Paul-André Calatayud is a senior research scientist of Research Institute for Development (IRD), a French Institute. A native of France, he has conducted field and laboratory studies in South America at CIAT (Colombia) and Africa at ORSTOM (Congo) and icipe (Kenya). On presentation  during the Workshop  day 3, (June 2,2015)  in training  for Webjournalists FINDING  NEW WAYS TO TELL AFRICA’S CLIMATE STORY. (all photo by Andrew Chale,MODEWJIBLOG.COM).

Dr Calatayud is an entomologist with...

Food probably safe from coronavirus if proper steps followed  Wooster Daily RecordView Full coverage on Google News

National Electoral Commission (NEC) is now gearing up to tighten security at its offices in a move to protect election facilities for the fothcoming General Election.

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The minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Co-operatives, Engineer Christopher Chiza, last Monday announced that in the 2013/14 season, Tanzania has produced 14 million tons of food and the normal requirements is 12 million tons.

>The initiative by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to enhance the capacity of the government to implement climate change policies meant to ensure Tanzania attains food security is most laudable.

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