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Une révolution verte en Afrique

Révolution verte: le cas de l'Ouganda

Par Alex Tindimubona et Jacques Hamel

Le triangle de Luwero, au centre de l'Ouganda, est une zone qui a été dévastée par la guerre dans les années 80. En 1998, à la ?n des hostilités après le retour des habitants, les chercheurs de l'Uganda National Banana Research Program du Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute ont apporté leur concours pour remettre en état le système de production agricole de Luwero sur la base des principes de la révolution

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In Brief

Appeal No.01.21/2004;

Programme Update no. 2;

Period covered: July to November 2004;

Appeal coverage: 58.6%;

Outstanding needs: CHF 2,146,843 (USD 1,896,500 or EUR 1,391,300).

Click here to go directly to the attached Contributions List, also available on the website.Appeal target: CHF 5,184,993 (USD 3,894,098 or EUR 3,337,619)

MBABANE, 28 Dec 2004 (IRIN) - Southern Africa should prepare itself for recurring drought, likely to strike at least twice every decade, says a new report.

The report, 'Anticipating and Responding to Drought and Emergencies in Southern Africa', was prepared for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and noted that the region could experience a recurrence of the devastating drought of 2002/03, which resulted in a food deficit of 3.3 million mt.

"Market reform in the region has

LILONGWE, 27 December (PLUSNEWS) - In a small village in Kaswela in Karonga district in the northern region of Malawi, 35-year-old Lucy Banda has been critically ill for a year, and her neighbours suspect she is HIV-positive.

Despite numerous visits to the hospital, Banda shows no signs of improvement and spends most of her time lying on her mat, unable to talk or eat properly.

With two children to raise alone after her husband's death, Lucy's neighbours are concerned about what will happen

LILONGWE, 23 December (IRIN) - Malawi is to benefit from a US $336.2 million allocation to finance water projects under the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries-European Union (ACP-EU) Water Facility.

Proposals have been invited for projects related to the improvement of water management and governance, water and sanitation infrastructure, and civil society initiatives for smaller-scale operations in urban and rural areas.

The objective, said the EU, was to improve

RIACSO provides support to national efforts in addressing the southern African triple threat of food insecurity, weakened capacity for governance and HIV/AIDS and ensures cohesion and complementarity of the effort at a regional level. In addition, RIACSO supports the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa, Mr. James Morris, in his mandate to raise awareness of the situation, its underlying causes and to provide recommendations on how to strengthen the response and mobilise donor support.
REGIONAL AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS

21 December 2004, Rome - The European Commission and FAO have agreed to a new partnership to improve the ability of decision makers to target food insecure and vulnerable people and to take effective action to reduce hunger, the two organizations announced today.

The three-year, 15 million euro programme initiated by the agreement covers 20 countries across the world and aims to identify and analyze food security needs and recommend ways to reduce hunger based on the findings, the two Organizations announced today.

(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Azerbaijan, (3) Iran

(C) East and Central Africa: (1) Burundi, (2) DR Congo, (3) Ethiopia, (4) Kenya, (5) Republic of Congo, (6) Rwanda, (7) Sudan, (8) Tanzania, (9) Uganda

(D) West Africa: (1) Chad, (2) Cote d'Ivoire, (3) Guinea, (4) Liberia, (5) Sierra Leone

(E) Southern Africa: (1) Regional, (2) Angola, (3) Lesotho, (4) Malawi, (5) Mozambique, (6) Namibia, (7) Swaziland, (8) Zimbabwe

(F) Asia: (1) Bangladesh, (2) China, (3) DPR Korea, (4) Myanmar