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<title>Swaziland assumes Chairmanship of COMESA</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-28</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Swaziland will assume the chairmanship of the 15 member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa or COMESA at the end of August. We caught up with Swaziland's Minister of Trade, Commerce and Industry, Jabulile Mashwana and asked her about the role Swaziland hopes to play in reforming economic policies within COMESA]]></description>
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<title>New Cassava Varieties Save Zanzibar's Food Security</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-25</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[By: nourishingtheplanet Sunday July 25, 2010 4:00 pm
By Catherine Njuguna
Millions of cassava farmers in eastern and central Africa are in distress from viral cassava diseases that are sweeping across the region and ravaging their crops. But their counterparts on the popular tourist island of Zanzibar are undergoing a quiet revolution using new disease-resistant and high-yielding varieties that were introduced three years ago...]]></description>
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<title>Agribusiness: Solution to Africa's rural seed demand </title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-25</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[KAMPALA, UGANDA - A network of African agribusinesses wants greater support for the development of private entrepreneurship in rural areas. Participants of the first ever Strategic Planning Workshop on Agrodealer Development in Kampala, Uganda recently, raised the need for more training and capacity building in business management, greater access to finance, and higher quality farm inputs, particularly improved seeds, to meet increased farmer demand in support of an Africa-wide effort to transform small-scale agriculture from subsistence to business...]]></description>
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<title>Improving African agricultural sector is the most promising strategy against food insecurity</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-25</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[To effectively fight against food crisis that threatens certain regions of Africa, agriculture is perceived today by the major international institutions and African countries as a vital solution. Agricultural development has become the central concern of the continent in the recent years. The idea is to use agriculture as a tool for the continent&rsquo;s development...]]></description>
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<title>Kenya launches Agricultural strategy</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-24</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[BY SIMON NDONG&rsquo;A and PPS
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 24 - President Mwai Kibaki officially launched the Kenya Agricultural Sector Development Strategy (ASDS) and witnessed the signing of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme [CAADP] on Saturday. 

Following the signing of CAADP, Kenya can now access major funding from the World Bank for Agricultural development in the country...]]></description>
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<title>Why Africa must harness partnerships </title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-24</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[By Rwakakamba MorrisonThe African Union Private Sector Forum was convened mid this week as a strategic curtain raiser and fodder to the Investors Round Table and the Summit of 53 African Heads of State that is scheduled for today. Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI) and African Union Commission (AUC) were the joint conveners of the forum, structured in a kind of fireplace dialogue style to allow freer and deeper business interactions...]]></description>
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<title>SA, Brazil mull cooperation on aerospace, agriculture, health and energy </title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-24</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[By: Keith Campbell
Aerospace, agriculture, health, nuclear energy and shipbuilding were all sectors highlighted for cooperation between South Africa and Brazil during the recent visit to this country by Brazilian President Luiz In&aacute;cio Lula da Silva. Few details were, however, released.
Addressing a South Africa-Brazil Business Forum, in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, on July 9, South African Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies reported that the two sides &ldquo;had some fruitful discussions on cooperation in aerospace&rdquo;...]]></description>
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