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After drought, Zimbabwe contends with fall armyworm invasion – By Sally Nyakanyanga, freelance journalist, Zimbabwe

30/03/2017 ANA 0

KAROI/ZIMBABWE – It was first detected in Africa barely a year ago, yet the fall armyworm, a type of caterpillar whose name derives from its tendency to maraud in vast numbers, has already infested hundreds […]

Opinion: Government Has No Business Building Cathedrals – By Ben Ofosu – Appiah

12/03/2017 ANA 0

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, on the morning of 6th March 2017, cut the sod to start the construction of a brand-new Cathedral by the state to be used for interdenominational services according to […]

Does the end of high food prices mark the end of the global land rush? by Pascal Liu, FAO

26/01/2017 ANA 0

The surge in commodity prices in 2007-2008 was one of the main causes of what has sometimes been described as the “global land rush” – a wave of large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries by […]