Last week, a UN Security Council resolution gave the Indian Ocean a clean score on insecurity. But, a report by the International Maritime Bureau shows 31 hijackings took place last year, writes Patrick Beja.

Sub-county National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) coordinators have been warned against misusing funds for the project.

A prolonged dry season has caused a drastic drop in tea production by multinational tea companies in Kericho district.

A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization published in 2005 shows that we are cutting down trees in the tropics faster than we are planting them. An estimated 13 million hectares of forests are cut down every year. South

The Brazilian cattle breeder and milk producer Eduardo Lippincott said Monday in Luanda that Angola has natural and human conditions to become soon a "a potential meat producer" with capacity to export to Africa or America.

Cabinet has approved largely unchanged total allowable catches (TACs) for three fish species. The quota for hake will remain at 130 000 tonnes from May 1 until April 30 2009, and the quota for monkfish also remains unchanged at 9

As a means to eradicate poverty throughout the country, the Liberian Government and the Foundation for African Development Aid Commercial (ADA) over the weekend signed a US$30 million concession Agreement for large-scale commercial rice production in Liberia.

Interview with Achim Steiner

YET ANOTHER DEVASTATING but preventable animal disease has struck our pastoral community's herds.

I support the view that the cotton zoning business should be abolished by government. On March 16, Mr Asuman Kipanga and Mr Nzoghu Thembo of Bukonzo County in Kasese said that reverting to the cotton zoning system is like taking

Weeks following the pronouncement of several western countries that they may not export rice, Liberia's staple food in to the country, a Liberian company, the Foundation For African Development Aid Commercial (ADA) has signed a US$30 million Concession Agreement for

Urgent measures are needed to ensure that short-term adverse effects of higher food prices do not impact even more alarmingly on the very poor, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said today.

The recent escalation of farm invasions that are being orchestrated by the ruling party, appear to be nothing more than an exercise to punish farm workers who Zanu PF believe voted for the opposition. In the last week over 100

Representatives from countries, civil society and the private sector are meeting this week in Johannesburg, South Africa, to review the findings of the three-year International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD). This global initiative has examined agriculture

RESIDENTS of Amuru and Gulu districts returning home from the camps have received a donation of goats.

THE Government is constructing a sh1.3b laboratory for testing agricultural exports and imports.

Petter M. Etholm, President & CEO of Thomas Equipment, announced Thomas enhanced its www.thomasloaders.com website with multilingual features reflecting the company's global scope and local market focus for Thomas Skid Steer Loaders. He said the website is now available in

Point2 Manager Software Platform applied to address significant business opportunity -- streamlines inventory management, data entry and trade-in equipment assessment processes. (PRWeb Apr 9, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb845694.htm