Farmscape for May 30, 2008 (Episode 2859) A western Saskatchewan bison producer reports the public's interest in bison ranching and in eating bison meat is growing dramatically. Sagehill Buffalo near Cudworth is a 650 to 750 head bison ranch which

Farmscape for May 30, 2008 (Episode 2860) Manitoba Pork Council reports public support for the abandonment of plans to impose permanent moratoriums on hog industry development on most of the eastern of side of Manitoba is building. Last week Manitoba

The high cost of fuel is pushing large scale farmers in Laikipia East District into using animal operated ploughs to till their land.

Eighteen Sudanese raiders were killed when they attacked a village in Turkana District.

Government is to provide relief for South Africa's poorest communities, who are being hard hit by the global rise in food prices, with extra spending to be accommodated for in the adjustments budget, says Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.

The World Bank has asked developed nations to help African farmers take advantage of the high food prices through increased food production.

In his report of 1907, Winston Churchill observed that with her richness of the soil and the abundance of water, Uganda must one day become the great centre of tropical production, and play a most important part in economic development

In recent months, no subject has been more topical than food, in our parts of the world, in particular. Riots triggered because of food ( the lack of it, to be exact), and even far more serious crisis, as food

Chairman of Kuje area council in the Federal Capital Territory, Hon Danladi Etsu Zhin, recently, flagged-off the distribution and sale of grains in the council.

At least 100,000 Baringo residents face starvation due to prolonged drought.

FARMERS have a reputation for being habitual complainers. There is never enough rain, they say, except when it is flooding, or when the climate is right the market prices are wrong, and when food prices go through the roof they

IT IS essential that agricultural production be maintained and increased, in light of the food price crisis in SA and an unparalleled global demand for commodities, organised agriculture said this week.

The Government this week unveiled a plan to supply power to more than 261 health centres.

As high food prices plunge thousands of people further into poverty, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), together with its major corporate partners, TNT and Unilever, will host a global walk against child hunger on Sunday, 1 June 2008,

The Humanitarian Response Fund (HRF) has allocated US$ 7.2 million for the procurement of CSB, ready to use therapeutic foods and drugs, in response to the present alarming levels of malnutrition, the UN said on Monday.

The current sugar shortage in the country is a development which has taken most consumers by surprise.

The World Bank has announced that it will provide USS$10 million to assist Liberia tackle the sharp increases in the price of food.

African leaders and representatives of international organizations taking part at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), on Thursday pledged to do more in coping with the impacts of global high food prices.

Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr Sayyadi Abba Ruma, has said the Federal Government would soon adopt commercial agriculture as a national agenda, towards boosting food security and reducing poverty.

Today, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report "International Food Assistance - Insufficient Efforts by Host Governments and Donors Threaten Progress to Halve Hunger in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015." Congressman Donald M. Payne, Chairman of the House