Sixteen Districts to Benefit From $17m Agriculture Value Chain Project
September 30, 2011, Ghana – The Agricultural Value Chain Mentorship Project is addressing low agriculture productivity and food insecurity in sixteen districts in Ghana's Northern Region. (Ghana Business News)
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Final Zambia Agro-Dealer Training Held
September 26, 2011, MONGU, Zambia – Seventy-eight agro-dealers participated in the final COMRAP agro-dealer training session in Zambia. A total of 1,300 agro-dealers have been trained in Zambia through the project.
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IFDC, SARI Introduce Heat-Tolerant Tomatoes
September 25, 2011, Ghana – IFDC and the Savannah Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) are introducing a heat-tolerant tomato variety that produces more fruit and has a long shelf-life. (Ghana Business News)
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South Sudan’s Greenbelt
September/October 2011 – "Can tapping agriculture assets become the new nation's economic elixir?" (USAID FRONTLINES)
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Passing of Dr. Donald L. McCune, IFDC’s Founder and First Managing Director
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Donald L. McCune, IFDC’s founder and former managing director, on September 12, 2011.
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AGRA/DANIDA Awards 3.5-Million Dollar Grant for Agriculture Project
September 11, 2011 – Funded by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the Danish International Development Agency, the three-year Agricultural Value Chain Mentorship Project (2011-2014) will work to increase the production of rice, maize and soybeans in the Northern Region of Ghana. (Ghana Web)
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