Category Archives: ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

SADA-project has to be of benefit to other member-states within the ECOWAS sub-region (Google / MY JOY ONLINE)

Posted on April 2, 2011 by

Read at: Google Alert – desertification http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201104/63634.asp ECOWAS urged to adopt SADA as a regional project A former Director of Cabinet at the ECOWAS Commission, Mrs. Rasaline Obeng Ofori has urged the government of Ghana to liaise with the regional … Continue reading →

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Pastoralists make your choice between different solutions and possibly consider other solutions (IRINNews)

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?Reportid=90730 MALI: Reducing vulnerability to future drought   BAMAKO, 11 October 2010 (IRIN) – Drought is recurrent in northern Mali and many pastoralists will inevitably find themselves in crisis mode in the future, say aid agencies. Livestock … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, ECOWAS, fodder, grassland / rangeland, grazing / overgrazing, livestock, nomads, Pastoralism / animal husbandry

Gambia: Boost for Bakau Vegetable Growers (Google / allAfrica / The Daily Observer)

Posted on February 26, 2008 by

Read at : Google – gardening http://allafrica.com/stories/200802251686.html Gambia: Boost for Bakau Vegetable Growers The Daily Observer (Banjul) 25 February 2008 Hatab Fadera The Gambia Women’s Bereau recently donated varieties of horticultural garden seeds and some tools to the Bakau women … Continue reading →

Posted in ECOWAS, Gardening / Horticulture, gender, seeds | Leave a comment

Millennium Project: International public goods (Google / African Development for …)

Posted on February 20, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://brasstacks.org.uk/africa/blog/2008/02/04/millennium-project-international-public-goods/ Millennium Project: International public goods Posted by Rav Casley Gera A sort of global brain trust established by Kofi Annan to tell the world how to meet the Millennium Development Goals, the … Continue reading →

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