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11 May
Global: Warnings Against Biofuels Get Louder European efforts to promote biofuels should be rethought because of the contribution they have made to rising food prices, according to Jeffrey Sachs, a top economic advisor to the United Nations.
Inter Press Service
Africa continues to grapple with environmental problems The Global Monitoring report titled: MDGs and The Environment-Agenda for Inclusive Sustainable Development, points out Angola, Nigeria, Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe as some of the countries in Sub Saharan Africa that were not saving enough to prevent environmental degradation.
Times of Zambia
Zambia: What is the best farming system? IN ecological systems, there are no simple answers because easy solutions are always unstable ones, but there is a better agricultural system that farmers should employ.
Times of Zambia
Rwanda: Inter-faith group launches water project The Kirehe community water project in Rwandas Eastern Province has been launched. The project will supply safe water to 21,600 people and is being implemented through the Lutheran World Foundation Department for World Service programme in Rwanda.
