Happy New Year 2011 To All

IFAD's Rural Poverty Report 2011

IFAD’s Rural Poverty Report 2011 – New realities, new challenges: new opportunities for tomorrow’s generation, is an in-depth study of rural poverty. The findings in the report come from a collaboration among dozens of experts in the field of poverty reduction – both inside and outside IFAD. They also come from the poor rural people themselves.CLICK HERE to download the reportSource: IFAD

Hungry Planet Episode 1

An interesting Video showing hunger and poverty in different parts of the World. We can see clearly how hunger, poverty, climate change, food security and agriculture are interlinked...

Un niveau d’eau alarmant dans les réservoirs du pays

Le niveau d’eau dans nos nappes phréatiques, rivières et réservoirs a connu une baisse drastique. La Central Water Authority (CWA) appelle la population à utiliser l’eau avec modération et à ne pas faire du gaspillage. Si la situation ne s’améliore pas, des coupures d’eau plus drastiques sont prévues. La CWA, la Water Resources Unit (WRU) et la météo ont fait un constant de la situation

Mozambique : 645 millions de dollars pour le secteur de l'irrigation

Le gouvernement mozambicain a approuvé la création   d''un système d'irrigation national, dont le montant s'élève à 645 millions de dollars américains, qui sera menée d'ici 2019, a rapporté l'agence de presse mozambicaine AIM.
Cette décision a été prise lors d’une récente réunion  du Conseil des ministres. Concernant le financement, 135 M USD sont déjà garantis mais les 510 M USD restants

Agricultural Research and Extension / Development: The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture

A significant new article in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (11 November) tackles the issues that will face agriculture in the future by identifying the top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture.The global population is estimated to reach 9 billion by the year 2050. In order to keep up with population growth and simultaneously prevent food

MAISNET Member retained for an advanced training on blogs and Web 2.0 for development in Ghana

In July 2010, we published news of an essay competition organised by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), in collaboration with FARA, Yam-Pukri, CAFAN, AYF, ANAFE and  PAFPNET. The essay theme was “Youth and ICTs in Agriculture and Rural Development”.You can read more on it by clicking here.

We are pleased (& proud) to announce that our MAISNET Member

Training on Web 2.0 Content Management System at FARC for MAISNET Members

The Food and Agricultural Research Council (FARC) hosted a crash-training programme on WEB 2.0 Content Management System on Thursday 9th December 2010 from 14:00 to 16:30 in its conference room. The aim was to empower MAISNET members in WEB 2.0 management such that the community could self-manage the MAISNET e-platforms.The training was conducted by Mr. C.Sembhoo, Extension Officer at the

Test - New programmes at the Faculty of Agriculture

The Faculty will offer a modified version of the BSc Agric Science and Tech for the nest academic year 2011-2012. 
Introduction 
The changing socio-economic pattern of Mauritius has led to an increasing demand for agricultural produce of good quality. Agricultural production is now increasingly being characterised by the use of modern technology. It is the Government policy and vision for the

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Auparavant en plastique, le sachet est maintenant en aluminium, dans une boîte en plastique qui lui donne un nouveau cachet, plus pratique et moderne. Ce qui a plu aux consommateurs car les ventes de banana chips ont augmenté : de deux tonnes de bananes vertes par mois il y a dix ans, la production requiert neuf tonnes actuellement. " Cet emballage tient aussi le consommateur informé de la

Test: MAISNET Training

Today, on the 9th December 2010, stakeholders of the MAISNET received a training by Mr. S.Sembhoo at FARC on how to manage the MAISNET Blog. It's very interesting so far, hope it will remain so till the end! :)For more information, CLICK HERE!

Testing: New Agriculturalist: Country Profile - Mauritius

This article was published by New Agriculturalist in November 1998. Click here to access the whole article.Mauritius is a small, but densely populated island situated in the Indian Ocean, about 500 miles (800km) east of Madagascar. The island consists of a series of volcanic hills rising to a height of between 2000 and 2600 ft (600 - 800m) with a fringing coastal plain. The country has a

Demande en hausse pour les Banana Chips

Photo from: http://www.lonestarchinchilla.com/ This is an interesting news for people / institutions dealing in banana / fruit research and development ~Admin~En onze ans, Maubon Foods, qui produit des banana chips pour l'exportation comme pour le marché local, a diversifié son marché d'exportation : outre la France, l'Italie et l'Allemagne, elle exporte également sur l'Afrique du sud et l'Asie.

News of Agriculture from Seychelles: The Participation of the Seychelles Agricultural A...

We relayed this in our flash news, but could not help saluting the initiative. So here is the full article ~ Admin ~

To celebrate the world tourism day, the Seychelles Tourism Board organized a Tourism Expo 2010. The Expo 2010 was held from Monday 27th to Wednesday 29th September at the International Conference Centre of Seychelles under the theme Tourism and Biodiversity. The president, Mr.