Positive news from Burkina Faso
Unique Acacia Tree Could Nourish Soils And Life In AfricaScientists have said at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry that a type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit -- unlike virtually all other trees -- holds particular promise for farmers in Africa as a free source of nitrogen for their soils that could last generations.
"There is sufficient research on both sides to warrant dramatically scaling-up the planting of this tree on farms across Africa through extension programs."
- Dennis Garrity, Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre |
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More positive news from Burkina Faso
Unique Acacia Tree Could Nourish Soils And Life In AfricaScientists have said at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry that a type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit -- unlike virtually all other trees -- holds particular promise for farmers in Africa as a free source of nitrogen for their soils that could last generations. |
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UN-backed project to benefit some 20,000 poor rural families in Burkina Faso
A new United Nations-backed $19 million project in Burkina Faso will help approximately 20,000 poor rural households bolster their crop production and incomes through improved irrigation.
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Herpes drug helps control HIVLondon, England, UK - A drug designed to combat genital herpes can also reduce levels of HIV in the blood by 70%, a small trial in Africa has revealed. |
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WEST AFRICA: Tandja wins new ECOWAS mandateNiamey, Niger - President Mamadou Tandja of Niger has been re-elected chairman of the West African regional group ECOWAS at a summit where leaders pledged strides in bolstering peace across the world?s poorest region. |
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