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Abuja, Nigeria: 7 December 2006 - The Green Wall Sahara Programme has been launched in the Nigerian capital, at the end of a Summit of Heads of State and Government on Food Security in Africa, from 4-7 December. Press release
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Abuja, Nigeria, 07 December 2006- The Summit on Food Security in Africa which took place in Abuja from 4 - 7 December, under the theme « Food Security : an Engine for Growth and Poverty Alleviation in Africa » ended today by adopting a Declaration and a Resolution within which the Heads of State and Government renewed their commitment to combating poverty and food nutrition insecurity in Africa. Press release
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Abuja, Nigeria, 07 December 2006- The Summit on Food Security in Africa which took place in Abuja from 4- 7 December, under the theme « Food Security : an Engine for Growth and Poverty Alleviation in Africa » ended today by adopting a Declaration and a Resolution within which the Heads of State and Government renewed their commitment to combating poverty and food nutrition insecurity in Africa. Press release
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Abuja, Nigeria; 6 December 2006- There has been a resounding call for Africa to focus on implementing a few key programmes out of the many resolutions and declarations that have already been adopted, in order to achieve food security and thus make images of hunger and malnutrition things of the past. Press release
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Abuja, Nigeria; 6 December 2006- The African Union has urged the ongoing Summit on Food Security being held in the Nigerian capital to propose practical interventions that can be mainstreamed into all agricultural and food security programmes with a view to achieving measurable impact in the area of good nutrition, including the enhancement of nutritive value for the major staple foods. Press release
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Abuja, Nigeria; 4 December 2006- A Summit on Food Security in Africa, which is being organised by the Nigerian government, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the African Union and NEPAD, began in the Nigerian capital today, with a technical meeting of experts. The technical session was officially opened by the Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mr. Mallamu Adamu Bello in the presence of the AU Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, Mrs. Rosebud Kurwijila, the Nigerian Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development Mr. Bamidele Dada, Senior Special Assistant to President Obasanjo on NEPAD Chief Mrs Chinyere Asika, Dr Ahmadu Babagana, Director of the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture in the African Union, Dr S Ingawa of the Ministry of Agriculture, ambassadors, senior officials, development partners and invited guests.
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