FAO Head commends Ghana

Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), on Tuesday commended the Government for the appreciable strides made in meeting the food requirements of Ghanaians.He said Ghana was among the first to reach and surpass the World Food Summit goal of reducing by half the number of undernourished people by 2015.Between 1990-92 and 2001-03, the number of hungry people fell from 5.8 million to 2.4 million.Dr Diouf, who was briefing the press in Accra, however, said more attention was required in the area of nutrition for children less than five years of age.He lauded the School Feeding Programme launched by the Government under which millions of school children are provided with one hot meal a day, and expressed optimism that it would help to address the nutrition needs of children.Dr Diouf and his two counterparts, Dr Lennart Bage, President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Mr James Morris, Executive Director of World Food Programme (WFP), are in the country to assess the impact of their interventions.Dr Diouf said he and his counterparts were in Ghana not by chance but in acknowledgement of the strides the country was making on all fronts, including socio-economic development and good governance. Mr Lennart Bage, President of IFAD, called for increased investment in agriculture and rural development to boost the standard of living for poor rural women; children and men.So far IFAD has invested about 950 million dollars in its programme in the development of root crops and tubers and to improve value addition.Dr Bage said all agencies were determined to work as a coherent system to get synergies to work. He expressed satisfaction with how funds provided by IFAD for its programmes were being utilized in the rural areas, especially in the three northern regions.The three Rome-based organizations are collaborating to provide support to the Ghana School Feeding Programme to improve nutrition and education using food produced locally from school and family gardens and smallholder farmers.The Director General said 290,000 children were being targeted under the WHO/NEPAD feeding programme.Other areas of assistance include policy initiatives in medium-term investment programme, aquaculture and food security. Mr Enerst Debrah, Minister of Food and Agriculture, said the Government was rehabilitating old dams while new ones were being built to facilitate improved agricultural performance. Besides more agriculture equipment such as tractors; slashers; power tillers had been imported to reduce the drudgery the farmers go through while tilling the land, he said.
Source:GNA

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It was another successful and busy athletics weekend at home and abroad.

In Nigeria, Solomon Busiendich won the richest mountain race in Africa which earned him Sh3.6 million as Selina Kosgei and Amos Mutai won the Singapore leg of the Greatest Race on Earth on Sunday.

Standard Chartered’s Greatest Race on Earth (GROE) athletes Mutai and Kosgei, both Kenyan, ran course record times of 2:15:01 and 2:31:55 respectively to win the men’s and women’s Singapore Marathon.

The victory for Kosgei, who was accompanied to Singapore and supported by her family, maintains her team Cyclone’s position as leaders of the GROE Women’s Team Challenge.

They now have a cumulative time of 5:04:41, putting them over nine minutes ahead of their nearest rivals, the Grazy Girls, with both the first leg in Nairobi and now the second leg in Singapore completed.

Mutai’s spirited run for Marathon Centre Kericho has lifted his team’s position from 14th in the GROE Main Team Challenge to lead position.

Favourite

Previous leaders Run for Fun team dropped to 20th position, despite being represented by one of the pre-marathon favourites Joseph Ngolepus.

The Standard Chartered GROE, with a total prize pool of US$1.5 million, is a team relay of four challenging marathons in Nairobi, Singapore, Mumbai and Hong Kong. The field of elite athletes and emerging talent sped away from the start-line at 6am along the Esplanade Drive.

The 2006/07 GROE Series sees participation from over 30 countries, the focus of which is the Nations Challenge.

Zimbabwe’s Oliver Kandiero shone in Singapore, as he stormed through the course to finish with a time of 2:21:23. This puts them in third place in the Nations Challenge, closing the gap to Kenya in second to just half a minute.

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Ahadi za JK zaanza kutekelezwa


Wakati wa kampeni za urais mwaka 2005, JK alisema: "Tanzania Yenye Neema Inawezekana." Aliahidi "kushamirisha demokrasia." Na zaidi ya yote, aliahidi "maisha bora kwa kila Mtanzania" kwa ari mpya, kasi mpya na nguvu mpya. Mwaka mmoja umepua tangu aingie madarakani. Haya ndiyo matokeo ya ahadi hizo?

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Friday, December 01, 2006
Mbowe na Obasanjo warejea darasani


Wanasiasa hawa wawili, Rais wa Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, na aliyekuwa mgombea urais wa Tanzania mwaka 2005, Freeman Mbowe, wamefanana katika jambo moja mwaka huu - kurejea shule, kunoa ubongo. Tusisahau Waziri Mkuu, Frederick Sumaye, naye alijiunga na Chuo Kikuu cha Havard mapema mwaka huu.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Kura Za Mzee Wa Kombati Zilikwenda Wapi?


CCM walidai kwamba Mbowe alipata watu wengi kwenye kampeni kwa sababu watu walikwenda kushangaa helikopta. Nikiitazama picha hii naona jambo tofauti. Helikopta ipo uwanjani lakini hawaitazami. Wameiacha nyuma, wanamkodolea macho Mbowe (hayupo pichani). Tazama nyuso zao. Waliofuatilia kampeni zake wanajua hali ilikuwa hivyo kila mkutano wake wa kampeni Oktoba - Desemba 2005. Tazama mmoja wa washindani wake. Nimesikia watu wakijiuliza. Nami najiuliza. Na sasa nawauliza nyie wasomaji. Tuulizane. Hivi kura za Mbowe zilikwenda wapi?

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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Tazama Ubunifu


Rafiki yangu mmoja aitwaye Alex Kaija amenitumia picha hii. Nimemuuliza alikoipata akasema naye ametumiwa. Hamjui aliyeitengeneza. Nimevutiwa na ubunifu wake; nikaona vema niwashirikishe wasomaji wa blogu hii. Mnasemaje?

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Sunday, November 19, 2006
Unasemaje juu ya vitisho vya Lowassa?


Waziri Mkuu, Edward Lowassa, amekuwa akitumia mabavu kukabiliana na wananchi wanaomkosoa, hasa magazetini. Makala HII imemuonya na kumtahadharisha juu ya athari za ubabe huo; hasa kwa mtu ambaye tayari ameshaonyesha nia ya kuwania urais baada ya Jakaya Kikwete. Una maoni gani?

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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Mbunge Huyu Ana Hoja, Asikilizwe


HII ni sehemu tu ya upungufu wa katiba ya nchi yetu ambayo tunaendelea kusisitiza kuwa iandikwe upya ili iendane na matakwa ya sasa. Kwa nini tulazimishane kuongozana kwa matakwa ya miaka 50 iliyopita? Kwa nini hatuoni kwamba na kizazi hiki kina mchango wake katika kukua kwa taifa?

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Monday, November 06, 2006
Kifo cha Saddam Hussein


Hajafa, lakini mazingira yanaonyesha kuwa atakufa. Unasemaje kuhusu hukumu dhidi yake? Soma maoni ya "dunia," sifa zake na historia yake.

Work hard to retain power in 2008 elections- Commey

Mr. Lord Commey, the National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has reiterated the call on party members to work hard to clinch victory in the 2008 elections. He said members, especially polling station chairmen, should bury their political differences and work together as one family to enhance chances of the party in the election. Mr. Commey said this at the Central Regional Delegates' Conference at Agona Swedru. He said the government had made significant achievements and mentioned the School Feeding Programme, Capitation Grant, Youth Employment Programme and the National Health Insurance Scheme as examples. Mr. Commey said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Democratic Freedom Party have no ability to defeat the NPP in the 2008 elections. Mr. Dan Botwe, a former Information Minister, commended members of the party in Central Region for their hard work and dedication that enabled the party to win 16 out of the 19 seats. Mr. Botwe, the Director of Communications and Research of the party, said in every human institution there was bound to be misunderstandings and appealed to supporters of the party to bury their difference and work as a team to retain power in 2008. Representatives of the National Democratic Congress and Democratic Freedom Party gave fraternal messages.GNA