GenevaLunch » West Africa http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Africa to fight the big fight with locusts in 2011 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/03/africa-to-fight-the-big-fight-with-locusts-in-2011/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/03/africa-to-fight-the-big-fight-with-locusts-in-2011/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 17:22:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57188 GenevaLunch.com Locusts are a recurring problem in western Africa, from May to August, but this year hopes appear to be high that a new $13 million, four-year injection from the World Bank for the six-year-old Palucp programme will improve the situation. The swarms of insects can devastate staple crops in a short time. The Africa Project [...]

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