Vol. 11 No. 2 -- October 1997

In this issue:

• Security Council focuses spotlight on African conflicts
• Sharp fall in resource flows to Africa
• "Africa must make the most of its assets": Thelma Awori
• Yoweri Museveni: rebel with a cause

Special Report: Agriculture in Africa

• Africa strives to revitalize agriculture
  • LDCs must give higher priority to agriculture
  • ECA focuses on the food security/population/environment nexus
• Women farmers, the 'invisible' producers
• Interview with Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General
  • Promising start to FAO's food security drive
• Southern Africa shifts food strategies
  • SADC: more cereal trade, smaller reserves
  • 'Africanizing' agricultural research
• Farmers organize to promote interests
• Burkina Faso protects its fragile soils
• The UN Special Initiative on Africa
  • Improving Africa's water supply
  • Strengthening water basin management in the Zambezi

Departments

• Briefs
• Watch

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