Lusaka, 17 Sept 2016, Thomson Reuters Foundation: Lower harvests of maize, wheat and sugarcane as a result of severe weather in the region are pushing up prices for Zambia’s staple foods, according to the country’s Ministry of Agriculture. The Zambia National Farmers Union said erratic weather — including late rains at the start of the season, drought in many areas and heavy flooding in some parts of the country — have all hit food production. Continue reading
16 Sept 2016: The nine islands of Tuvalu are located in the middle of the Pacific. Funafuti, the main island and capital, is at 1000 km North of Fiji. Tuvalu became, notably thanks to the climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009, the international symbol of the consequences of climate change. Sea-level rise, one of the most known consequences, is a major threat for Tuvalu, considering that this country’s highest point is 4,5 meters over sea-level (whereas most of the land is way below that point). The consequences of climate change will have and already have considerable impacts on these islands. 
“16 Sept 2016 Lisa Nikolau, Humanosphere: Climate change is expected to drastically reduce the area of land suitable for coffee production around the world, affecting more than 120 million of the world’s poorest people who rely on the coffee industry for their livelihoods, particularly hitting LDCs. “Without strong action to reduce emissions, climate change is projected to cut the global area suitable for coffee production by as much as 50 percent by 2050,” says the report by the Climate Institute of Sydney. “By 2080, wild coffee, an important genetic resource for farmers, could become extinct.” 
The theme of this year’s AGRF (African Green Revolution Forum) was “Seize the Moment: Securing Africa’s Rise through Agricultural Transformation.”, which recognizes that the significant progress African countries have made over the last decade to build a foundation for a renaissance in the agriculture sector across the entire value chain. But it also recognizes that much more needs to be done to achieve food security and equal access to economic opportunity for all Africans. This is in the face of challenges that include rapid urbanization; climate change; significant unemployment: one in three Africans from 15 to 35 years old are jobless; and chronic malnutrition that has left 58 million children stunted. 
The East African Community (EAC) has sought a three-month extension on whether to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), with the European Union, pushing back the final agreement to January 2017. 
The Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiating Institute (SEATINI) believes that by signing the Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU, Kenya and Rwanda are undermining regional integration. The two countries signed the EPA on 1 Sept in Brussels, a move which pre-empted the East African Community (EAC) Summit which took place on 8 Sept, called to enable EAC Partner States to agree on a common position on whether or not to sign the EPA, or to consider other options. 
Like many other fast-growing megacities, Dhaka , the Bangladeshi capital faces severe water and sanitation problems, chiefly the annual flooding during monsoon season due to unplanned urbanisation, destruction of wetlands and poor city governance. Experts are warning that if the authorities don’t take serious measures to address these issues soon, within a decade, every major thoroughfare in the city will be inundated and a majority of neighborhoods will end up underwater after heavy rain. LDC Blog Posts
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