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Needy Farmers in Country Earn Boost From UN Rural Development Agency
Poor rural families across southern and central Madagascar will be able to increase their incomes after the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced a $19 million scheme to improve farming production.
Seasonal Food Shortages on the Doorstep
The price of rice, the staple food of Madagascar's 19 million people, has stabilised, but the country's southern regions, where remote communities are vulnerable to chronic food insecurity, are preparing for the onset of seasonal food shortages that usually start in October.
Ravalomanana Warns Against Aid Cuts
The current global food, economic and security crises should not be used by affluent countries as a rationale for cutting back on pledges of increased aid to needy States, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar's President told the General Assembly's annual high-level debate today.
Hungry Malagasy Children Win Boost From Expanded UN School Meals Operation
Tens of thousands of poor children across southern Madagascar will start receiving nutritious daily meals in their classrooms under a new United Nations-backed effort to expand school feeding programmes in the Indian Ocean country.