There are currently no universal definitions of artisanal or small-scale mining. The lack of consensus, as echoed by several researchers, e.g., Priester et al., 1993; Taupitz et al., 1993 and others, is due to the fact ...

Regional integration remains a key strategy for advancing Africa’s socio-economic endeavours. Regional integration, which refers to the unification of nation States, provides the countries with large economies of scale, ...

The pharmaceutical industry in Africa faces many challenges. Facilities and production practices need to be upgraded to meet international standards. Large capital investments, highly specific expertise and specially trained ...

The Special report on the implementation of the ICGLR RINR will start by analyzing certification processes in general and their challenges; focus on the ICGLR RINR and highlight the progress made as well as achievements ...

The World Food Summit Plan of Action adopted in 1996 affirmed that food security at the individual, household, national, sub-regional and regional levels exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic ...

This study was conducted within the framework of the recommendations of the seminar on "Water management and irrigation”. The main purposes of the study on best Practices for drought preparedness and water management with ...

Population, environment and agricultural development constitute an inter linked, mutually-reinforcing paradigm which affects the level of food insecurity and the depth of poverty in a developing region such as Africa. Apart ...