AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoCommunity Health: Seventeen new Peace Corps volunteers have begun two-year assignments in Madagascar after training in health, education, agriculture and Malagasy culture. The programme works with local communities and ministries, including on maternal health. Ebola Preparedness: Madagascar is among countries restricting travel from Kenya amid its Ebola outbreak; Kenya says it has completed contact tracing and is seeking an end to the measures. Climate and Food Security: New El Niño forecasts warn of mounting water and weather pressures across Africa, with WaterAid working with Madagascar and other governments on preparedness. In southern Madagascar, 1.14 million people need emergency food assistance, according to a World Food Programme account. Nutrition and Agriculture: Madagascar’s former agriculture ministry secretary-general visited China to honour hybrid-rice pioneer Yuan Longping, whose high-yield varieties are now grown in more than 70 countries.
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