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Panos London has joined the Guardian Environmental Network. This partnership means we'll be sharing stories with the Guardian's website. The first story, by Jon Vidal, reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens. Read the article
Lesotho's farmers miss out on agricultural information
According to researchers an agricultural information service in Lesotho is failing to reach the majority of farmers in the country. The study, from the university of Botswana, says that many poorly educated farmers do not see information as relevant to them
Aid fails to alleviate poverty in Mozambique
Despite receiving US$12 billion in aid since peace was established 17 years ago, a new report says there has been no real poverty reduction in Mozambique. And the high levels of aid has also left the government accountable to donors, rather than the people.
Burning or 'flaring' waste gas produced when oil is pumped from a well, in theory, was supposed to stop in Nigeria in 1984, but oil companies have been granted exemptions year after year. Now the UN hopes it has hit on a compromise, to capture and use this waste gas for electricity production in Nigeria's Delta state. Read the article
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