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    In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:

    Nelly Bassily | January 5, 2009

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    1. Cameroon: Pilot market eliminates middlemen from chicken sales (by Lilianne Nyatcha, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Douala, Cameroon)

    2. Africa: Women fight for equal land rights (Inter Press Service, International Herald Tribune, Afrique Renouveau)

    3. Nigeria: IITA releases Striga-resistant maize varieties (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, The Punch)

    4. Nigeria: Purchase fortified food products, agency advises (Vanguard)

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