This is incredibly fertile land. With proper irrigation, you could grow anything here. You need both development aid and emergency aid, but right now you're getting little of either.

This is the time of year for flooding. But as long as the levels stay at their current place we are well prepared.

We made some adjustments on our defense. What happened in the first half is we were over-penetrating and over-pursuing. All week long we drilled don't over-penetrate in the gaps and on the edges. We got out of position. Each time, they had a big gainer or the touchdown.

It's too early to tell if there will be any impact from these rains on the 2006 crop in southern Africa.

The WFP would expect to spend up to $80 million [R485 million] buying up to 350 000 tons of food in 2006, mostly maize, if prices stayed around the average level of 2005.

We don't take GMO foods into countries that have bans on the technology. In that case we only source non-GMO or mill it depending on the restrictions.

They stopped our run (in the first half). Their defensive line and linebackers caused enough confusion that we were missing blocking assignments and we couldn't get a running game going inside.

It is far more critical this year because people have now sustained four years of food shortages and are living hand to mouth.

Aid workers are becoming increasingly concerned about the plight of the poorest people and their ability to acquire food from the markets ... There is a total scarcity of food.