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Zimbabwe: Maize Yield Expected to Rise 17pc
The second crop and livestock assessment report by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement says more than one million tonnes of grain are expected during the 2019/20 summer cropping season with maize production estimated to increase by 17
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Earth Today | Clarendon farmers apply local technology to boost climate-smart agriculture
It allows farmers to access high-resolution weather forecasts, agronomic tips, and information on climate-smart agricultural practices, and compares specific crop prices at three of the major markets in Jamaica – Coronation, May Pen, and
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CBC Legislative Conference to Go Virtual this Year | Afro
Amid Covid-19 concerns, the Congressional Black Foundation recently announced its Annual Legislative Conference would be conducted online this
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Earth Today | FAO gets implementing entity status with the Adaptation Fund
The Adaptation Fund has expanded its reach to identify and develop tangible climate-smart projects in vulnerable countries, with the recent approval of a new implementing partner in the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). FAO has become the...
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Rwanda: Government to Ban Charcoal Use in Kigali
The Ministry of Environment is set to ban the use and supply of charcoal in Kigali city as it steps up efforts to protect the environment by reducing the use of wood
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Senegal: COVID-19 Creates a Unique Opportunity for an Inclusive and Sustainable Food Policy
Nowadays, the food question is not only a challenge for the government but also for professional agricultural organizations, the private sector and citizens
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Nigeria: What to Consider Before Mass Planting of Trees in Nigeria's Lagos State
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Uhuru's Sh54bn jobs plan
The government will hire 200,000 youths to clean towns, 10,000 teachers and 5,000 health workers as part of a stimulus package unveiled
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The year 2020 witnessed the event being celebrated not only in the background of climate change impacts, but also in the midst of COVID-19, a deadly pandemic that has caused massive human casualties around the
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Rwanda: Inside the Country's 10 Multi-Billion Dollar Green Projects
Rwanda recently submitted its new national climate plan dubbed "Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)" to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Africa: Uneca Encourages Africa to Invest On Digital Transformation
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Kenya's Pivotal Role in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and SGDs a Boon Tothe United
Kenya is persuaded that global challenges are only surmountable if the world's rules based multilateral system is deployed in a manner that attracts consensus not only in the appreciation of the challenges, but also in the evolution of practical response
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Faced with runaway inflation and persistent rumours to topple him, Mnangagwa yesterday said there were enemies of progress in his government and warned that “their days were
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Africa: Despite the Pandemic, Frontline Nations Push Ahead On Stronger Climate Plans
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Countries from Jamaica to Kenya and Gabon "know how vital this process is" of boosting national action to meet global climate goals
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Nigeria: Seafood Industry Braces Up for Post-COVID Blue Economies
The Norwegian Seafood Council, NSC, has concluded plans to use the Nigeria's seafood industry to reboot the economy and get its workforce up and running again despite the
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Africa: UNHCR - Help Us Protect the Environment to Protect Refugees
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Who Will Be The Next Supreme Court Nominee? Another Issue Black Voters Must Stay On Top Of
Here’s a reminder: Since the Supreme Court was formed in 1789, it has significantly altered American lives, particularly Black lives, with its decisions on important topics such as segregation and voting
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Trump To Sign Sweeping Order To Expedite Energy, Infrastructure Projects
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday directing federal agencies to use their emergency authorities to accelerate energy, highway and other infrastructure projects, a move that the administration says will help jump-start an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, HuffPost
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Kenya floods uproot families, disrupt fishing, farming
Grandmother Millicent Agata’s small farm has disappeared entirely under the floodwaters of a swollen Lake Victoria, forcing her family to join tens of thousands of other Kenyans seeking shelter from the worst floods in three
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Africa: Addressing Africa's Nutrition Challenges By Strengthening Indigenous Crops
The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) is an international effort to improve nutrition, productivity and climatic adaptability of some of Africa's most important food crops, thus helping to decrease malnutrition and stunting among the continent's most vulnerable population, especially rural
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Kenya: 31 New COVID-19 Cases in Kenya Raise Total Infections to 1,192
Nairobi — Kenya's COVID-19 infections rose to 1,192 Saturday after President Uhuru Kenyatta announced 31 new
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Zimbabwe: Farmers Urged to De-Stock
Last year, farmers lost over 50 000 cattle to drought and expectations are high that more cattle could be lost this year if farmers do not take heed of advice to climate-proof the sector through different measures such as de-stocking, growing fodder crops, hay baling and conserving
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Swarms of locusts devastate parts of northern Kenya
The branches on trees around Kenya's northern town of Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downward under the weight of voracious young
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