A $1M Bet on 25 million Farmers: Inside East Africa’s New Climate Resilience Push

For years, the response to Africa’s declining farm yields has followed a familiar script: use more fertilizer. But across Eastern Africa, that approach has run…

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Heavy Rains, Extreme Heat Set to Overlap Across the Greater Horn

While rainfall dominates parts of the northern and western Greater Horn of Africa, heat remains a major regional concern as it is globally

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Climate Change Leaves Lake State Farmers Watching Their Crops Wither

Instead, he and fellow farmers are exploring ways to adapt by planting drought-tolerant crop varieties and adjusting planting schedules

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A Mountain of Trash, and the Reform That Could Bury a Livelihood

On the outskirts of Jakarta, a mountain rises where there shouldn’t be one. It is made entirely of trash, spread across more than 100 hectares…

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Digital Sequence Information

Scientists Urge Greater Recognition of Non-Monetary Benefits in Digital Sequence Information Talks

Scientists, policymakers are calling for stronger recognition of non-monetary benefits in global discussions on Digital Sequence Information

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Can Climate Change Be Linked to Individual Disasters? Scientists Say Yes.

"Did climate change cause this?" to a more useful one: "How did climate change change the odds of this happening?"

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TVS Enters Kenya’s Electric Mobility Market with iQube Scooter

Indian two- and three-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company enters Kenya’s electric mobility market launching its TVS iQube electric scooter

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The Human Side of Sustainable Flowers

When people talk about sustainability in floriculture, the conversation often starts with what happens in the greenhouse. How much water is being used? How are…

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Wangari Maathai was well-known as a political, social, and environmental activist. In 1977 she started a grass-roots movement aimed at countering the deforestation that was threatening the means of subsistence of the agricultural population.

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A $1M Bet on 25 million Farmers: Inside East Africa’s New Climate Resilience Push
A $1M Bet on 25 million Farmers: Inside East Africa’s New Climate Resilience Push

For years, the response to Africa’s declining farm yields has followed a familiar script: use more fertilizer. But across Eastern Africa, that approach has run into a hard limit, which is the soil itself. Decades of intensive farming, erosion,…

Heavy Rains, Extreme Heat Set to Overlap Across the Greater Horn
Heavy Rains, Extreme Heat Set to Overlap Across the Greater Horn

While rainfall dominates parts of the northern and western Greater Horn of Africa, heat remains a major regional concern as it is globally

Climate Change Leaves Lake State Farmers Watching Their Crops Wither
Climate Change Leaves Lake State Farmers Watching Their Crops Wither

Instead, he and fellow farmers are exploring ways to adapt by planting drought-tolerant crop varieties and adjusting planting schedules

A Mountain of Trash, and the Reform That Could Bury a Livelihood
A Mountain of Trash, and the Reform That Could Bury a Livelihood

On the outskirts of Jakarta, a mountain rises where there shouldn’t be one. It is made entirely of trash, spread across more than 100 hectares and standing 65 meters tall, roughly the height of a 16-story building. This is…

Scientists Urge Greater Recognition of Non-Monetary Benefits in Digital Sequence Information Talks
Scientists Urge Greater Recognition of Non-Monetary Benefits in Digital Sequence Information Talks

Scientists, policymakers are calling for stronger recognition of non-monetary benefits in global discussions on Digital Sequence Information

Can Climate Change Be Linked to Individual Disasters? Scientists Say Yes.
Can Climate Change Be Linked to Individual Disasters? Scientists Say Yes.

“Did climate change cause this?” to a more useful one: “How did climate change change the odds of this happening?”

TVS Enters Kenya’s Electric Mobility Market with iQube Scooter
TVS Enters Kenya’s Electric Mobility Market with iQube Scooter

Indian two- and three-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company enters Kenya’s electric mobility market launching its TVS iQube electric scooter

The Human Side of Sustainable Flowers
The Human Side of Sustainable Flowers

When people talk about sustainability in floriculture, the conversation often starts with what happens in the greenhouse. How much water is being used? How are pests being controlled? What is the carbon footprint of production? How much plastic is…

Eight Die of Hunger as Food Crisis Deepens in South Sudan’s Lafon County
Eight Die of Hunger as Food Crisis Deepens in South Sudan’s Lafon County

Juba, South Sudan – Authorities in Lafon County of Eastern Equatoria State have confirmed that at least eight people have died from hunger, as a worsening food crisis driven by drought, recurrent flooding, displacement, and poor road infrastructure pushes…

Heavy Rains and Persistent Heat Set to Shape the Greater Horn’s Week
Heavy Rains and Persistent Heat Set to Shape the Greater Horn’s Week

The Greater Horn of Africa is entering another week of contrasting weather conditions, with enhanced rainfall expected across parts

PCPB Steps up Fight Against Illegal Pesticides
PCPB Steps up Fight Against Illegal Pesticides

The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) has intensified surveillance at Kenya’s borders and expanded farmer education programmes as part of a renewed campaign to keep illegal pesticides out of the market and promote the safe use of crop protection…

The Other Climate Refugees: As Lake Naivasha Rises, Wildlife Is Running Out of Space Too
The Other Climate Refugees: As Lake Naivasha Rises, Wildlife Is Running Out of Space Too

The language used to describe what’s happening to Naivasha’s wildlife, hippos, buffaloes, giraffes, and zebras borrows from crime reporting.

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