Share Findings with Beneficiary Communities, Researchers Urged By Duncan Mboyah Researchers in Africa have been urged to share their findings in indigenous languages with the beneficiary farmers, including using indigenous languages to inform action. Speaking at the CGIAR Science Week, the lead scientists noted that since Africa faces increasing agricultural and food security challenges that […]

Geospatial Technologies to Improve Agriculture in Africa’s Drylands By Duncan Mboyah The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi -Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) will use geospatial technologies to improve agriculture in Africa’s drylands. Dr. Himanshu Pathak, the Director General of ICRISAT, said that the technologies will be used to facilitate the adoption of climate-smart practices due […]

Draft Pandemic Agreement Ready for Adoption- WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) Member States have forged a draft agreement to strengthen global collaboration on prevention, preparedness and response to future pandemic threats. The proposal will be presented for adoption at the upcoming World Health Assembly in May. In December 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 […]

AARIEIs: New Food, Nutrition Security Research Outfit By Duncan Mboyah To scale up research on food and nutrition security on the continent, six African agricultural organizations have formed an umbrella body called the African Agricultural Research, Innovation, and Education Institutions (AARIEIs). The new umbrella body has been founded by the Forum for Agricultural Research in […]

Exempt Vulnerable Countries from Tariff Hikes, UNCTAD Says By Sharon Atieno The United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has called for the exemption of vulnerable countries from new tariff hikes, noting that they are already grappling with low growth and mounting uncertainty and their activities have a negligible effect on trade deficits. This follows US […]