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Climate-Favorable Policy Reforms could Improve Cameroon’s Economy

Climate-Favorable Policy Reforms could Improve Cameroon’s Economy By Mary Hearty If Cameroon embarks on reforming policies to influence climate-action investments like renewable energy and rich natural capital endowment, the country could reduce its poverty rate five-fold by 2050 from 15% to three percent according to the World Bank’s newly released Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR). In […]

04 Nov, 22

Kenya: Cassava Solar Driers Cushioning Farmers against Post-harvest Losses in Busia

Kenya: Cassava Solar Driers Cushioning Farmers against Post-harvest Losses in Busia By Joyce Ojanji Fresh cassava roots are highly perishable with some studies showing a shelf-life of less than 72 hours after harvest and post-harvest losses of about one in four (more than 23%) for freshly harvested roots. To preserve the crop, farmers especially in […]

Africa: Climate-Related Health Crisis Worsens as Disease Outbreaks Surge

Africa: Climate-Related Health Crisis Worsens as Disease Outbreaks Surge By Joyce Ojanji The number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn of Africa has reached their highest level this century, deepening a health crisis in a region where 47 million people are already facing acute hunger, especially due to drought. […]

Asian Mosquito Linked to Ethiopian Outbreak

By Sharon Atieno Experts raise alarm that the malaria landscape in Africa could change as a new study links a mosquito native to South Asia, India and the Persian Gulf specifically, to an urban outbreak of the disease in Ethiopia. The outbreak occurred in Dire Dawa, a city in eastern Ethiopia that typically records only […]

03 Nov, 22

Kenya: Brace for Rainfall

Kenya: Brace for Rainfall By Joyce Ojanji Rainfall is expected over several parts of the country including the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Central and South Rift Valley, the Highlands East of the Rift Valley, the Coast, and North-eastern Kenya, according to the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD). The weather […]

02 Nov, 22

Kenya: Breast Care Centre to Make Breast Cancer Treatment Accessible, Affordable

Kenya: Breast Care Centre to Make Breast Cancer Treatment Accessible, Affordable By Mary Hearty In an effort to make breast cancer treatment more accessible and affordable to patients in Kenya, the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH) has launched a Comprehensive Breast Care Centre. The Centre which seeks to intensify screening, diagnostics, and […]

01 Nov, 22

Experts Ask for Further Research on the Management of Fall Armyworm

Experts Ask for Further Research on the Management of Fall Armyworm By Gift Briton With fall armyworm (FAW) causing annual yield losses of up to USD 9.4 billion in Africa alone, significantly impacting household income and food security, experts call for further research on the management of FAW and its relationship with the environment in […]

Climate Change: World Still Off-course in Meeting 1.5°C Target

Climate Change: World Still Off-course in Meeting 1.5°C Target By Sharon Atieno Despite countries committing to update their climate pledges to deliver greater emissions cuts during the twenty-sixth Conference of Parties (COP 26), a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s report shows that the world is still off-track in meeting the Paris goal of limiting […]

31 Oct, 22

Kenya: Bt Cotton Reducing Losses Due to Destructive Pest

Kenya: Bt Cotton Reducing Losses Due to Destructive Pest By Mary Hearty Though Kenya has a great potential for cotton production, low return on investment as a result of infestation by the African bollworm pest had almost crippled the sector. A report by the Fibre Crops directorate shows that cotton production in the country has declined […]

Health-Centered Response to Climate Change Can Still Secure Safe Future

Health-Centered Response to Climate Change Can Still Secure Safe Future By Mary Hearty A health-centered response to the current crises would still provide the opportunity for a low-carbon, resilient future, which not only avoids the health harms of accelerated climate change but also delivers improved health and well-being through the associated co-benefits of climate action. […]