Strengthening agricultural water management for climate …
2024年9月4日 · The main message is clear: strengthening irrigation investments across Africa is essential for adapting to the yield instabilities brought on by climate change. However, this requires more than just expanding irrigation infrastructure—it demands reconfiguring and better designing existing irrigation schemes to achieve the desired outcomes.
African Union endorse 2024 Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit
2024年5月9日 · The Summit from the 7th- 9th May 2024 was convened under the theme, Listen to the Land. Participants explored the current condition of Africa’s soils in a bid to implement urgent and appropriate restorative measures. The event gathered over 4,000 participants, including 57 ministers of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs other government leaders ...
The Potential of Regenerative Agriculture in Africa: Lessons from …
2024年7月12日 · By Dr Mel Oluoch, and Dr Stella Kabiri The declining state of soil health in Africa has reached a critical tipping point, with 65% of agricultural land deemed degraded. Sub-Saharan Africa now holds the highest rate of land degradation worldwide, significantly limiting agricultural productivity and threatening food security. The rapid degradation is
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AI agriculture pest detection tool from Kenya wins tenth Africa …
2024年6月16日 · Esther Kimani was named winner of Africa’s biggest engineering prize, the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, in Nairobi on 13 June 2024. Her early crop pest and disease detection device was selected as the winning innovation for its ability to swiftly detect and identify agricultural pests and diseases,
14 African countries, key partners unite to provide critical …
2024年8月28日 · In an unprecedented show of unity in support of the World Health Organization, 14 African countries and many partners pledged over US$ 45 million to the WHO Investment Round, a three-month-old initiative to generate sustainable financing for the organization at the centre of the global health architecture. The commitments were made during
Innovative energy modelling paves the way for green …
2024年4月21日 · The EMERGE project started in December 2023 and seeks to provide African policymakers, academics, investors, and citizens with the tools and knowledge required to increase the production of clean energy and the sustainable use of resources while bridging cultural and socioeconomic divides. To simulate scenarios that optimize the use of current resources while considering social, […]
Taking climate action requires a sense of urgency
2024年8月12日 · By Andrew Sande While Africa’s population directly or indirectly depends on products and services from agriculture, fisheries, forests, and wetlands, yet, the sectors’ vulnerability to climate change greatly exposes the continent’s citizens to food insecurity. These sectors, hugely derived from the environment and natural resources contribute directly to the economy and the livelihoods ...
The Case for Continued Oil and Gas Exploration in Africa
2024年7月15日 · By Herman Opondo. In a few months, world leaders will be meeting in Baku in Azerbaijan for the the29th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and as usual, we expect the noise around oil and petroleum to ‘phase down’ and ‘phase out’ due to their potential to greenhouse gas.
USD 4 billion to restore soil health in sub Saharan Africa
2024年7月20日 · By Checky Abuje Subsaharan Africa is estimated to record an annual soil nutrient loss worth up to USD 4 billion. This is according to the latest findings by a pan-African organisation Biovision Africa Trust(BvAT) in collaboration with the Regional Multi-Actor Network (RMRN) Addressing soil experts, journalists and other stakeholders in the agricultural