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    September 26, 2016

    Environmentalists fear for the Nairobi Park

    By PETER NGILA The Nairobi National Park has been under human and commercial encroachment, fuelled by the construction of the already-completed Phase One of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), Nairobi Green Belt Movement manager Gayling May has said. Speaking last Saturday during a walk through the park, May said, “the future of the park is…

    June 12, 2017

    Environment Cs Launches Kenya’s First Ever National WildLIfe Strategy Formulation Process

    Environment and Natural Resources Cabinet Secretary, Prof Judi Wakhungu Monday launched the formulation of Kenya’s first-ever National Wildlife Conservation and Management Strategy in Nairobi. Prof Wakhungu also the inaugurated a national steering to provide policy direction, high-level guidance and general oversight in the process to ensure ownership and buy-in. The committee is chaired by the…

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    IITA, CIMMYT to enhance adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa

    The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) recently launched a project that aims to investigate the drivers and barriers to adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in southern Africa and to develop strategies for achieving adoption and impact at scale. The project, Understanding and Enhancing Adoption of Conservation Agriculture…

    Agriculture

    IITA, CIMMYT to enhance adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa

    The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) recently launched a project that aims to investigate the drivers and barriers to adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in southern Africa and to develop strategies for achieving adoption and impact at scale. The project, Understanding and Enhancing Adoption of Conservation Agriculture…

    Health

    64 nations formally sign up to COVAX facility

    64 higher-income economies are pooling financial and scientific resources, to insure themselves against the failure of any individual vaccine candidate and secure successful vaccines in a cost-effective, targeted way. These 64 economies include commitments from 35 economies as well as the European Commission which will procure doses on behalf of 27 EU member states plus Norway and Iceland.…

    Agriculture

    IITA, CIMMYT to enhance adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa

    The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) recently launched a project that aims to investigate the drivers and barriers to adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in southern Africa and to develop strategies for achieving adoption and impact at scale. The project, Understanding and Enhancing Adoption of Conservation Agriculture…

    Environment

    Threatened biodiversity a recipe for the outbreak of pandemics in Africa

    By Checky Abuje Biodiversity holds the key for a healthy planet but with the current trends of environmental destruction, the planet has been left at the risk of every attack including the pandemics (Covid-19) that have left scientists, governments and other non-state actors scratching their heads for a solution. In a report released by “Living…

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