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The problem of the mixed waste, uncollected waste, unsafe waste disposal methods and failure to enforce environmental legislations remain a serious problem in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi.

Lack of biosafety law and misinformation and smear campaigns targeting development of a Bt maize variety suitable for Africa have delayed possibilities of scientists giving African farmers answers to pests and stress that affect crop yields. 

The Self-Supported Ghanaian Subsistence Farmers Consortiums initiative aims to bring together subsistence farmers help them use of their potentials, opportunities and resources has been announced winners on ideas on how to help solve rural Africa's greatest challenges and strengthen agricultural development by the Africa Rural Connect (ARC), a new online community hosted by The National Peace Corps Association.

The Nairobi-based Network of African Science Academies, NASAC on Monday initiated a three year project worth 1.5 million Euros aimed at boosting the number of national academy of sciences in Africa and enhancing their role in their national development agendas. 

WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran pledged at the weekend to double the amount of food that the organization buys from women farmers in the Millennium Village of Ruhiira, Uganda where a strategic, integrated approach to rural development is already changing lives.

The Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has launched a campaign of seaweed farming in deep waters.

A new study that compares the number of malnourished children in 2050 with and without climate change, released Wednesday says that 25 million more children will be malnourished in 2050 due to effects of climate change.