By Lilian Dodzo, National Director, World Vision Kenya The stories of the ongoing drought in Kenya are heart breaking to watch and process. The suffering and deprivation caused by the food and water shortage among affected communities, especially children are immense and devastating. As a parent myself, it breaks my heart to stare into…
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Combatting drought and making communities food secure
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Nigeria Approves Genetically Modified TELA Maize for Open Cultivation
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Firm soars high with cutting-edge crop-spraying drones in Africa
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Climate Report Reinforces hardships many communities in Africa face
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Science-based Net Zero targets by WSP receive approval
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Combatting drought and making communities food secure
Nigeria Approves Genetically Modified TELA Maize for Open Cultivation
The Federal Government of Nigeria has granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of TELA Maize, a new maize variety genetically modified to tolerate moderate drought and resist the fall armyworm and stem borer. This development now places Nigeria one step closer to commercializing the biotech maize and becoming the second African county after…
Firm soars high with cutting-edge crop-spraying drones in Africa
UNITRANS Africa’s 50-year involvement in cutting-edge agricultural innovations across the continent is set to soar to new heights after the company’s recent acquisition of a fleet of the world’s largest spraying drones. Unitrans’ purchase of seven Chinese-made DJI T30 Agras drones, which were developed at a cost of over R400-million, is set to become a…
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Combatting drought and making communities food secure
By Lilian Dodzo, National Director, World Vision Kenya The stories of the ongoing drought in Kenya are heart breaking to watch and process. The suffering and deprivation caused by the food and water shortage among affected communities, especially children are immense and devastating. As a parent myself, it breaks my heart to stare into…
Agriculture
Combatting drought and making communities food secure
By Lilian Dodzo, National Director, World Vision Kenya The stories of the ongoing drought in Kenya are heart breaking to watch and process. The suffering and deprivation caused by the food and water shortage among affected communities, especially children are immense and devastating. As a parent myself, it breaks my heart to stare into…
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Gavi Funding Boosts Yellow Fever Diagnostics Capacity across Africa
An initiative to boost yellow fever diagnostic capacity across Africa has ‘revolutionised’ diagnostics on the continent, one of the programme’s coordinating agencies, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, said today. The initiative is part of the implementation of the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy and brings together different partners including WHO, UNICEF, CDC, the Institut Pasteur…
Agriculture
Combatting drought and making communities food secure
By Lilian Dodzo, National Director, World Vision Kenya The stories of the ongoing drought in Kenya are heart breaking to watch and process. The suffering and deprivation caused by the food and water shortage among affected communities, especially children are immense and devastating. As a parent myself, it breaks my heart to stare into…
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Combatting drought and making communities food secure
By Lilian Dodzo, National Director, World Vision Kenya The stories of the ongoing drought in Kenya are heart breaking to watch and process. The suffering and deprivation caused by the food and water shortage among affected communities, especially children are immense and devastating. As a parent myself, it breaks my heart to stare into…