Investing on research, key to saving Africa’s agriculture
Commitments to invest in research for home-grown innovations that support food systems is imperative writes Gilbert Nakweya.
In poorer nations, blood pressure cases rising ‘undetected’
Low and middle-income countries carry the burden of more than half a billion people living with undetected and untreated hypertension, worldwide.
Francophone Scientific Advisory Network will showcase researchers’ feats, tackle pandemics–Quirion
President, International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA), Rémi Quirion, believes the newly-launched Francophone Scientific Advisory Network will showcase the scientific feats of researchers, and also enable the world prepare for the next pandemic.
Human rights, environmental protection: NGOs want law enacted for Guinea, Ghana’s automobile industries
In Guinea and Ghana, non-governmental organizations are pressurizing automotive industry stakeholders to curb social and environmental degradations caused by exploiting bauxite in the two African nations.
How nature-based innovation is ‘driving food systems into future’
In this article, Laura Owings reveals how farming innovations rooted in nature and plant science could forge path towards future food systems.
“Hidden hunger” makes malnutrition a three-pronged burden
Les aps The battle to wipe out malnutrition requires healthy diets that also tackle micronutrient deficiencies, alongside the growing burdens of undernutrition and obesity.
‘Improve climate data’ to tackle water security
Knowing the impact of climate change on quality and supply of water at the scale of local communities is crucial to mitigate it.
Dams fuel malaria cases in Africa
Small dams have a far greater impact on malaria diffusion in Africa than previously thought.
GM rice to wait a little longer for public sampling
At least two years’ wait for GM Rice production
One million African girls ‘may never return to school’
Girls and women pay a high price to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.
