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For food systems to work well in Africa, the entire food system from production, processing to marketing must be effective — but success hinges on smallholder farmers who are at the frontline, says Gilbert Nakweya. Photo: Axel Fassio/CIFOR, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Investing on research, key to saving Africa’s agriculture

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud01/10/2021Leave a comment

Commitments to invest in research for home-grown innovations that support food systems is imperative writes Gilbert Nakweya.

A woman has her blood pressure checked. Research shows that over half a billion people across the world live with undetected and untreated hypertension. World Granny, (CC BY-NC 2.0)

In poorer nations, blood pressure cases rising ‘undetected’

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud24/09/2021Leave a comment

Low and middle-income countries carry the burden of more than half a billion people living with undetected and untreated hypertension, worldwide.

Rémi Quirion Photo: Lachule CC BY-SA 4.0

Francophone Scientific Advisory Network will showcase researchers’ feats, tackle pandemics–Quirion

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud17/09/2021Leave a comment

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.

Assembly line of an automotive industry. Photo: Jurvetson via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Human rights, environmental protection: NGOs want law enacted for Guinea, Ghana’s automobile industries

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud10/09/2021Leave a comment

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.

An agroforestry field, Kisumu, Kenya Photo: P. Casier (CGIAR) CC BY_NC_SA 2.0

How nature-based innovation is ‘driving food systems into future’

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud03/09/2021Leave a comment

In this article, Laura Owings reveals how farming innovations rooted in nature and plant science could forge path towards future food systems.

Betty Nabiteeko, 38, teaches mothers with small children about nutrition at her home near Mityebili, Uganda Photo: Stephan Gladieu / World Bank cc By-NC.SA 2.0.

“Hidden hunger” makes malnutrition a three-pronged burden

SciDev.netBy luc.allemand@afriscitech.com27/08/2021Leave a comment

Les aps The battle to wipe out malnutrition requires healthy diets that also tackle micronutrient deficiencies, alongside the growing burdens of undernutrition and obesity.

Borena herdsmen in search of water for their cattle in Ethiopia's Oromiya Region. Water availability is impacted by climate change according to the Water Security for Climate Resilience Report. UNICEF Ethiopia. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

‘Improve climate data’ to tackle water security

SciDev.netBy luc.allemand@afriscitech.com20/08/2021Leave a comment

Knowing the impact of climate change on quality and supply of water at the scale of local communities is crucial to mitigate it.

Aswan High Dam (Egypt) Photo: Cliff Hellis cc BY-NC-SA

Dams fuel malaria cases in Africa

SciDev.netBy Rosalia Omungo13/08/2021Leave a comment

Small dams have a far greater impact on malaria diffusion in Africa than previously thought.

Golden Rice IRRI Photo: Isagani Serrano cc BY-NC-SA

GM rice to wait a little longer for public sampling

SciDev.netBy Rosalia Omungo06/08/2021Leave a comment

At least two years’ wait for GM Rice production

Schools in Kabkabiya Photo:UNAMID cc BY_NC_SA 2.0 (cropped)

One million African girls ‘may never return to school’

SciDev.netBy Rosalia Omungo30/07/2021Leave a comment

Girls and women pay a high price to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.

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