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Why We Need to Renew Our Commitment to Routine Immunization
Vaccines save lives and protect communities. They are one of the most cost-effective ways to prevent terrible diseases that cause misery, pain and death,...
UNEP Outlines Solutions to Cut Global Plastic Pollution
By Gift Briton
Plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make policy and market shifts using existing technologies,...
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AATF Unveils New Plan to Transform African Agriculture
By Gift Briton
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation(AATF) has launched a new strategic plan that will transform African agriculture in order to achieve a prosperous, resilient, food and nutrition-secure continent.
Through its 2023-2027 strategy plan, AATF...
Global Initiative to Supplement Healthy Vegetable Production in Kenya, Ethiopia
By Mary Hearty
The Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) has collaborated with the World Vegetable Center and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation to promote healthy vegetable production and consumption in Kenya and Ethiopia.
This is through the...
Quest for Sand: Turning Farmlands into Harvesting Sites in Homa Bay
By Sharon Atieno
Rough and dilapidated roads and pathways are a common sight in sand mining villages including Kobala, Rakwaro and Kobuya in Homa Bay county, western Kenya.
The roads are also dusty, and every so...
African Farmers to Benefit from New Maize Varieties
By Joyce Ojanji
To cushion African farmers against the impact of climate change on their productivity and enhance their livelihood, the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has restated its commitment to deliver transgenic drought-tolerant and...
