Daily Monitor
Saturday March 06 2021
Summary
Pumpkins should be cured in the sun for about a week to toughen the skin and then stored in a cool, dry room or anywhere dry.
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Food and nutritional security of resource poor farmers globally is increasingly under a serious threat of climate change.
In Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda agricultural production rates are low and this is exacerbated, by frequent erratic rainfall and prolonged drought arising from climate change effects. The harmonisation of agriculture to single crop varieties in hope of higher yields, coupled with the associated loss of biodiversity has further decreased the resilience of resource poor farmers.
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
The launch of the research initiative titled “Climate Change and Food Security Analysis” was supported by the Climate Change Commission (CCC), various government agencies, experts from different industries, advocates for climate resilience, and members of the academe to launch in a virtual event held recently.
The report revealed that aside from conflict, climate change is one of the main drivers of global hunger.
It also noted that more than 80 percent of the world’s most food-insecure people are being hit by extreme weather events, such as drought and flooding, including other stresses, such as pest infestation and land degradation.