The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) in collaboration with and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) have indicated interest to partner with
The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) in collaboration with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) has indicated interest in partnering with the
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Rose Rono has lived and farmed in Limuru, Kiambu County, in Central Kenya for the last 10 years.In a good season, she says she harvests 10 bags of corn weighing from her two-acre maize farm. Each bag weighs 90 kilograms.But for the last three seasons, she has realized dismal harvests because of failed rains.“This season is the worst. I will not harvest any corn as I’m planning to sell these stalks to livestock farmers so that I can at least get something from my farm,” says Mrs Rono.She is not alone.Corn stalks are wiltingWilting maize crops on a farm in Limuru, Central Kenya. [Godfrey Ombogo]Across many fields in the Red Hill area of Limuru, livestock farmers are having a field day, cutting down corn stalks that are wilting to turn them into animal feed.They buy the stalks at throw-away prices from farmers who fear losing everything to the drought.John Njoroge, 57, who was born and bred in Limuru, says he has never seen the area so dry.Confined field trials showing the insect
Around 200 nations attended the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal at the end of December 2022.The event boasted around 16,000 participants from governments, UN and international organizations, Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), non-governmental organizations, academia, and the private sector. The conference resulted in the adoption of a package of decisions aimed at halting the biodiversity crisis and changing our current trajectory of habitat loss and global warming. The biggest success of the conference was the adoption of the “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework” -GBF-.A framework that will be the roadmap for all countries to protect and restore nature, and use it sustainably with four clear goals and 23 targets for achievement by 2030.The Alliance for Science (AfS) sent a delegation to Montreal to support the negotiations on the topic of biotechnology at COP15, because we seek a future where science and