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New tools enhance the ability to use Earth observation data in development economics research without significant training.

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The City of Boston is advancing three companion regulatory efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for medium-sized and large buildings. As addressed in our 2021 advisory, the Boston...

City of Boston is advancing three companion regulatory efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for medium-sized and large buildings. Boston Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance BERDO 2.0 requires zero net carbon emissions by 2050 for existing buildings 20ksqft.

The Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, revealed that the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has continued to import maize seeds from South Africa, subsidize them, and distribute them to Ghanaian farmers as part of the Planting for Food and Jobs program…

A delegation from the World Bank last Friday visited two Africa Centres of Excellence (ACEs) for Development Impact at the University of Ghana to study how the project funds had been utilised.

Dr Jaime Saavedra, World Bank Global Director for Education, has commended Government on its investments and interventions in the education sector. He said Interventions such as the Free Senior High School policy and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) had brought some progress in the sector in terms of…

Wendy-Ann Isaac, PhD The seed is created to renew, to multiply, to be shared and to spread – Vandhana Shiva. Seeds are considered the foundation of agriculture and compared to other agricultural inputs, have been shown to have the greatest potential to increase on-farm productivity and enhance food security. Seed availability for small-scale farmers can

The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge reported that Development Impact Officer Ann-Marie Wildman will soon be stepping into the position

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