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SMALL-SCALE fisheries are an important livelihood and primary protein source for villages surrounding the 11 dams of the rural communities in Eastern province of Zambia, yet many are overfished and thus require effective and scalable sustainable fisheries management solutions. Fish for Food Security in Zambia Project, being implemented by GIZ…

FOOD and agriculture stand at a crossroads today. Looking back, major improvements in agricultural productivity have been recorded over recent decades to satisfy the food demand of a growing global population. The current African policy solutions places further pressure on small-scale food producers to participate in industrial agricultural programs such…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will lead Ghana's delegation of climate negotiators to this year's 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 27) in Egypt. COP 27, scheduled for November 7 to 18, would be hosted in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh, and will provide the platform for…

Over 100 Heads of State and Government have confirmed their participation in this year’s United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh.

While most of the country’s largest listed companies have made net-zero pledges, concrete and measurable emissions reduction targets are largely missing. 

For three decades, brothers Ramadan and Mamdouh Othman have grown summer crops of maize, olives and cucumbers on their Nile Delta land in Egypts northern governate of Fayoum. But, over the past ye...

With a foreword by Ban Ki-moon, Selamawit Desta Wubet urges for an inclusive COP and the delivery of climate finance.

REFLECTIONS TODAY LUKE 18:1-8 Whatever we do affects other people. The condition of others, good or bad, somehow affects our situation as well. This only shows how intricately connected we are to one another. Hence, many of our serious problems nowadays are brought upon us by our lack of awareness

Climate change

GIVEN the spectacular role Indian farmers have played in pulling the country out of the ‘ship-to-mouth’ existence and turning it into a food-surplus nation, agriculture has emerged as the brightest star of the Indian economy. Whether we would like to publicly acknowledge it or not, a vib