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Investing in young people to unlock agriculture's potential in Africa. 12 March 2021, Kigali/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rwanda has signed an agreement with JR Farms Limited to promote youth involvement in agriculture and create decent work opportunities. JR Farms is a Rwandan led agri-enterprise operating in Rwanda, Nigeria…

The Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) has been developed through a collaboration of six institutions with input generously provided by scientists and practitioners from multiple disciplines. The toolkit provides accessible guidance on low-cost methods for how to evaluate the benefits people receive from nature at particular sites in order to generate information that…

This is a series of blogs, curated by IIED associate researcher Philippine Sutz, that will take a close look at a range of identified principles that could improve women’s access to and control over land in the global South. In this series, Sutz will collaborate with women and men from partner organisations Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA) and IED Afrique to progress the…

Climate change, religious conlficts and economic crisis have taken toll on people and environment . One of Africa’s largest freshwater bodies, the Lake Chad, has shrunk by 90 per cent. Over 10 million people across the region are in need of emergency assistance. The United Nations has term the Lake Chad crisis as “one of the worst in the world”. Lake Chad in the Sahel straddles Nigeria,…

Beijing (AFP) Beijing was cloaked in thick yellow smog on Monday with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descended on China's capital from the Gobi desert. City residents used goggles, masks and hairnets to protect themselves from the choking dust and sand, with landmarks including the Forbidden City partly obscured behind an apocalyptic-looking…

A dust storm with wind gusts forecast as high as 65 mph changed the color of the sky and reduced visibility in the region Tuesday afternoon. The National Weather Service El Paso issued a high-wind warning until 8 p.m. Tuesday for far West Texas and Doña Ana County and southern Otero County in New Mexico. The NWS said sustained winds could range from 35 to 45 mph and wind gusts could reach 65 mph…