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More Toilets in Zimbabwe, Better Livelihoods
Government and sanitation experts say Zimbabwe needs to increase efforts to promote good hygiene and invest in toilets and clean water provision, as the country grapples with a typhoid outbreak.
Steady Water Supply for Zimbabwean City Still a Pipe Dream
Residents of Zimbabwe's water-scarce city, Bulawayo, are concerned about the government’s slow response to finding a permanent source of water to cover their needs.Brown Revolution Brings New Hope
Picking spots for cattle to graze could reverse desertification and even do its bit to retard climate change, new experiments in Zimbabwe have shown. It’s what is coming to be called the Brown Revolution.
NIGERIA: Not Everyone Pleased with New Vitamin A-Fortified Cassava
Using hybridisation and selective breeding, researchers in Nigeria have developed three new yellow varieties of cassava, a staple crop in much of Africa, which they say will help fight malnutrition caused by vitamin A deficiency in the region.
Q&A: Time for a New Agricultural Revolution
Negotiators at the 17th Conference of Parties owe it to the world's more than seven billion people to deliver a deal with a work plan for agriculture, a sector that is expected to be the worst affected by climate change.
No Agriculture, No Deal
Zambian dairy farmer, Effatah Jele, does not believe in farming luck but in pragmatism because of climate change.
Water: A Victim of Climate Change
The Southern Africa Development Community wants water to be tabled as a standalone item on climate change negotiations – describing it as too important to leave on the periphery.
SOUTH AFRICA: Acid Mine Drainage Water Can Be Put to Use
Toxic water from derelict gold and uranium mines has reportedly destroyed Elize Strydom's dream to be a farmer in her retirement.
CLIMATE CHANGE: A Threat to Food Security in Africa’s River Basins
While Africa has successfully avoided conflict over shared water courses, it will need greater diplomacy to keep the peace as new research warns that climate change will have an effect on food productivity.
SOUTH AFRICA: Saving Water, Money and Improving Livelihoods
For many months now, a hosepipe connected to a leaking cistern in Isaac Mooi's outside toilet daily pours an estimated 100 litres of wasted water into the aged sewer system of the Emfuleni Municipality, in Vanderbijlpark, south of Johannesburg.
ECONOMY-ZIMBABWE: Good Policies Make for Good Business
With effective political and economic policies, Africa can be a haven for multinational companies (MNCs) even in the continent's least developed countries.
ZIMBABWE: Harvesting Water for Food Security
Earth mounds running across her field hold back the water that Caroline Ndlovu uses to grow maize, pumpkins, beans and watermelons long after the short rainy season in this arid part of Zimbabwe.
ECONOMY: Same Old System Can Only Produce New Crisis
The world is in financial crisis thanks to the reckless behaviour of bankers, say campaigners, yet ordinary people are picking up the tab. Debt activists fear the recession will provide cover for a fresh round of toxic debt to countries in the South.African Govts Urged to Invest in Social Protection
Allocating just one percent of GDP to social protection could make a massive difference to the lives of the continent’s poorest children.
Could Water-Efficient Maize Boost Africa’s Food Security?
As controlled field trials of a genetically modified (GM) crop are about to begin in five African countries amidst promises of improved crops grown under poor conditions, critics are charging organisations with selling out the interests of African farmers.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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