Reality TV show gives Kenyan farms a makeover

Source: Science and Development Network

Kenya farmers receive valuable tips on how to shape up their farms Flickr/CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture A Kenyan reality television show is working to plug the gap between smallholder farmers and research ...
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Africa: Livestock - Cure or Curse?

Source: AllAfrica.com

Lambasted for their voluminous greenhouse gas emissions, implicated in massive land degradation, and denounced for driving deforestation, livestock are supposedly the bad kids on the block - the black sheep of sustaina ...
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Toxic Food: Everyday Produce That Can Be Poisonous

Source: The Huffington Post

Yuca, also known as cassava, is a starchy root and a major source of carbohydrates in subtropical areas. It should never be eaten raw because yuca contains linamarin and lotaustralin, which is very toxic. Imprope ...
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PLSG Spends N121m To Install Internet In Ministries,LGs

Source: Leadership

The Plateau State Government says it has spent N121 million to link its ministries and 17 local government areas with internet services. Mrs Comfort Piwuna, the Commissioner for Science and Technology, said in Jos on Wednesday that government award ...
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UH Board of Regents swears in new members

Source: Hawaii 24/7

Three new members of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents have been sworn in. John Dean, Benjamin Kudo and Tom Shigemoto begin their terms as regents July 1. A fourth incoming regent, Jeffrey Acido, will be sworn in at ...
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Programme to Promote East Africa Small Holder Farmers

Source: AllAfrica.com

Dar es Salaam — Over 2 million smallholder farming households in the East African partner states and the two West African countries will be benefit from effective and profitable commercial products promoted through public-private partnerships. This w ...
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FG Plans Lagos Kano Rail Route Take off June

Source: THISDAY LIVE

The Ministry of Transport has disclosed that rail transport from Lagos to Kano will commence fully by the end of June, and that the Onitsha river port will also be commissioned soon. This was made known at a two-day forum in Lag ...
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