Crop leftovers can store huge amounts of carbon: insights from Uganda: A sample of biochar NCAT CAES/FlickrFarmers in countries like Uganda could help fight climate change – and improve their crop yields – by adding agricultural waste to their fields. The process removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it in the soil. It’s a strategy proposed under the United Nations … [Read more...] about Crop leftovers can store huge amounts of carbon: insights from Uganda | The Conversation
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What science tells us about fire hazards facing Cape Town and its surrounds | The Conversation
What science tells us about fire hazards facing Cape Town and its surrounds: A fire rages through wetlands close to Cape Town in February 2017. EPA/Nic BothmaSouth Africa’s Cape Peninsula – home to the picturesque city of Cape Town – is part of the only region in the world with fynbos. Fynbos is the world’s most diverse vegetation type – even more so than tropical rainforests. … [Read more...] about What science tells us about fire hazards facing Cape Town and its surrounds | The Conversation
Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize: but big challenges still await Ethiopia | The Conversation
Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize: but big challenges still await Ethiopia: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Alexandros Michailidis/ShutterstockAbiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He becomes the 100th Nobel Peace Prize winner, and the first Ethiopian to receive the accolade. Abiy is the 12th winner from Africa to be awarded the … [Read more...] about Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize: but big challenges still await Ethiopia | The Conversation
Economic chaos is causing a food security and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe | The Conversation
Economic chaos is causing a food security and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's food insecurity is more complex than the headline figures suggest. ShutterstockSince Zimbabwe’s land reform of 2000 – when around 8 million hectares of formerly large-scale commercial farmland was distributed to about 175,000 households – debates about the consequences for food … [Read more...] about Economic chaos is causing a food security and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe | The Conversation
Ghana’s cocoa farmers are trapped by the chocolate industry | The Conversation
Ghana’s cocoa farmers are trapped by the chocolate industry: Cocoa production is an important cog in Ghana's economy Wikimedia CommonsThe chocolate industry is worth more than $ 80 billion a year. But some cocoa farmers in parts of West Africa are poorer now than they were in the 1970s or 1980s. In other areas, artificial support for cocoa farming is creating a debt … [Read more...] about Ghana’s cocoa farmers are trapped by the chocolate industry | The Conversation
