Lockdowns threaten childrens' nutrition: why extra care is needed: The nutritional shocks on young children whose families have lost their income as a result of the lockdown may have long lasting effects. ShutterstockData from two years ago shows that close to 60% of children in South Africa lived below the poverty line, while a third were below the food poverty line. … [Read more...] about Lockdowns threaten childrens’ nutrition: why extra care is needed | The Conversation
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Why Ghana’s smallholders aren’t excited by the latest ‘Green Revolution’ | The Conversation
Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution': A Ghanaian vegetable farmer sits on his land Vrinda Khushu/Wikimedia CommonsThe Green Revolution – the introduction of new higher yielding seed varieties, increased use of fertiliser, irrigation and other mechanisation introduced since the 1960s – brought about a great increase in crop yields in some … [Read more...] about Why Ghana’s smallholders aren’t excited by the latest ‘Green Revolution’ | The Conversation
Zimbabwe’s shattered economy poses a serious challenge to fighting COVID-19 | The Conversation
Zimbabwe's shattered economy poses a serious challenge to fighting COVID-19: Hawkers' stalls in Harare, Zimbabwe, lie deserted following lockdown in a bid to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. EFE-EPA/Aaron UfumeliThe COVID-19 pandemic has left Zimbabwe in an extremely difficult situation. As of early April, the number of infections and deaths from the pandemic … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe’s shattered economy poses a serious challenge to fighting COVID-19 | The Conversation
South Africa needs to end the lockdown: here’s a blueprint for its replacement | The Conversation
South Africa needs to end the lockdown: here's a blueprint for its replacement: An elderly man at a social grant paypoint in South Africa after the COVID-19 lockdown. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) () Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty ImagesThe public debate on strategies to tackle COVID-19 often unhelpfully positions health and economic considerations in a diametric … [Read more...] about South Africa needs to end the lockdown: here’s a blueprint for its replacement | The Conversation
Climate change could cause abrupt biodiversity losses this century | The Conversation
Climate change could cause abrupt biodiversity losses this century: GettyImagesThe impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems are already evident. Poleward shifts in the geographic distributions of species, catastrophic forest fires and mass bleaching of coral reefs all bear the fingerprints of climate change. But what will the world’s … [Read more...] about Climate change could cause abrupt biodiversity losses this century | The Conversation
