07/15/2023 SOURCE: www.cbc.ca
A team of researchers in Senegal has developed an artificial intelligence tool to help farmers adapting to a changing climate.
Climate change is taking a toll on farmers in Africa. Here's how AI technology can help | CBC Radio
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07/13/2023 SOURCE: www.timesfreepress.com
Mily Trevino-Sauceda was 9 when her mother fell as she worked to move irrigation pipes along rows of potato and alfalfa on an Idaho farm.
Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
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07/13/2023 SOURCE: www.laprensalatina.com
Guadalajara, Mexico, Jul 12 (EFE).- The agave landscape of the western Mexican state of Jalisco and that region’s tequila facilities marked 17 years on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Wednesday. But a rapid rise in demand for that distilled alcoholic beverage over the past decade has triggered an increase in spaces dedicated to monoculture …
Tequila makers' overproduction of agave sparks climate concerns in Mexico - La Prensa Latina Media
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07/08/2023 SOURCE: www.thedailybeast.com
Climate change is poised to wreck our ability to grow many kinds of crops. But there’s one farming staple that could weather the crisis: dairy.
This African Nation’s Surprise Plan for Farming Through Climate Disaster
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07/07/2023 SOURCE: www.msn.com
Farmers are often singled out by environmental activists, who believe that their practices contribute to climate change.
Elon Musk Has a Surprise Weapon for Farmers Worldwide
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07/07/2023 SOURCE: www.msn.com
While bees are proving their worth as an effective side hustle, they're also helping communities in Solomon Islands in the fight against climate change.
Women, young people take up beekeeping in Solomon Islands to diversify incomes and fight climate change
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07/07/2023 SOURCE: www.newscientist.com
As temperatures rise due to climate change, the huge amounts of corn grown in the US Midwest could be under threat, and it seems breeding for high-yielding varieties has made the crop genetically more vulnerable
Breeding corn to boost yields has made it more vulnerable to heat
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07/05/2023 SOURCE: www.worldbank.org
How do we address climate change, reduce poverty, and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet? Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time, and no country is immune. On this episode of The Development Podcast, we hone in on voices across Africa about the experience of climate change and how it intersects with poverty, and we hear from the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Sustainable Development in Washington, DC. Tune in as we speak with Cathy Kamamu, a farmer from Kenya, Professor Denis Aheto, Director of Coastal Ecology at the World Bank-funded Africa Center of Excellence on Coastal Resilience, Roselyn Fosua Adjei, Director of Climate Change for the Ghana Forestry Commission, and Richard Damania, Chief Economist for Sustainable Development at the World Bank. Listen now!
The Interlocking Challenges of Climate Change and Poverty | The Development Podcast
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07/05/2023 SOURCE: www.thenation.com
Heat waves are pushing agricultural workers across a wide swath of India to the edge of survival.
In India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm
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07/04/2023 SOURCE: international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu
The InfoPoint session aims to present the various components of the initiative and showcase some early results regarding the activities organized around the 3 cohorts of the programme.
InfoPoint conference: One Planet Fellowship Programme – Boosting Africa-Europe scientific collaboration on climate change and agriculture in Africa
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