April 2014

World Bank launches manual to coordinate climate change interventions

World Bank has released a manual that assists governments and institutions coordinate and communicate activities on disaster and climate change as the effects of change in weather hits home. Dubbed Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI) Field Guide, and developed by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)—a World Bank managed partnership—the Guide …

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‘Superfly’ threatens future of millions relying on cassava

Scientists are sounding the alarm on a tiny, fast breeding insect that wipes cassava in minutes which they say could threaten millions of Africa, with cassava being the third most important source of calories after maize and rice. The Bemisia tabaci also known as ‘super fly’ and one of several whitefly species, According to the …

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Online resource center quenches farmers’ thirst for information

An electronic resource center is providing thousands of farmers with timely agricultural information thanks to the impressive internet penetration with upto 15,000 farmers accessing it daily. Launched in 2009, The National Farmers Information Service (Nafis) e-resource centre by the Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) has seen a rising number of hits from the initial 1,000 …

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Flower companies court solar energy to stem rising production cost

A rising number of flower companies are now embracing use of solar energy in their daily operations as they move to insulate themselves from erratic electricity supply. The move has been hailed as a step in the right direction especially in taming the rising cost of producing flowers for exports with the cost of fertilisers, …

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