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New international carbon credit market assist African farmers get loans

By George Munene A new carbon credit project will assist up to 5,000 small-scale farmers in Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia to unlock the international carbon market in the developing world. It will give access to loans that smallholder farmers will use to transition to agroforestry at scale and monetize carbon stored in the trees they …

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Rising temperatures lead to proliferation of coffee diseases

The rise in temperatures due to climate change is leading to the proliferation of the coffee berry borer, one of the crop’s most devastating pests, leading to losses in coffee production at a time when coffee has started to gain its lost glory, scientists at International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology have warned. Researchers …

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