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'Mental health crisis' among young people living in countries worst affected by climate change
Trinity College Dublin-led study found adolescents living in Madagascar, the fourth most climate change-affected country on earth, reported 'extremely high' levels of anxiety, depression, and climate ...
The Manhattan Mercury2d
In Nigeria, tech workers and farmers bring AI to the fields
With a few taps on his phone, Dandam Nangor knows exactly what temperature his greenhouse is at, when to water his crops and ...
'Without corn, there is no country': Why Mexico has banned GM corn planting
Mexico has amended its Constitution to recognise native corn as part of its national identity and has banned genetically ...
New Vision on MSN3d
Teso clan leaders trained on better improved agricultural practices
The rains are on their way following a long dry spell across Uganda. As such, the farmers in the eastern region of Teso are getting set to begin planting crops.The majority of these farmers practise ...
The Hindu22h
Struggling farms, fields in Nigeria get lifeline as farmers bring in AI monitors
Backed by artificial intelligence, it is all designed to make growing his peppers easier — and perhaps usher in a sort of agriculture 2.0 in Nigeria, where millions from subsistence farmers to ...
Don’t mess with Mexico’s maíz: Constitutional amendment to ban GMO corn seeds
To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...
The Nation Online3d
‘Interventions needed to end struggle’
Development economist Dalitso Kabambe says without significant interventions to help low wage earners in the face of rising ...
AllAfrica on MSN1d
Teso Clan Leaders Trained On Modern Agricultural Practices
As farmers in Eastern Teso prepare for the upcoming planting season following a prolonged dry spell, clan leaders in Ngora District have completed a two-day training on modern agricultural ...
Mmegi1d
Elephants outwit chilli pepper trick
The country’s elephants have found a way around a low-cost method adopted by farmers in 2015 of using chilli pepper smoke to drive them away. Authorities now say a mixture of methods, some expensive, ...
Watch Millions of Butterflies Take Flight in One of the Planet’s Most Magical—and Endangered—Migrations
The high-altitude forest here is the perfect microclimate for the species, and it’s one of the few places in the world where ...
Yuba City USAID volunteer speaks: ‘We have to be part of the world. We can’t disengage.’
Neelam Canto-Lugo returned home from a USAID volunteer trip in the Southeast Asian country of Timor-Leste around 2 a.m. on Jan. 26. On Jan. 27, she received an email declaring that all USAID programs ...
The Morung Express5d
Kezoma villagers adopts mission to upscale millet farming
As part of a mass millet cultivation demonstration under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) 2024-2025, over 100 farmers ...