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The Adverse Effects of Climate Change on Health in Africa and Asia
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 150,000 annual deaths in low-income countries are brought about by the adverse...
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‘Our aim is to provide jobs for 25m youths by 2025’
Jennifer Blanke is the Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank (AfDB). In this...
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Desert locusts: New risks in the light of climate change
Desert locusts are a major pest on numerous crops and pastures throughout a vast area of almost 30 million km2 covering Africa north of...
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Climate Change’s Crippling Effect on Africa
The African farming communities that have scrapped by with low food resources and water scarcity for generations now face an obstacle...
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A panoply of policy instruments to promote sustainable food systems in West Africa
ECDPM’s Carmen Torres interviews ECOWAS Director Alain Sy Traoré, on how his organisation is seeking to use its new agricultural policy,...