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allafrica.com | Cecilia Russell |Busani Bafana
This week presented a beacon of hope for young people so that the "girl from the South and the boy, of course" could stay in the developing world, Dr Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of CGIAR, said during a press conference on the final day of the CGIAR Science Week.
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globalissues.org | Busani Bafana
NAIROBI, Apr 12 (IPS) - The world needs an urgent fix and humanity could just be it. As inequality and polycrises stalk the world, deep changes are needed in relationships with nature if the planet is to be livable and sustainable, warns a new United Nations report, calling for a bold change in mindsets and taking responsibility.
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ipsnews.net | Cecilia Russell |Busani Bafana
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allafrica.com | Busani Bafana
Nairobi — Animal scientist Lindiwe Majele Sibanda became what her grandmother earnestly prayed for she was growing up on a farm in southern Zimbabwe. Majele Sibanda, an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, is a practicing livestock farmer and a successful one at that. She is raising pedigree and indigenous cattle as well as hardy Matabele goats.
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globalissues.org | Busani Bafana
NAIROBI, Apr 10 (IPS) - Animal scientist Lindiwe Majele Sibanda became what her grandmother earnestly prayed for she was growing up on a farm in southern Zimbabwe. Majele Sibanda, an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, is a practicing livestock farmer and a successful one at that. She is raising pedigree and indigenous cattle as well as hardy Matabele goats.
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ipsnews.net | Busani Bafana
Africa, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Systems, Gender, Global, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment, Women & Climate Change, Women & Economy Food Systems Reprint | | Print | NAIROBI, Apr 10 2025 (IPS) - Animal scientist Lindiwe Majele Sibanda became what her grandmother earnestly prayed for she was growing up on a farm in southern Zimbabwe. Majele Sibanda, an Extraordinary...
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allafrica.com | Busani Bafana
Nairobi — Climate change is outpacing science and farmers are paying the price. Agricultural research innovations need to reach farmers before it is too late. Partnership, collaborations, and the right dose of political will are the fuel to put innovations into the farmer's hands, says Simeon Ehui, Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and CGIAR Regional Director, Continental Africa.
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globalissues.org | Busani Bafana
NAIROBI, Apr 09 (IPS) - Climate change is outpacing science and farmers are paying the price. Agricultural research innovations need to reach farmers before it is too late. Partnership, collaborations, and the right dose of political will are the fuel to put innovations into the farmer’s hands, says Simeon Ehui, Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and CGIAR Regional Director, Continental Africa.
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allafrica.com | Busani Bafana
Bulawayo — Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, carries his frustration as visibly as he carries his passport. To travel across the continent he calls home, he needs 35 visas--each a bureaucratic hurdle and a reminder of the barriers to free movement and trade in Africa. "As someone who wants to make Africa great, I have to apply for 35 different visas," Dangote lamented at a recent Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.
