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Nov 17, 2024 | 
biorxiv.org | Mohan Singh |Prem L. Bhalla |Biotechnology Laboratory |Neeta Lohani
AbstractRising temperatures due to climate change pose significant threats to global food security, particularly by impacting crop fertility and yield. Despite the known susceptibility of male reproductive development to heat stress, the specific adaptive mechanisms and critical regulatory genes involved in the stage-specific heat stress response in crops are still not well understood.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Mohan Singh |Prem L. Bhalla
More than 1,109 Liberty employees, in partnership with NPO Rise Against Hunger, teamed up to pack 255,304 meals as part of their 67-minute pledge for Nelson Mandela Day. Employees from the insurer’s Braamfontein, Cape Town, and Durban offices participated in the initiative. The food parcels are being distributed across the country to early childhood development centres in need of assistance and will feed 1,110 children five meals a week for an entire year.
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May 31, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Mohan Singh |Prem L. Bhalla
Broader food inflation globally and in SA may have eased but global agricultural commodity prices remain high. Felix Odey, portfolio manager at Global Resource Equities at Schroders, looks at what this means for the food and water space internationally and what to expect next... Broader food inflation globally may have eased since the start of the war in Ukraine.
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May 23, 2024 | 
bizcom.to | Wendell Roelf |Kate Abnett |Lindsey Schutters |Mohan Singh
South Africa is considering lodging a formal complaint at the World Trade Organization against the European Union's "protectionist" carbon border levy, Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Wednesday, 23 May 2024. The EU's proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), which will impose charges on imports of carbon-intensive goods like steel and cement into Europe, has faced criticism from some developing nations and sectors including China's steel industry.
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May 23, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Wendell Roelf |Kate Abnett |Lindsey Schutters |Mohan Singh
South Africa is considering lodging a formal complaint at the World Trade Organization against the European Union's "protectionist" carbon border levy, Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Wednesday, 23 May 2024. The EU's proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), which will impose charges on imports of carbon-intensive goods like steel and cement into Europe, has faced criticism from some developing nations and sectors including China's steel industry.
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May 21, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Lindsey Schutters |Mohan Singh |Prem L. Bhalla
South Africa is making significant strides in developing its hydrogen economy, with a strong focus on community engagement and economic upliftment. A pilot project in Masia Village, Limpopo, showcases the potential of integrating cutting-edge technologies like hydrogen electrolysers and solar PV systems to power agricultural activities and community centres. South Africa is committing major resources to establish the hydrogen economy.
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May 21, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Mohan Singh |Prem L. Bhalla |Boureima Balima |Abdel-Kader Mazou
Australia’s vital agriculture sector will be hit hard by steadily rising global temperatures. Our climate is already prone to droughts and floods. Climate change is expected to supercharge this, causing sudden flash droughts, changing rainfall patterns and intense flooding rains. Farm profits fell 23% in the 20 years to 2020, and the trend is expected to continue. Image source: Johannes Plenio from PexelsUnchecked, climate change will make it harder to produce food on a large scale.
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May 13, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Mohan Singh |Amit Kumar |Arun Kumar
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflict of interest. REFERENCES 1, . Enhancing convective heat transfer in laminar and turbulent flow regions using multi-channel twisted tape inserts. Int J Therm Sci. 2017; 121: 55-74. doi:10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2017.07.002 2, . The current state on the thermal performance of twisted tapes: a geometrical categorisation approach. Chem Eng Process—Process Intensif. 2020; 153:107929. doi:10.1016/j.cep.2020.107929 3, , , , .
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May 9, 2024 | 
phys.org | Mohan Singh |Prem L. Bhalla
Australia's vital agriculture sector will be hit hard by steadily rising global temperatures. Our climate is already prone to droughts and floods. Climate change is expected to supercharge this, causing sudden flash droughts, changing rainfall patterns and intense flooding rains. Farm profits fell 23% in the 20 years to 2020, and the trend is expected to continue.
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May 8, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Mohan Singh |Prem L. Bhalla
Australia’s vital agriculture sector will be hit hard by steadily rising global temperatures. Our climate is already prone to droughts and floods. Climate change is expected to supercharge this, causing sudden flash droughts, changing rainfall patterns and intense flooding rains. Farm profits fell 23% in the 20 years to 2020, and the trend is expected to continue. Unchecked, climate change will make it harder to produce food on a large scale.
