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Urban Farming: Providing Solutions to Cope with COVID-19 and Adapt to Climate Change
By Dr Monica Nderitu, Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
Increased utilisation of space for food crops (Source: Food and Agricultural Organisation)
As the world grapples with impacts of climate variability and change, the situation has further been exacerbated by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This situation has negatively impacted all economic sectors leaving many breadwinners without any source of income. Additionally, most economies have been negatively impacted by government enforced lockdown. In Kenya, the cessation of movement and curfew was implemented, forcing people to be confined with minimal and often very expensive food products arriving into the cities. …
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Urban Farming: Providing Solutions to Cope with COVID-19 and Adapt to Climate Change
By Dr Monica Nderitu, Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
Increased utilisation of space for food crops (Source: Food and Agricultural Organisation)
As the world grapples with impacts of climate variability and change, …
Ethiopia: Breeding Ground For the Next Batch of Desert Locust
By Emebet Jigssa, Contributions by Kenneth Kemucie Mwangi and Jasper Mwesigwa
Wind blows, keeping its season driven pattern bringing much needed rainfall. Unfortunately, it also happens to be the major vehicle carrying desert locusts from …
Desert Locust Projection 16-31 July
Projected impact on food and fodder production
- Crop destruction continue to been reported in Ethiopia and Somalia. Most affected crops have been sorghum and maize crops at vegetative and ripening stages.
- The risk of …
Communicating Climate Change in East Africa
By Collison Lorez
Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
The ravages of climate change pose a grave danger to regional food security and general development. The most cited effects …
Desert Locust Projection 01-15 July
Projected impact on food and fodder production
- Adult and swarms are still being reported in those areas that hoppers have not been effectively controlled. More hopper hatching has been reported in Northern Kenya, Eastern Ethiopia, …
Journalists share experiences in weather and climate reporting
There has been increased interest in weather and climate reporting in Eastern Africa. This is because a combination of weather and climate related challenges have best the region in quick succession. The destruction caused by …