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IGAD Member States and Partners Strengthen Regional Preparedness Against Transboundary Pest Threats Amid El Niño Concerns
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), successfully convened the 9th Steering Committee and Technical Working Group meetings of the Inter-Regional Platform for the Sustainable Management of Desert Locust and Other Transboundary Pests from 3–5 November 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The three-day meeting brought together representatives from seven IGAD Member States alongside regional and international technical partners, including the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), CropLife Africa and Middle East and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD). …
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Gender and Climate Change: Why Women are Getting the Short End of the Stick
by Charity Mumbua
Contributions from ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
Oxfam International: Climate Change Canvas by Ashley Cecil
Climate change remains one of the greatest global challenges of the twenty-first century. From shifting weather …
ICPAC launches Agriculture Watch Platform for East Africa
The East Africa Agriculture Warning Explorer is based on near-real-time Earth Observation and Weather information and provides automatic ten days drought conditions warnings for crops and rangelands at the provincial level. This information and the …
Could Neem Tree Oil be the Solution for Desert Locust Control?
source: desertessence.com
Neem tree oil: an organic Pesticide against desert locusts
Neem tree — also known as Bead Tree, Holy Tree, Indian Lilac, Indian Neem, Persian Lilac and Pride of China — …
Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Kenya Leads Tree Planting at IGAD Climate Centre
Dr Guleid Artan the Director of the IGAD Climate Centre and Mr Keriako Tobiko the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Kenya, planting an indigenous tree seedling at the Climate Centre …
Women in Weather and Climate Reporting
By Collison Lore
This year, the theme for International Women’s Day, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,” celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping …
Wetter than usual season expected over most farming areas of central and southern East Africa
Nairobi, 17 February 2021: March to May is an important season for Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Somalia, and parts of Ethiopia. A wetter than usual season is expected over western Kenya, eastern Uganda, western …