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As a widespread drought was devastating crops in Kenya, Steve Mbugua, a farmer in Nyeri county, decided to clear his half-acre plot of land with coffee plants. He then planted…

If you spend any time perusing zero waste lifestyle blogs and social media feeds, you’ve likely seen silicone bags suggested as an alternative to disposable Ziplocs and plastic food storage…

Approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption gets lost or wasted – around 1.3 billion tonnes every year. This amounts to roughly US$680 billion in developed countries and US$310…

As the world gets warmer, weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent, sea levels are rising, prolonged droughts are putting pressure on crops and many plant and animal…

The South African chemical company Sasol has just joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW). Through this network of companies involved in the production of plastics, Sasol wants to…

Africa has the potential to restore 700 million hectares of degraded and deforested land, but experts caution that to transform lands and livelihoods over the long term, tree planting initiatives must be…

A grim new assessment of the world’s flora and fungi has found that two-fifths of its species are at risk of extinction as humans encroach on the natural world, as The…

Over 1 billion people are likely to be displaced within three decades, as the climate crisis and population overload drive a surge in migration, causing “huge impacts” for both developing…

Kenya has inked four financing agreements with France towards strengthening Nairobi’s health system, modernising its public transport, developing rural areas and improving water access and sanitation. The deals, totalling €142…

In Africa, roughly 18 million tons of maize, which has the potential to feed tens of millions of people, is affected by fall armyworm annually. The economic losses as a…