Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
French drug maker Sanofi is expected to make 50 to 60 tons of artemisinin each year, striving to supply enough demand for the global market. by Christina Sarich Natural Society / News Report According to studies that were published in an issue of Life Sciences, artemesinin – a derivative of the wormwood plant used in […]
By Lou Del Bello A malaria vaccine based on genetically modified parasites is worth developing further, according to the first study to test the new approach in humans. Six volunteers were exposed to the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, rendered harmless by genetic modification, through the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes. All six developed antibodies against the […]
By Rachel Mundy Biofuels’ impact on global food security can be lessened by linked food and energy policies, says a panel of independent experts that is also calling for more research and development. Biofuels, and bioenergy more generally, are plant-derived agricultural sources of transport fuel, or of energy for electricity generation, cooking and heating. ‘First […]
Nairobi — Civil society groups are taking on the policies of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), which promotes the use of genetically modified (GM) crops and Green Revolution technologies. They argue that GM and Green Revolution practices – those aimed at increasing developing countries’ crop yields through specific innovations – will, […]
A fresh report released by the environmental watchdog Global Witness indicates that illegal logging in Liberia is posing greater threat to the country’s forest. The Global Witness’ report, which states that illegal logging is robbing several people in Liberia, Ghana, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, substantiates the group’s earlier report stating that last […]
By Nasseem Ackbarally Port-Louis — Residents of Albion, a small village in Pointe-aux-Caves, western Mauritius, say that by opposing the construction of a new coal power plant near their homes, they are defending their constitutional right to live. “What a catastrophe is coming to our region,” says Ed Laverdure, as he sits under the veranda […]
Niamey — Niger is seeking to end its chronic food shortages through an ambitious agricultural transformation plan – but the plan will have to meet the demands of a fast-growing population living in a mostly desert country that also faces threats to its security. When he came to power in 2011, President Issoufou Mahamadou said: […]
A new review of strategies to prepare for the impacts of climate change shows that expanding forests worldwide by planting more trees is unambiguously a good idea. But if not planned carefully, policymakers could waste resources and have unintended consequences, says a new study by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). The problem boils […]
By Helvy Shaanika Ongwediva — Drought in the northern regions has caused many rice farmers to abandon their efforts under the relentless onslaught of drought. Apart from mahangu and other indigenous crops in the north-central regions, rice farming which was developing as a niche in communal farming in those regions has also been affected with […]
RESEARCHERS and scientists have identified the strange disease which has destroyed thousands of acres of maize crops in South Rift as maize lethal necrotic. Scientists from Kenya Agriculture Research Institute have said the disease is a viral infection made up of two viruses and is new in the country but has been reported in other […]