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World Bank Scales Up its Financing for Food Security with Additional $315 Million to Strengthen the Resilience of Food Systems across West Africa

by monique kiplangataFood Security August 29, 2022August 5, 2022No Comments

Some additional 2 million people will benefit from a second phase of the West Africa regional Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP-2) approved today for a total amount of $315 million in International Development Association (IDA*) financing. FSRP-2 will support Chad, Ghana and Sierra Leone to increase their preparedness against food insecurity and to improve the …

Biofuels may have fewer effects on the enviroment than fossil fuels

by monique kiplangataBiofuels August 5, 2022August 5, 2022No Comments

Production and use of biofuels is considered by the U.S. government to have fewer or lower negative effects on the environment compared to fossil-fuel derived fuels. There are also potential national economic and security benefits when biofuel use reduces the need to import petroleum fuels. Government programs that promote and/or require biofuels use, such as …

Hunger still rising across East Africa, says new UN-backed report

by monique kiplangataFood Security, Refugee Crisis August 5, 2022August 5, 2022No Comments

Issued by the region’s Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the IGAD Regional Focus on Food Crises report sounds the alarm over escalating food insecurity and malnutrition in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. “The current food security situation across the Horn of Africa is dire after four consecutive rainy seasons have failed, a climatic event not seen …

Sub-Saharan Africa Facing Severe Food Shortage

by monique kiplangataFood Security August 5, 2022August 5, 2022No Comments

The International Committee of the Red Cross warns hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa are going hungry due to conflict, climate shocks, and rising food prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ICRC warns Africa’s food crisis is set to worsen. It says conflict and armed violence, failing harvests due to years …

Climate change: More studies needed on possibility of human extinction

by monique kiplangataClimate Change August 1, 2022August 5, 2022No Comments

According to this new analysis, the closest attempts to directly understand or address how climate change could lead to global catastrophe have come from popular science books such as The Uninhabitable Earth and not from mainstream science research. So it’s natural that governments would want their scientists to show exactly what this type of change would mean. But …

Food insecurity: SA women bear the biggest brunt

by monique kiplangataFood Security July 28, 2022August 5, 20222 Comments

Food insecurity is becoming a problem for more South African women who head up the majority of single-person households. Statistics released in 2021 reveal that almost a quarter of SA households are run by one individual.

Biofuels: More Drain Than Gain

by monique kiplangataFood Security July 24, 2022July 28, 20222 Comments

The federal government and various provincial governments tout biofuels from crops as a climate change solution that will allow for the transition from fossil fuels to green energy. Biofuel production tends to require either subsidies or government orders requiring a certain level of biofuel consumption. Biofuels are politically convenient because mandates pass these increased costs …

The Social and Economic Effects of Climate Change in Africa

by monique kiplangataAfrica, Climate Change July 5, 2022August 5, 2022No Comments

African countries face a wide array of environmental problems that pose a major threat to people in the region. The continent’s biggest environmental challenges are water pollution, air pollution, and droughts, which directly impact the health of Africans. The tragic dilemma is that although Africa is the continent that contributes the least to the earth’s …

Africa officials urge readiness for monkeypox vaccinations, fair access

by monique kiplangataHealth July 4, 2022July 28, 20222 Comments

The World Health Organization is procuring thousands of monkeypox tests for Africa and working to ensure the continent has fair access to vaccines should the need arise, WHO Africa director Matshidiso Moeti said.Monkeypox, a viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, is endemic in parts of Africa, but this year there has been …

WHO intensifies response to looming health crisis in the greater Horn of Africa as food insecurity worsens

by monique kiplangataFood Security, Refugee Crisis July 3, 2022July 28, 20222 Comments

The health risks in the region are increasing, while access to health care is deteriorating WHO is scaling up its operations in eastern Africa as the region faces acute food insecurity caused by conflict, extreme weather events – including the worst drought in 40 years – induced by climate change, rising international food and fuel …