As climate change intensifies, it is imperative for policymakers to address the escalating loss and damage it inflicts on vulnerable communities in developing countries. In India's Maharashtra state, these impacts are forcing rural families into life-altering decisions and migrations to work in sugarcane fields, where exploitative practices by contractors, including …
Millions of people in Nigeria’s northeast risks starvation after the United Nations’ World Food Programme warned it could in a few weeks run out of funding to run aid programs. More than 4.7 million in the northeast, many of them refugees from the conflict hit regions by Boko Haram, needs …
Economic growth in East Africa remains strong despite the adverse effects of severe drought across the region, said a report by an accountancy and finance body released on Thursday. The latest report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) said the economic is being proposed by …
Joyce Nduku’s three-acre farm located at the heart of Kenya’s Machakos county was the hallmark of green shoots on Thursday thanks to several days of heavy downpour. The middle-aged mother of eight was optimistic the much awaited rains would herald a bumper harvest and a quicker recover from the drought-incurred …
‘Crop yield will increase under the micro-irrigation model and with help of water management techniques’ Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the second episode of ‘Mi Mukhyamantri Boltoy’ (I am Chief Minister speaking) disclosed the proposal of a five-river revival project to ensure perennial flow of water in the Konkan region. …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensation for loss of crops due to floods and drought, 10/04/2017. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) provides for comprehensive risk coverage for crop loss due to non-preventable natural risks including flood and drought and during Kharif season in the current year claims have …
The 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly chaired by Uganda’s Rebecca Kadaga, ended on Wednesday with the adoption of the Dhaka Declaration calling for urgent international action to save millions of people from famine and drought in parts of Africa and Yemen. The five-day assembly in Dhaka also took a resolution on …
Drought-hit Cape Town scraps free water for all Drought-hit Cape Town scraps free water for all Geosmin is a naturally occurring organic compound‚ which has an earthy smell. It does not affect water quality or safety‚ the city said in a statement on Facebook. "The City continues to add powdered …
The water crisis in Nairobi is worsening by the day, despite the rains a few days ago across the country. The long rains still have not arrived in the capital. The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company yesterday said levels at Ndakaini Dam have dropped to an all-time low of less …
LORENGELUP, Kenya, April 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In this part of northwest Kenya, one of the worst droughts in years has left the land littered with carcasses of dead livestock – even hardy camels. Normally droughts here lead to the early marriage of girls, as pastoralist families look for …
Over 400 people, including children, have died from drought and a cholera outbreak since February in southern and central Somalia, the country's health ministry has told Anadolu Agency. Abdullaahi Hashi Ali, the ministry's director general, told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview at least 407 people had lost their lives …
Nairobi — Water rationing in Nairobi is expected to worsen in the next two weeks after the levels at the Ndakaini dam hit a new low of below 25 per cent. Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) Managing Director Philip Gichuki attributed the situation to the drying up of …
The government may be forced to shut down electricity generation at its largest hydroelectric dam if the ongoing drought persists beyond a month, Energy PS Joseph Njoroge warned yesterday. He, however, ruled out power rationing in the unlikely event this happens. Njoroge said water levels at the dam are “just …
Cape Town - South African Breweries (SAB) will be investing in additional infrastructure to accommodate the growing number of people collecting water from its Newlands spring. This is to ensure the water supply is available to as many people as possible. The severe drought in the Western Cape has prompted …
Research scientists at the Water Research Institute (WRI), one of the institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have raised alarm over dangers posed to many fish farmers in fishing communities along the Volta Lake. They attributed the problem to aquatic weeds, unregulated human activities and climate …
An aftershock earthquake that measured 5.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Botswana shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The United States Geological Survey (USGS) also measured the quake at a 5.0 magnitude, with an epicenter in the same location as Monday …
CLIMATE change impact will cost Zambia about US$13.8 billion which is 0.4 percent of annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth if it is not mitigated early, it has been learnt. Interim Climate Change Secretariat communication and administration manager Chama Nambeya said the negative effects of climate change were real. Ms …
Cape Town – Four more Western Cape municipalities are expected to be declared disaster zones as the drought continues its devastation across the province, bringing to seven the number of municipalities in danger of running out of water. The provincial cabinet on April 26 expected to declare the Bitou, Hessequa, …
Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro has called for urgent international action for the close to 13 million people in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa at the risk of starvation. Ethuro accused the developed countries of neglecting the victims of the biting famine even after making commitments that their countries …
Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have developed strains of rice that are resistant to drought in real-world situations. Published in Plant Biotechnology Journal, the study reports that transgenic rice modified with a gene from the Arabidopsis plant yield more rice than unmodified rice when subjected …
Cholera is spreading in Somalia, further complicating drought relief efforts as the country teeters on famine. Health officials are complaining about a lack of access to some areas due to security challenges. Health workers say at least 300 new cases and dozens of deaths are reported each day. World Health …
