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Nuclear technology helps Mexico eradicate invasive insect pest

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In cooperation with IAEA and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), scientists there was able to use a UN-developed nuclear-based sterile insect technique (SIT) to eradicate the medfly, more commonly known as the fruit fly. Threatening farmers’ livelihoods The Colima outbreak, detected in April 2021 in the country’s largest port, Manzanillo, posed an immediate risk to crops, including guavas, mangoes,… Read More
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PARM urges for Agricultural Risk Management to fight climate change

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– – The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) was delighted to be part of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, ANDE 2022 Regional Conference sponsors. The conference was held from 19 to 20 July 2022 in Accra, Ghana. The event was a great opportunity for PARM to promote Capacity Development in Agricultural Risk Management (ARM) at regional level, and… Read More
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South Africa’s chicken anti-dumping decision

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– – The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa( ITAC) has made a final determination in the investigation into the alleged dumping of frozen bone-in portions of chicken imported from Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Poland and Spain. ITAC concluded its investigation and recommended to the Minister of Trade & Industry (Minister) that anti-dumping duties be imposed. The Minister accepted ITAC’s… Read More
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Madjara Coulibaly: Finding her place in society after war

Elwin Mandowa,
Forty km north of Abidjan, Azaguié is a seemingly quiet town. But here, like everywhere else in Côte d’Ivoire, no one has forgotten the civil war that tore the country apart in 2011, causing more than 3,000 deaths and thousands of displaced people. After the conflict, which tore apart communities in Côte d’Ivoire that had previously lived in harmony, community… Read More
Africa Investments 

Business as usual is not enough to mitigate and adapt climate change risks for Africa over the next decade – Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program

Elwin Mandowa,
Parts of Africa are heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world, requiring urgent action to tackle a challenge that has mounted over the last decade, participants at an Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program webinar heard.  The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program is a joint initiative of the African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation.  The webinar,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Residents of Benin’s Ouémé Valley increase their incomes, thanks to an African Development Fund project

Elwin Mandowa,
Following its launch in Benin in 2013, the Ouémé Valley Rural Infrastructure Support Project successfully improved the incomes of local populations. Rice farmers in the region now earn $361.47 a year, surpassing the target of $221.99. The project, expected to close in December 2022, received $74.83 million in co-funding from the African Development Bank Group’s concessional arm, the African Development Fund.… Read More
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Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO

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More than 37 million people are facing acute hunger, with approximately seven million children under the age of five acutely malnourished in the region.   While finding food and safe water is the absolute priority, WHO said that ensuring a strong health emergency response is needed to avert preventable disease and deaths.   The UN agency is calling for $123.7… Read More
Africa Investments 

When a road boosts quality of life and the economy

Elwin Mandowa,
A road can change everything: the landscape it crosses, of course, but also the economic life of an entire region and the daily lives of the surrounding populations. For Hamuza Nakwala, a small trader in northern Mozambique, it was a road in the Nacala corridor that changed his life. You can recognize Hamuza from afar, by his skullcap and his… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank Group appoints Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade as Acting Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Service Delivery

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank has appointed Mrs. Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, née Ndongo-Seh, as Acting Vice-President of its Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex, with effect from 1st August 2022. Akin-Olugbade, a Cameroonian national, is currently the Director General of the Business Development and Delivery Office for the West Africa Region of the Bank Group, where she works with the largest… Read More
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Monkeypox concern heightened after becoming a ‘northern’ disease, says WHO 

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Speaking from Dakar, Senegal, WHO Assistant Director-General for Emergencies Ibrahima Soce Fall said that “we have been working on monkeypox in Africa for several years, but nobody was interested”. Once referred to as a “neglected tropical disease,” he said that WHO had been working on Monkeypox with very few resources. However, once northern countries began getting affected by the disease… Read More
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