Dar es Salaam — Experts at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have called on African governments to make and review existing policies to protect the processing and agro-industrialisation of locally produced agricultural products. During the launch of the Deal Room, Mohammed Dewji, President of MeTL Group of Companies in […]
Tag: Sustainable Development
Food systems transformation is a critical solution to climate crisis mitigation and adaptation, reducing food insecurity, and environmental degradation, according to researchers and representatives from business, civil society, and indigenous and farmer communities gathered at a virtual press event. Agriculture and food systems are a major cause of and casualty of the climate crisis, responsible for […]
A decade after the adoption of the Minamata Convention, the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-5) takes place in Geneva from October 30 to November 3 with an ambitious agenda. The opening ceremony began with the welcoming sound of Swiss music to mark the start of COP-5, an event that draws together more than […]
The presence of blue whales in the Seychelles’ waters has been discovered in dedicated scientific surveys and scientists are hopeful that further research is possible on these elusive animals, said the Save Our Seas Foundation in a recent statement. While the waters of Seychelles became part of the Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary in 1979, almost […]
Over the past decade, the Rwanda Green Fund has mobilized $274 million and invested in 46 transformative green projects. This achievement was highlighted during the fund’s 10th-anniversary celebration on November 23, 2023, at the Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village. “We have been able to mobilize close to $300 million. With that, we have invested in […]
Critical work being done by local scientists is at risk Critical work done by South African scientists on mRNA vaccines for several diseases is at risk from patent claims from the pharmaceutical giant Moderna. Yet the government could easily protect this and other programmes by speeding up the passage of amendments to patent laws. Every […]
COP28 in Dubai has agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels for the first time, at the end of a climate summit marred by restrictions on civil society, and the United Arab Emirates’ blatant contempt for human rights, Amnesty International said. The headline COP28 agreement on the Global Stocktake to ”transition away” […]