So, the 44th president of the United States has spoken. And what he said will please many supporters of science. Likewise, without explicitly mentioning the environment, president Barack Obama made it clear in his inaugural address today that the US needs to tackle global warming and switch to renewable sources of energy. The speech will … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Doubts surround link between cotton failure and farmer suicide
Results from a new investigation into the tragic phenomenon of Indian farmers’ suicides and the alleged link with genetically modified (GM) cotton have been published. Read more Continue reading »
Foreign help to firm up milk sector
Nairobi-baded research institute and UK department to fund project, click here to see full article. Continue reading »
Project to boost crop yields in four South Asian states taken up
A new project aiming to help six million farmers in four South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, has been taken up to boost crop yields and their income over a period of 10 years, said the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). To be led by the Manila-based IRRI, a good number of international organisations will fund … Continue reading »
As recession deepens, so does milk surplus
The long economic boom, fueled by easy credit that allowed people to spend money they did not have, led to a huge oversupply of cars, houses and shopping malls, as recent months have made clear. Now, add one more item to the list: an oversupply of cows. Millions of pounds of government-owned milk powder stored … Continue reading »
Capital newspaper interview with Segenet Kelemu
Segenet Kelemu (PhD) is the Director of Biosciences East and Central Africa (BecA) Hub, located at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Segenet is a renowned scientist who has published widely referenced journals, book contributions, manuals, conference/workshop papers, working documents, and others. She has supervised many graduate and undergraduate students from several … Continue reading »
Tainted-milk victims in China to be paid
A group of Chinese dairy companies accused of selling tainted milk that sickened tens of thousands of babies has agreed to compensate the victims, the state media announced on Saturday. China’s Dairy Industry Association, a group of 22 milk producers, said it would provide one-time payments to the families of the children who were sickened … Continue reading »
Zimbabwe doomed to another failed harvest
The land is fertile, the rain is falling, but the agricultural system has been destroyed by Robert Mugabe The road west from Harare leads through some of the most fertile land in southern Africa. The December rains are watering the plains and anything planted now should bear a bountiful harvest. But nothing is being planted. … Continue reading »
