New research highlights impact of COVID-19 on food security in Kenya and Uganda
CABI scientists have conducted new research highlighting the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food security in Kenya and Uganda with ...
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Curbing land clearing for food production is vital to reverse biodiversity declines
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Personal connections key to climate adaptation
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Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world
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Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life
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Plastics, pathogens and baby formula: What’s in your shellfish?
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. to publish Applied Biosafety
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 29, 2020--ABSA International has awarded the contract to publish their ...
Study calls for review of rice and sugar in food subsidy programme
Credit: Lancaster University The nutritional benefit of rice and sugar distributed by a national food subsidy programme in India may ...
Climate-friendly Cooling Could Cut Years of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Save US$ Trillions: UN
As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are critical to reaching Paris Agreement goals; ...
Lasers etch an efficient way to address global water crisis
Credit: H.M. Cao/University of Rochester Lasers etch a simple way to address global water crisis Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people ...
Women, newborns, young children and adolescents lose 20 percent of health and social services to COVID-19
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Global e-waste surging: Up 21% in 5 years
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