Women key to crop success in low-income countries

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This post is a slightly modified version of the original press release issued by the University of Edinburgh.

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IOM seeks $190.5 million to support humanitarian and development responses in South Sudan

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Countries: South Sudan, Sudan Source: International Organization for Migration South Sudanese continue to face deteriorating conditions, worsened by endemic violence, conflict and climatic shocks resulting in flooding and drought. More than four million people are displaced.

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East African International Students to Benefit from Single Qualification Framework

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Sudanese refugee James Mathiang (left) with his teammates has had difficulties getting his qualifications recognised even though he was offered a scholarship. Wilson Odhiambo/IPS By Wilson OdhiamboNAIROBI, Jul 11 2023 (IPS) East African international students could soon easily study in neighbouring countries after the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) proposed […]

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Indigenous Peoples’ 100-year Fight Against Large-Scale Gold Mining in the Philippines

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Indigenous Peoples’ 100-year Fight Against Large-Scale Gold Mining in the Philippines Country Nepal agnes Tue, 07/11/2023 – 03:07 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff) For more than a century, the Kankanaey and Ibaloy Peoples of Itogon, Benguet province in the Cordillera region […]

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Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): The Republic of Korea notches up its sixth site

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An area famous for using hand nets to fish for marsh clams in the Seomjingang River Estuary of the Republic of Korea is the latest site to be formally recognized as a GIAHS.  The Sonteul (hand net) Fishery System for Marsh Clam in Seomjingang River Estuary was designated during a […]

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Swiss project places solar panels along railroad tracks

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In Switzerland, the Sun-Ways startup has started to lay down solar panels placed between the rails of train tracks as part of a plan to generate renewable energy while tapping into the potential of thousands of kilometers of unused space. Sun-Ways begins with a pilot project of 60 solar panels […]

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Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work

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A complex resource resists unitary assessments.

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Venezuela’s Educational System Heading Towards State of Total Collapse

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The shortages of days in the classroom and teachers, and the poverty of their schools and living conditions, provide for a very poor education for Venezuela’s children and augur a significant lag for their performance in adult life and for the country’s development. CREDIT: El Ucabista By Humberto MárquezCARACAS, Jul […]

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WFP needs $56.6 million to continue its lifesaving response in northern Mozambique for six months

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Country: Mozambique Source: World Food Programme The 2023 Mozambique Humanitarian Response Plan, launched in February 2023, indicates critical assistance and protection needs of 1.6 million conflict-affected people in northern Mozambique.

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WFP launches scale-up plan to reach 1.7 million people with food and cash in July in DR Congo

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Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan Source: World Food Programme WFP will progressively increase the number of people reached and aims to provide US$15 in cash per person to go towards their food basket and urgent needs for the month.

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