agriculture
Tackling food waste, research and global debates about agricultural sustainability and how to feed our population while still saving some for later.
It's Time For World Leaders to Give Damn About The Sahel
Most of the world outside of the multiple countries within the Sahel Region more than likely have no idea what the Sahel Region actually is or where it's located. The Sahel separates northern Africa from western area of Africa. There are several countries within the Sahel Region as well. There are Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Sudan within the Sahel.
By IwriteMywrongs3 years ago in The Swamp
Trump is the ‘Hope For Peace’ in Ukraine , as Emphasized by a NATO Member
He claimed that Biden had gone “too far” in his criticism of Putin’s continued presidency in Russia. The right-wing populist leader, a close ally of the Former U.S. president, recently declared,
By Estalontech3 years ago in The Swamp
Are You Using The Best Soil For Bonsai?
Well Draining Soil for Bonsai Trees Are you using the best soil for bonsai? The answer lies in the soil’s drainage. While a lot of plants love dense, rich organic soil, bonsai trees need a mix of good soil and grit to allow water to be helf BUT also drain away without the roots rotting.
By Rachel Caspari3 years ago in The Swamp
A program to train health professionals as advocates for clean air policies and programs with the ultimate aim to protect and promote people’s health and wellbeing.
Health professionals shape the dialog on air pollution and health topics both through direct engagement within their communities and peer colleagues and also while influencing public policy agendas on personal and population-level interventions. WHO is piloting a program to train health workers to advocate for clean air measures in the communities where they work. The project is led by the Air Quality and Health Unit within the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health. The global training curriculum is designed to be tailored at the regional and country level.
By Viona Aminda3 years ago in The Swamp
Maternal mortality: An explainer and research roundup
This piece on maternal mortality was updated on September 19, 2022, to reflect new data from the CDC. Each year, at least 700 women die in the United States because of pregnancy or delivery complications. Four in five of those deaths are preventable, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
By Viona Aminda3 years ago in The Swamp
Will The Newly Passed Inflation Reduction Act Leads to Higher Inflation. Top Story - September 2022.
This will result in a possible 3% tax hike for individuals making under $10,000 year, but because the affluent are receiving tax credits, no one seems to mind. The Inflation Reduction Act is well known to raise taxes for everyone; in fact, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation have both come out and said as much.
By Estalontech3 years ago in The Swamp
Fueling An Energy Revolution
Beximco’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) business has been leveraging technology to accelerate the country’s transition into more sustainable energy systems. The company’s innovative LPG solutions provide a safe, reliable and environment-friendly energy source to meet the everyday needs of the country’s population of more than 160 million. More recently, the company became the first LPG operator in Bangladesh to start exporting LPG to India.
By IRINEL VOCAL4 years ago in The Swamp
Russia's war on Ukraine and food security in the Arab countries
The war raging today on the Ukrainian lands has many direct and dangerous repercussions for us in the Arab countries. Away from the popular talk about the collapse of the world order as it crystallized in the aftermath of the disintegration of the former Soviet Union and the rise of the unilateral hegemony of the United States of America in the 1990s, which had to give way to the plurality and diversity of the centers of domination from Beijing and Moscow to Brussels and Washington, and also away from the many prospects put forward On the Arab side, about the repercussions of the confrontation between the West and Russia on our countries, on the areas of conflict and armed conflicts, and on our major issues from Palestine to the future of Syria, Libya and Yemen, and the relationship with Iran; Apart from all that, the direct effects of the Russian war on Ukraine are related to the issue of food security for the Arab peoples.
By Zernouh.abdo4 years ago in The Swamp
How the Government Stockpiled a Billion Pounds of Cheese
Deep underground, somewhere near Springfield Missouri, the U.S. government operates a little-known subterranean facility. If you can gain access to these limestone caves, you won’t find nuclear warheads or a crashed alien spaceship. Instead, you’ll find an immense amount of cheese. Almost one and a half billion pounds of it, to be exact — or about four and a quarter pounds of cheese for every man, woman, and child in the nation.
By Zernouh.abdo4 years ago in The Swamp
