Sustainable farming

NURTURING THE EARTH- GROWING FOOD THE EARTH-FRIENDLY WAY

INTRODUCTION Sustainable farming is about growing food while taking care of the planet. It is all about farming in a way that doesn’t harm the environment.  This practice is crucial as we face challenges like climate change and loss of resources. It includes different methods like organic farming and using fewer chemicals. The main idea […]

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THE PROSPECTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A SOLUTION TO POWER CHALLENGES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

With only 83 gigawatts of installed energy capacity, Sub-Saharan Africa has continued to struggle to achieve the sustainable development goal of ‘clean and affordable energy.  Two out of 3 homes and 58 per cent of health care centres still lack commercial electricity. The region relies heavily on hydro, thermal and solar plants. However, their distribution

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EMPOWERING SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE: HOW BIOGAS IS TRANSFORMING SMALL-SCALE FARMING IN AFRICA

Biogas production is a fascinating process that can revolutionize the renewable energy industry and transform the way we manage organic waste. One example of the successful use of biogas is with Anthony, a Kenyan farmer who uses chicken poop as the feedstock for his biogas production system on his farm. By doing so, he not

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UNITED NATIONS WARNS OF FAMINE AND CLIMATE RISK ACROSS AFRICA

A study by the second of three working groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change – a community made up of scientists and contributors from 195 countries- on the dangers of climate change and societal adaptation has shown that rising temperature will have a global impact but African countries will be the most affected. It also

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: IMPACT OF THE WAR ON THE ENVIRONMENT

  RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: IMPACT OF THE WAR ON THE ENVIRONMENT The Russia-Ukraine war could be traced back to 2014 where there has been exchange of hostilities along the Eastern-Ukrainian boarder. The conflict resulted in the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas. Hostilities since then has remained controlled up until 24 February 2022 when there was

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