July 18, 2019
A New Year’s resolution: food choices for more than one reason in 2019.
By Natasha Otolo, Dietary choices and their contribution to greenhouse gases continue to have a high impact on the environment. While most conversations on climate change have centered on industrialization, agriculture and how countries can reduce their carbon footprints, the role of food choices in the current climate crisis have often been downplayed. Closer home […]
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July 18, 2019
Changing lives a day at a time: Biogas in sub-Saharan Africa
The voices around climate change adaption have often been dominated by shift in policies, decision makers in governments and sometimes involve citizens at the bare minimum. While the shift is a massive move globally to mitigate the current climate crisis, most citizens at the bottom of the pyramid continue to grapple with food insecurity, environmental […]
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July 18, 2019
The statistics from indoor pollution must not be forgotten
‘The numbers’ and World Environment Day This year’s World Environment Day theme: air pollution is quite timely with the climate change phenomenon and its close interlink with footprints on the environment. With an estimated 3.2 million premature deaths linked to air pollution globally, intensive lifestyle choices are beginning to make a mark too on global […]
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December 6, 2018
Bio-slurry scales adoption in Uganda
In the face of climate change, governments have been keen on building the resilience of their citizens to adapt to climate change. In Africa, this narrative is not too from the truth; the government of Uganda has set up the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) initiative to enhance household participation in commercial agriculture. Through this initiative, […]
Read More October 15, 2018
Biogas fueling an energy revolution in Africa
Fighting the effects of climate change topped the agenda at the Biogas Digester Conference from 2 to 4 October in Burkina Faso, attended by 250 energy experts from West and Central Africa. The eight participating countries agreed on their weapon of choice. They will adopt and upscale bio-digester technologies and improve collaboration to develop market-based biogas sectors. […]
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July 6, 2018
A new era for bio-digester technology in Africa
The International Conference on Biodigester Technology concluded on 12 October 2017 in Ouagadougou with the President of Burkina Faso, His Excellency Roch Marc Christian Kaboré presiding over the public reading of the “Declaration of Ouagadougou” concerning the promotion and dissemination of biodigester technologies in West and Central Africa. The conference, an initiative of the Government […]
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