Once every year or two, people living along the Mediterranean Sea hear the forecast for a “medicane,” a hybrid storm that – while not truly a tropical cyclone – delivers some of the same weather impacts that hurricanes and cyclones do. This time it’s affecting Greece, and the medicane called […]

Sep 16, 2020 In the News India Bangladesh Indian farmers can’t wait anymore, they are sowing seeds of GM crops one Bt brinjal at a time (The Print) Agriculture Production The Print (India) published an article on how the Modi govt’s nod to field trials of two brinjal varieties comes after years of […]

Country: Mozambique Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Violence by armed groups has uprooted more than 250,000 people since 2017 in Cabo Delgado. So far, most of the displaced are hosted by relatives or friends in more stable areas.

On 1 September 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the addition of six sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL).1 EPA has determined that releases of contamination at these sites pose risks to human health and the environment, and is taking action accordingly. EPA also announced the […]

Sep 17, 2020 – 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm GMT Webinar Health Nutrition Poverty Food Staple Market Dynamics: Nutrition Effects of Rising Prices among the poor and vulnerable IFPRI Senior Research Fellow John Ulimwengu is participating in the webinar, “Food Staple Market Dynamics: Nutrition Effects of Rising Prices among the poor […]