Many of the problems of inequity and poverty in Africa are the result of the state's own policies and legal requirements that serve to marginalise the poor and hamper the access of communities to environmental and other assets. The article looks at case studies of the regulation of forest ...
The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant by showing what the future of farming could look like.
There are too many urgent problems to solve for me to hold onto resources that could be used to help people. That is why I have decided to give my money back to society much faster than I had originally planned. I will give away virtually all my wealth through the Gates Foundation over...
planning meals and vacations, debating politics, and gossiping. Teachers use it for instructing students, and comedians use it for amusing audiences. All these are instances of language use - that is activities in which people do things with language. As we can see, language use ...
including poor villagers and unpaid park rangers, are killing elephants for cash—a risk they’re willing to take because even if they’re caught, the penalties are often negligible. But in central Africa, as I learned firsthand, something more sinister is driving the killing: Militias and te...
Uganda's changes remain the first, most extensive, and of largest scale of decline (USAID, 2003) but are still subject to contro- versy as to how these changes occurred (Parkhurst, 2002; Stoneburner & Low-Beer, 2004). With regard to the changes in Uganda, much has been written ...
The African communications ‘revolution’ has generated optimism that mobile phones might help overcome infrastructural barriers to healthcare provision in resource-poor contexts. However, while formal m-health programmes remain limited in coverage and scope, young people are using mobile phones creatively...
However, this technology is still relatively new, and not many funders have invested in building these systems. On the other hand, grant makers also need to ensure grant recipients are tech ready, and consider broadening their funding to cover operating costs and support NGOs with their techn...
Finally, all around the world, people have begun to believe that there is something going on very wrong with our climate. 00:00 All around the world climates are mixed up. And it's the poor people who are affected worse. It's Africa that already is affected. In many parts of...
In Uganda, the maggots helped plug a fertilizer crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. In Nigeria and Kenya, they are becoming a commercial success. In Zimbabwe, the government and partners piloted it among farmers struggling with securing soya meal for their animals. A World...