Trees are dying in the Sahel, a region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, and human-caused climate change is to blame, according to a new study led by a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.
Climate change blamed for dying trees
Agriculture
Lesotho receives US$10mn loan and grant
US$10mn IFAD loan and grant to Lesotho to increase agricultural production by small farmers
IFAD loans US$24.8mn to Zambia
US$24.8mn IFAD loan and US$7mn grant to boost smallholder agriculture in Zambia
Rice technology task forces introduced
Africa-wide task forces set up to accelerate delivery of rice technologies
FAR pays ZMK1.9tn to farmers
The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has paid out over ZMK1.9tn to farmers countrywide who sold their maize to the agency during the just ended crop marketing season
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