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
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African students receive Global Rice Science Scholarships
Nine PhD students from Africa have won 2011 Global Rice Science Scholarships (GRiSS)
Cotton yield improvement license agreement
Bayer CropScience AG and Performance Plants Inc. (PPI) have entered into a research and commercial license agreement, giving Bayer exclusive rights for PPIs Heat & Drought Tolerance Technology (HDT™) in cotton
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
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