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Reinforced weather tech key to unlocking agriculture's potential

From the soil: Kebadile depends on accurate weather forecasting for his farming success
From the soil: Kebadile depends on accurate weather forecasting for his farming success

As the impact of climate change continues to heighten, excessive pressure is also being exerted on livelihoods across socio-economic spheres, particularly for developing nations.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report 2023 on Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, drawing from 34,000 studies, involving 270 authors and 68 countries, highlights some of what is being experienced today.

Even at just 1.1 degrees of warming, the report says climate change is causing havoc in every part of the world. This includes droughts, extreme heat and flood events. Consequently, food security has come under siege and livelihoods threatened for millions of people.

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Boko should stop the fighting and start the delivering

With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...

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