Reinforced weather tech key to unlocking agriculture's potential
Friday, June 02, 2023 | 500 Views |
From the soil: Kebadile depends on accurate weather forecasting for his farming success
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.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...