18,200 Hectares of Maize Farm Destroyed
The devastation caused by fall armyworms has affected 18,219.07 hectares of maize farms as at Friday May 26, 2017. So ...
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Gambian Wildlife Reserve Facing Depletion, Chinese Company Blamed
Gambia’s first Community Wildlife Reserve in the village of Gunjur, 35 kilometers from Banjul is facing depletion as its stream ...
In China, Maggots Finish Plates, and Food Waste
Thousands of voracious white maggots wiggle frenetically while tearing through trayfuls of leftover meat, vegetables and fruits in an unusual ...
Deadly! Fishermen Resort To Illegal Fishing Methods Just As Their Chinese Counterparts
Some fisher folks in Western Region have vowed not to give up light fishing and the use of dynamite and ...
Fishermen Resort To Illegal Fishing Methods Just As Their Chinese Counterparts
Some fisher folks in Western Region have vowed not to give up light fishing and the use of dynamite and ...
Sri Lanka Monsoon Toll Climbs To 164
Sri Lanka's monsoon toll climbed to 164 with the discovery of more bodies of people buried in landslides triggered by ...
North Korea Test-Fires Another Ballistic Missile, US and South Korea Say
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Monday morning that landed in the ocean, the US military said. South Korea ...
Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Worse Than First Thought
Coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef is worse than first thought and the impact will accelerate unless global greenhouse ...
Scientists Discover Worm That Can Biodegrade Polythene
Scientists have found that a caterpillar commercially bred for fishing bait has the ability to biodegrade polyethylene. Polyethylene plastics, the ...
Esoko Accused of Thwarting Planting For Food and Jobs Initiative
Deputy Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Mr Akaare Damian, says Esoko, a Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), was working ...
Government’s Fertiliser Subsidy Programme In Limbo
Government’s fertiliser subsidy programme in the Upper West region is in limbo as farmers in the region and distributors tasked ...
KOICA Supports Upper East Health Care With $9m
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has provided $9 million to improve the quality of Maternal, Neonatal and Child healthcare ...
Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150
Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for ...
Black Spot Disease Attacks Mango Farms In Kintampo Area
Mango farms in the Kintampo North municipality have been massively attacked by mango bacterial black spot disease, raising fears of ...
Airbus Starts Building First Helicopter Plant In China
Airbus has begun building its first helicopter assembly plant in China, and the European planemaker plans to produce 18 machines ...
Trump Keeps World Waiting On Paris Deal
Donald Trump has said he will decide whether to pull out of a key climate change deal in the next ...
Sri Lanka Rushes Aid To Half A Million Flood Victims
Emergency teams rushed to distribute aid Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced after the island's worst flooding in ...
Ghana Ready To Abide By Nuclear Safety Rules – Atomic Energy
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission has expressed its readiness to maintain high safety standards as the nation prepares to establish ...
Why Nuclear Could Become the Next ‘fossil’ Fuel
A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida's largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel reactors, but ...
Government Must Monitor Safety of Fishes
Nana Kwesi Duncan I, the Chief Fisherman of Marine Park Elimina in the Central Region, has urged the government to ...