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The government lifted the ban on importation and growth of GM crops in November last year to boost food security. The ban had been in place since 2012.

-Gerald Andae

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Due to the climate change pressures on critical agricultural resources such as arable lands, there is definitely dire need to optimise not only crop yield per unit area but also each input of food production.

- Kirotwa Sheila, Wanon Media

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Agroforestry is the deliberate blending of tree or shrub production with that of livestock and crops. The outcome? A more varied agricultural business, more revenue and improved conservation.

- Kirotwa Sheila

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... increased time spent playing video games and watching YouTube videos, separately, was associated with heightened risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder, a condition that involves uncontrollable thoughts and/or behaviors.

- Rebecca Ruiz

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Telehealth services more generally soared during the pandemic, as people sought to minimize in-person contact and embraced the convenience ...families and providers have grown comfortable with remote medical visits.

- The Washington Post

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Environmentalists are hailing the groundbreaking legislation endorsed by the European Union early Tuesday. It will, however, need to be formally passed by the EU’s parliament and member states, a move likely to occur early next year

- VoA

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Kenya has since 2012 prohibited the use of genetically modified crops for both animal and human feed. It was opposed to food made with biotechnological advances.

- Sheila Kirotwa, Wanon Media

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Kamau noted that his dream is to fight poverty and climate change by enabling millions of smallholder farmers to invest in carbon farming in ways that smallholder farmers will be transformed from climate victims to climate heroes.

- Roseland Lumwamu

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The unexpected finding, researchers say, may be attributable to climate change—the body size rules reversed in Northern Treeshrews as average temperatures climbed—and likely exists in other species.

- Yale University

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Baobabs can withstand adverse climatic conditions. They grow in the African savannah and some tropical areas and the baobab is said to be the longest-living flowering tree on Earth.

- BBC Africa

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Indeed, the rich nations do not deny this responsibility of *‘loss and damage’ *but if time is to go by, they have not been faithful to their word.

-Dr. Idah Mwenda

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The article, which documents health effects of GMOs on rats, found that GMO corn can have a significant negative impact on health when consumed chronically over a long period of time.

- The Organic Center

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Snails are therefore an essential source of calcium for many songbirds. More recently, human-induced changes have become a challenge for snail populations, and arguably a major challenge,especially for breeding birds.

- Kirotwa Sheila, Wanon Media

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The report comes as the Cop27 climate conference unfolds in Egypt, where politicians and corporate leaders are discussing the role of agriculture and face accusations they are failing to consider meaningful solutions.

- Matt Krupnik, the Guardian

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The women, with their colourful attire, were a hit with the delegates and visitors who took selfies with them.

- Francis Mureithi, The Nation

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Officially, the meetings in Egypt are called the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

- David Carlin, Forbes

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#COP27 Two onsecutive years without rain have visited misery on millions of people. 2.5 million livestock have died in Kenya this year alone causing economic losses of more than USD 1.5 billion.

- President William Ruto

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Organisations representing over 350 million farmers and producers have warned that global food security is at risk unless governments boost adaptation finance for small-scale production and promote a shift to more diverse, low-input agriculture.

- Shagun

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Scores of other heads of state and government were scheduled to speak on Tuesday, but many of the world's biggest polluters - including the United States, China and India - were not on Tuesday's schedule.

- Reuters

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Paris was a breakthrough because for the first time developing countries accepted the worst impacts of climate change could only be avoided if they too cut carbon emissions.

- Justin Rowlatt

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