The Zambian agri-tech app making farming cool
In Zambia, where agriculture accounts for 35% of the country’s GDP, farming is a way of life. One agri-tech company is bringing the future to Zambian farms. Agripredict, led by young founder and CEO
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Trees can help UK farming cut emissions, says study
Increasing agricultural yields coupled with tree planting and wetland restoration could help the UK farming industry to cut its carbon footprint Increasing yields produced in UK fields and using the spare
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Zimbabwe to 'increase wildlife exports to China'
Zimbabwe is to increase the export of wildlife, including elephants, to China, the environment minister says. The move will reduce the chances of elephants dying because of drought, Oppah Muchinguri is
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Storms Desmond and Eva flooded 16,000 homes in England
About 16,000 houses in England were flooded during the wettest December in a century, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss has told MPs. Defending the government's response to the crisis, she said flood
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Mild, wet December breaks Met Office weather records
Long-standing weather records have been smashed by a stormy, yet warm December, the Met Office's early figures suggest. Scotland, Wales and the north-west of England all had the wettest December in
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El Nino weather 'could be as bad as 1998', says Nasa
The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record. That El Nino played havoc with world weather systems
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Rhinos "could be extinct within 10 years"
They have existed for more than 50 million years , but now Africa's rhino population is on the verge of disappearing. The biggest threat is poaching fuelled by huge demand for the animal's horn in traditional
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Ebola outbreak ends in Guinea, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, two years after the epidemic began there. Guineans are expected to celebrate the landmark with concerts and fireworks.
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Worries grow over humanitarian impacts of 'strongest El Nino'
El Nino has contributed to making 2015 the warmest year on record and will continue to influence in 2016 The strongest El Nino on record is likely to increase the threat of hunger and disease for tens
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Guinea to be declared free of Ebola virus
Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there. Guineans are expected to celebrate the landmark with concerts and fireworks. The
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Zambia power cuts leave most of the country in darkness
Much of Zambia has been plunged into darkness by a power cut, the country's Energy Minister Dora Siliya has said. In a message on Facebook she said the blackout was caused by faulty equipment and that