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January 7, 2013
GACC announces more than US$2 million in funds for innovation and entrepreneurs
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves recently announced more than US$2 million in grants for innovation and funding for entrepreneurs in this sector. This will be done through two funds called the Spark Fund, and the Pilot Innovation Fund. The Spark Fund will support innovative social enterprises, and the Pilot […]
January 7, 2013
Cooking smoke kills thousands in Africa
In SSA (sub-Saharan Africa), almost half a million people die due to the smoke produced from cooking on inefficient cookstoves. The Global Burden of Disease Study states that while risk of death from household air pollution has fallen between 1990 and 2010, it remains the second biggest risk factor in […]
January 7, 2013
‘Chulha’ smoke dangerous for Indian women and children
According to the first ever study on global diseases burden, The Global Burden of Disease Study by the British medical journal, The Lancet, smoke from inefficient cookstoves have risen on the risks to health list between 1990 and 2010. It is now the biggest risk factor for the health of […]
January 7, 2013
Uganda leads the way to opening up carbon finance for suppliers of clean cookstoves in Africa
The Uganda Bureau of Carbon (UBC) will now have a separate programme called ICSEA (Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa) which will make things easy for organizations in Africa supplying clean cookstoves. It currently covers Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, and will soon be extended out to South Africa and Lesotho […]
January 7, 2013
New study estimates 4 million deaths from inefficient cookstove smokes, not 2 million
According to the Lancet study, household air pollution due to cooking with solid fuels like biomass, wood, charcoal etc., contributes to 4 million deaths worldwide, as against the previous WHO estimate of 2 million deaths worldwide. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
This report analyses the consequences of indoor air pollution as a health risk factor for the world between the years 1990 and 2010. Read it here.
January 7, 2013
UK DFID and China to help improve farming in China
Britain’s Department for International Development and China have collaborated for a four year long programme aiming to improve agricultural productivity in Africa. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
PepsiCo to ramp up potato procurement from India
PepsiCo is looking to double its potato procurement capacity from India from 240,000 tonnes in 2012 financial year to double of the same. This would mean an increased demand from the agricultural sector of the country, made majorly of smallholder farmers. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
Why educating farmers about climate change is important
The rural poor in Zimbabwe continue to get confused everytime the rains are not on time, which is a commonplace phenomenon the past few years. This confusion, and subsequent reliance on irrelevant and unhelpful alternatives is based on a lack of understanding and coping mechanisms of climate change. Read more […]
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