Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:16 GMT
Source: alertnet // Thin Lei Win

BANGKOK (AlertNet) – Three days after a strong earthquake in China killed at least 208 people, injured 11,800 and left tens of thousands displaced, aid agencies and the government are struggling to reach people cut off by the disaster.

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LONDON (AlertNet) - In northern Kenya's impoverished and drought-prone Turkana region, a group called Kenya Climate Justice Women Champions is encouraging local women to grow hardy, nutritious crops like amaranth, sorghum and cassava, to improve their own health and that of their children. The vitamins and minerals from these foods means mothers are less likely to die in childbirth and can better breastfeed their babies. The micronutrients help kids avoid growing up stunted and give them the energy to attend school.

By Madalitso Mwando

Here rains have been erratic, as in many parts of the country, exposing the need for new ways to help rural farming communities access enough water and produce enough food.

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NEW DELHI (AlertNet) - Millions of people in India's western state of Maharashtra are at serious risk of hunger after two years of low rainfall, coupled with poor management of water resources, have left dams empty, farmland parched and cattle emaciated, aid agencies warned on Thursday.

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Tue, 2 Apr 2013 23:30 GMT

Source: Alertnet // Isaiah Esipisu

ISIOLO, Kenya (AlertNet) – In Nambeyo village in Kenya’s semi-arid Isiolo County, former pastoralist Joseph Elila and his wife Pauline are busy threshing sorghum to remove the grain from the stalks. The couple has been converted into smallholder dry-land farmers after they lost their entire animal stock to cattle rustlers two years ago.

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MUHEZA, Tanzania (AlertNet) - Khadija Mtungakoa, a 38-year-old mother of three, wears a broad smile as she prepares food on her energy-saving stove.

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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:25 GMT

Source: alertnet // Magda Mis

LONDON (AlertNet) – When friends and colleagues asked Viquar Qurashi how best to help Syrian refugees, he knew the answer immediately.

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Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:15 GMT

Source: alertnet // Rafael Spuldar

SAO PAULO (AlertNet) – Increasingly heavy summer rainfall, linked to changing climate conditions, is taking a worsening toll on Brazil. Just this month, 30 people died when heavy rain caused landslides in Petrópolis, a city located in the highlands of Rio de Janeiro state.

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By Isaiah Esipisu

MWEA, Kenya (AlertNet) – Faced with pressure on supplies of irrigation water due to climate shifts and an increasing population, rice farmers in four Kenyan irrigation schemes have adopted a new crop management system that allows them to grow their crops without flooding their paddies throughout the season.