By Kagondu Njagi LOSIRIEN, Kenya, Feb 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The morning calm of Losirien valley was broken by a cow bell tinkling as Benjamin Kerei led his herd of about 50 animals down a...
By Sebastien Malo As droughts becomes harsher, killing animals, adding in vegetable farming - and other money makers - is paying off for pastoralists DEMIKA, Ethiopia, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters...
Ethical business gives farming advice, custom-designed irrigation products and loans for crops, livestock and migration to about 200,000 clients in the Southeast Asian nation By Rina Chandran YANGON,...
by Caroline Wambui About a third of Kenya's farmers still do not use the national weather service to help them plan and protect their crops KAMATUNGU, Kenya, Feb 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As...
Nigerians have been sheltering in Cameroon for years, on the run from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram Goura, Cameroon, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Seconds after glimpsing Boko Haram...
by Ian Morse | ianjmorse | Thomson Reuters Foundation Friday, 8 February 2019 01:00 GMT Provincial governor blames a recent dam failure and fatal floods on land conversion for farming and mining, and...
The lack of conflict and Ethiopia's strong economic growth helped the arid and mountainous Tigray, home to nearly 6 million people, during the 2016 drought By Thin Lei Win RUWA FELEG, Ethiopia, Feb 6...
By Inna Lazareva YAOUNDE, Jan 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Teenage girls growing up in areas hit by harsh drought and other climate shocks in Lesotho are more likely to drop out of school, start...
Colombia's schools and hospitals are struggling to cope with the rising demand both from its internally displaced population and Venezuelan migrants By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA, Jan 29 (Thomson...
by Kate Ryan | NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Food shocks, or sudden losses of crops, livestock or fish, due to the combination of extreme weather conditions and geopolitical events...