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Alliance Director Sarah Evanega wins 2021 Borlaug CAST Communication Award
Cornell Alliance for Science Director Sarah Evanega, an imagineer, international leader and icon of young science communication professionals, has been awarded the coveted Borlaug CAST Communication Award. “With her ability to communicate on a variety of issues facing science, agriculture and technology, she is a worthy recipient of the 2021…
Fall armyworm adds bitter note to farmer’s ‘sweet and sour journey’
For 83-year-old Florence Wambui Theiru, a life of farming in Central Kenya has been a sweet and sour journey. Over the decades, she’s seen it all. But fall armyworm, a devasting new pest that is devouring the maize crops that she depends on to feed her family and provide fodder…
The Alliance for Science journey through 2016
AFS Contributor, Joan Conrow, writes about the successes of the Cornell Alliance for Science from 2016.
Relief to resilience: Bangladesh’s remarkable journey in biotechnology
In agricultural biotechnology, Bangladesh stands as a symbol of progress and innovation. Over the years, this South Asian nation has equipped itself with state-of-the-art technology and innovation, starting with Plant Tissue Culture in 1990 and becoming a biotechnology pioneer with Bt Brinjal’s approval in 2013. It would only be fair to…
Kenya: Government warns of fodder shortage due to climate change
The Kenyan government has said the country faces a shortage of livestock feed and fodder, and sustainable measures are needed to reverse the situation. Dr Stanley Mutua, the Head of Animal Feeds and Nutrition at the Ministry of Agriculture’s State Department for Livestock Development, said Kenya needs 55 million metric…
Profile: Dr Sheila Ochugboju reflects on her past and sees a bright future for Alliance for Science and a green, food-secure Africa
Like all great stories, it starts with lizards. Lizards and butterflies, scorpions and snakes and rivers. It starts with wide-open African skies waiting to be painted by restless imaginations. “I was left to roam and explore nature in my tiny village of Nigeria. I was told to be careful…
Bay of Bengal: Climate crisis puts people in ecologically fragile Sundarbans on the edge of poverty
The wind was blowing hard on a November 2007 afternoon. When Mohammad Alamin Khan’s father told him to fetch some items from the market, he left on his bicycle. Famous for its unique mangrove vegetation, the Sundarbans, the largest continuous mangrove vegetation in the world, covers over 10,000 kilometers…
Panelists at Action Zone say farmers need to be at the center of climate change conversation
Several side events to the inaugural Africa Climate Summit that started in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 4, had one thing in common: a lot of food was served. At the Climate Action Zone, a side event by the Alliance for Science, one session was dedicated to discussing the…
Kenya places faith in empowered community workers to realize Universal Health Coverage dream
In her Kandiege village in Kenya’s Homa Bay County, Loyce Anyango is held in high regard. She is a community health promoter (CHP) and sensitizes the villagers on maintaining general hygiene as the world recovers from Covid-19. Kenya has 47 devolved, semi-autonomous county governments headed by governors…