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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.
Kenya ready for carbon removal, says President William Ruto’s climate change Special Advisor
Kenya is ready to take the lead on carbon removal as the next biggest solution to the climate change crisis. Ali Mohamed, the Special Secretary for Climate Change at the Executive Office of the President, says the country has been pushing the carbon removal agenda since 2018 because…
Leading by example: Policy maker transforms pastoralist community
Hon. Jackline Koin stands out in her Maasai community as a symbol of visionary female leadership. The Kajiado County Executive member for Agriculture has just started her second five-year term and is excited to continue using this platform to advocate for climate adaptation among her pastoralist community. Going back to…
Invest more in agricultural innovations to tackle food insecurity, experts urge
Governments have been urged to increase investment in research and technological innovations to help deal with food insecurity. Speaking during a dialogue session at the World Food Prize event in Des Moines, Iowa – USA, Samantha Power, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, said there is evidence…
Alliance for Science shifts strategy to widen its mandate
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek”– Senator Barack Obama’s speech to supporters after the nomination contests, February 2008. Those words, by…
Regional governments lag in their response as famine looms in East Africa
Though tragedy looms for millions in Eastern Africa as a catastrophic drought wreaks havoc, the response from governments across the region has been muted. The World Health Organization has warned that millions are facing starvation and disease in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan…
Pitting agroecology against biotechnology is fundamental error
Pitting biotechnology against agroecology — as has been the case in a long-running debate around food and agriculture — is a fundamental error. Biotechnology is a set of tools that can be used to improve crops and animals, while agroecology is an approach to farming that has various…