Plant diversity makes West Africa’s shea trees bear more fruit: Fruits of a shea butter tree in Savanes district, Shienlow, Ivory Coast. Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images Shea trees are grown widely in semi-arid parts of Africa for their fruit and seeds. From Senegal in the west to Uganda …
Good news stories from Vietnam’s second wave – involving dragon fruit burgers and mask ATMs: Vietnam was a clear success story of the COVID-19 pandemic by May, recording very low infection rates and being widely praised for locking down early to prevent serious outbreaks. But on July 25, the virus mysteriously resurfaced after 99 days …
South Africa in the news: Malawians warned against consuming recalled Liqui Fruit Red Grape juice cans: The Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) executive director James Kaphale has warned against consumption …: “South Africa” – BingNews Kevin Pietersen gives verdict on Cricket South Africa’s ‘catastrophic’ state: Cricket South Africa said that it does not agree …
Type 2 diabetes: eating a diet rich in fruit and vegetables daily lowers risk, study shows: The more fruit and vegetables consumed, the lower the risk. Anna Shkuratova/ Shutterstock Eating about five servings of fruit and vegetables a day is widely promoted as a key part of a healthy diet. This is because consuming fruit …
How studying fruit flies might help us prevent age-related hearing loss in humans: Around one in three people over 65 is affected by hearing loss. Vova Shevchuk/ Shutterstock Hearing loss is a common age-related ailment, affecting nearly one in every three people over the age of 65. The World Health Organization expects that by 2050, …
Brexit diet could lead to 5,600 deaths a year as fresh fruit and veg prices shoot up: mubus7 / shutterstock Britain is highly dependent on imported food. By value, imports make up more than 90% of the fruit and vegetables consumed in the UK and half of the meat. Brexit is expected to increase trade …
South Africa in the news: Branded interactive fruit growing videogame hopeful of success during awards season: South Africa’s largest exporter of South African apples and pears, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing has a fresh-fruit brand that is recognised in 104 countries around the globe. In its on-going attempt to pun…: “South Africa” – BingNews Trump tweets the …
More people went hungry in Africa in 2017. But new initiatives also bore fruit: Affordable tractors improved food security in Nigeria Mugisha Don de Dieu/Flickr The number of people experiencing food insecurity in Africa rose from 220 million people to 224 million people this year. The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s regional overview for the year …
Perfect job is a 4 day, 24 hour week – with free fruit: The perfect job is a four-day, 24 hour week with a salary of 61,000-a-year, free fruit and a boss who likes a pint, it has emerged. Regular reviews and pay rises, being allowed to work in jeans, flexible working hours and a …
Why African countries banning imports of fruit and veg is a blunt tool: Nigeria is a major tomato importer, despite having enough land to grow them. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye Zambia’s government has just banned the imports of some farm produce as a way of promoting the growth of the agriculture sector. The Conversation Africa’s Samantha Spooner …
Fall Fruit Tree Pruning for Beauty and Bounty – a Beauty interest event taking place on 2017-10-14 14:00:00 in United States Pruning is vital to your fruit tree's health. This class the second part of our 'Home Orchard' series, including 'Summer Fruit Tree Thinning and Pruning for Quality' (6/17/2017), 'Fall Fruit Tree Pruning for Beauty …