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Climate-Smart Agriculture and Uptake in Sub Sahara Africa (SSA)

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), has in the recent past been hit by severe climatic risks, including droughts and floods, which have resulted in the disruption of agriculture’s biophysical inputs such as… Read more »

Environmental Management   

Impediment to Climate Change adaptation

          The adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices/technologies face a myriad of hindrances ranging from access to resources, education, age, and gender. Gender, in particular, defined in this context as… Read more »

Environmental Management   

Climate Smart Agriculture (Push and Pull method)

Securing a good harvest in a changing climate is one of most pressing challenges in the developing World. Apart from inadequate access to farm inputs such as fertilizers, biophysical inputs… Read more »

Environmental Management   

Transformative Empowerment

What is empowerment? Who should be empowered and why? More often than not, when issues around empowerment arise and are under discussion, women often come to mind. At least from… Read more »

Environmental Management   

Sustainable Diets

The way we produce and consume food affects the global climate in one way or the other. Agriculture is estimated to be responsible for approximately 30% of anthropogenic emissions (Tubiello et… Read more »

Climate Change and Food Security   

Women And Agriculture

Agriculture is considered the backbone of most developing countries in  Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet, climate change impacts such as increased temperatures have affected agricultural yields and livestock.  This renders households… Read more »

Environmental Management    Climate Smart Agriculture, Gender

Bald actions for Nature restoration.

Nature is instrumental in food production, providing natural resources such as soil and water, and services that support food systems. However, a number of agricultural systems have undermined nature and… Read more »

Climate Change and Food Security   

A Plastic Poison, What’s the antidote?

Over the years, governments, through regulatory frameworks, have been making strides to phase out Plastic and carrier bags by implementing statutory instruments after recognizing the environmental problem. Plastics are found… Read more »

Environmental Management   

About Me

Bertha is a Post-graduate Student in Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). She holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental Engineering from the Copperbelt University, Zambia, and has researched water management focusing on remediation of contaminated surface water bodies. She is also passionate about natural resources management and in the wake of climate change, she hopes to contribute to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals through her professional and personal work. Her research interests include sustainable natural resource management, Climate change, Urban and Rural Development, Air and Water Pollution, and food security.

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