About bertha-kasonde
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..
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »