First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Coffee brake
Women keen on motherhood are being advised to cut down their intake of coffee. A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in the US found that women who consume 300 mg
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Necessary evil
Otherwise considered vital for human health, vitamin A is now believed to endanger the well being of new borns, if consumed in excess
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WEST AFRICA
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) population is declining fast. one of the most endangered large carnivores in the world, the wild dogs face constant threats in the form of loss of habitat,
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SOUTH AFRICA
While conservationists across the world are raising an alarm over depleting numbers of elephants, wildlife managers in South Africa's Kruger National Park are trying to check its jumbo
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Fertility cold stored
Women who might lose their ability to conceive be it due to the inevitable menopause or a damage to their ovaries caused by radiation or chemothitapy may still have a chance to become mothers. Removal of their ovaries and reimplanting apart of
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PRIVATE DIRT
Garbage in the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka will soon have the private sector taking care of its disposal. Under a new scheme, the collection of garbage would become privatised, according
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Handy chopper
Portable power sawmills with small engines have been developed by an Australian company. The sawmill, weighing 325 kg, takes only five minutes to reset and can be dismantled into five pieces and
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Quite a saving
Two planters for normal and dryland agriculture -one tractor- drawn and the other animal-drawn have been developed by scientists at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture,
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Angling for profit
Fish farming offers bright commercial prospects for small scale farmers and a worthy pastime for amateurs. Here are a few tips for beginners, giving them a brief idea about how to make a fish pond, to stock it with fish and how to spawn and rear
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Giving a facelift
THE country's premier scientific and research centre - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - WCMS to be desperate about changing its image. Soon after launching the New Idea