In a statement released on Tuesday, at the conclusion of the high-level Africa Food Security Leadership Dialogue, in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, the FAO stated that building resilience is one of the agency’s priorities in Africa, and is key to meeting the challenge of feeding over two billion by 2050.
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NASA Catches Tropical Storm Francisco’s Approach to Landfall in Southern Japan
Infrared imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite shows that Tropical Storm Francisco had powerful thunderstorms with heavy rain capabilities around the center of circulation as it moves toward landfall in southern Japan.
Penn Engineering’s Blinking Eye-on-a-Chip Used for Disease Modeling and Drug Testing
People who spend eight or more hours a day staring at a computer screen may notice their eyes becoming tired or dry, and, if those conditions are severe enough, they may eventually develop dry eye disease (DED).
Fertilizer Feast and Famine
Commercial organic and synthetic nitrogen fertilizer helps feed around half of the world’s population.
NASA Gazes into Tropical Storm Lekima in Philippine Sea
NASA’s Aqua satellite gazed into Tropical Storm Lekima as it moved through the Philippine Sea on August 5 and the AIRS instrument aboard took the temperature of its cloud tops to estimate storm strength.