Great night in NYC with @LifeYouCanSave and @GiveDirectly. And One Acre Fund.
Teresa Coffey-Gordon organized a superb panel discussion. All of Life You Can Save non-profits are vetted for maximum impact. @coffeyexchange
Protecting Cape Town’s water supply means removing invasive species which are much thirstier than native trees and can survive at elevation! Louise Stafford of @nature_org is overseeing a multi-year effort. @nature_ny@ulfelder
A dynamic duo in BT cowpea! TJ Higgins and Jose Sanchez work closely with Nigeria, Ghana and Burkina Faso to develop phase 2 and 3 of the BT cowpea. Phase 2 will improve resistance to pod-borer and 3 will tackle cowpea weevil, a huge problem for storage. @aatfafrica@CSIRO
“Without clean, renewable energy, the health of our oceans is at grave risk,” says @nature_org's Offshore Wind Policy Manager Tricia Jedele. Learn more about the opportunity for #turbinereefs in our new report with @INSPIREenviron. nature.ly/3H6Ql4c
This is the kind of story that gives me hope for the future! Five to ten million farmers in Nigeria will see a boost in income. “There is not a single farmer who has seen this crop and who didn’t like it”. Awesome story from @josephopoku1990
With insect-resistant #GMO cowpea, Nigeria is estimated to save more US$40 million yearly in insecticide costs while higher yields will earn farmers an additional US$112 million annually. @aatfafrica@AATFMRCowpeaallianceforscience.cornell.e…
Happy to be an investor in @Ginkgo Bioworks, as they list on the NYSE (DNA). And great to meet Austin Che last night, one of the five co-founders!
Ginkgo is the most exciting company I’ve seen, and can help improve the planet in some innovative and powerful ways.
Do you love science, stories or #Africa? Join us this Sunday Aug 29 7-9pm GMT 3 as we tell stories of Kenyan Science. Subscribe to be notified once we go live youtube.com/c/ScienceStories…
Africa has managed to defy every rule in the data analysis book and proved logical scientific projections of COVID catastrophe wrong. @josephopoku1990 identified 4 factors that helped keep the death rate low and offer lessons to be learned in the West.
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Thrilled that 5 of the 12 recipients of our Resilient and Connected Network Grants are located in Adirondack linkages. Each land trust will receive $25k for conservation that is critical to making connections between forests in NY. More details: ow.ly/ceL150EAWvz
Though most of us were preoccupied by COVID this past year, agricultural biotechnology recorded some significant biotech breakthroughs while the pandemic held our attention in a vice grip, reports @MrJustinCremer.
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