simon monday wrote a new post, Zimbabwe: Witness: Tobacco Farmers Kept In The Dark 6 years, 7 months ago
Everyone sat on a thatched blanket spread outside under the warm sun, near the tobacco curing barn, with flat farmland, green grass and the occasional tree stretching as far as the eye could see. Admire (not his […]
simon monday wrote a new post, 2019: Controversy over why PMB is contesting, unnecessary – Labour 6 years, 7 months ago
General Secretary of the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), Issa Aremu has described the reported announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to seek […]
simon monday wrote a new post, Workshop on new business opportunities in West Africa’s evolving energy sector 6 years, 7 months ago
On April 13, 2018, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is organising a regional workshop to present the findings from the […]
simon monday wrote a new post, Ahead of 2018 Annual Meetings, African Legal Support Facility Management Board reviews its activities and achievements 6 years, 7 months ago
The ALSF Management Board is composed of (from left to right): Amadou Dieng (Senegal); Stephen Karangizi, the Director and CEO of the ALSF; Dorcas Achapa (Kenya) as Chairperson; Dandi Gnamou (Benin); Mohammed […]
simon monday wrote a new post, African Development Bank, stakeholders chart new course for aviation 6 years, 7 months ago
The African Development Bank assembled top representatives from African airlines, aviation industry organizations, civil aviation and regulatory authorities, airplane manufacturers, financiers and development […]
simon monday wrote a new post, Trade war threatens the GOP’s firewall in 2018 6 years, 7 months ago
the Republican senator from Nebraska, covered only half the risk last week when he said President Donald Trump’s escalating trade conflict with China threatened “to light American agriculture on fire.”
Trump’s […]
simon monday wrote a new post, How to deal with fungal diseases in vegetables, leafy plants 6 years, 7 months ago
Fungal disease is a common threat experienced by farmers in raising vegetables and other leafy plants. According to just4growers.com, an agri-solution platform, some of the common fungal diseases that affect […]
simon monday wrote a new post, How Climate Change is Impacting Vermont’s Maple Sugar Industry 6 years, 7 months ago
With production values totaling US$59.7 million in 2016, maple is big business in the state of Vermont. In spite of its population of about 623,000 people, Vermont is the largest producer of syrup in the Uni […]
simon monday wrote a new post, GREEN Foundation is Reversing Negative Effects of the Green Revolution 6 years, 7 months ago
The GREEN Foundation is working to slow the rate of farmer suicides in India and improve conditions for farmers—especially women—whose traditional agricultural methods were stripped away by the Green Revo […]
simon monday wrote a new post, Will Agroecology be the Solution to Mitigate Climate Change? Food Tank Goes to the United Nations FAO to Make the Case 6 years, 7 months ago
On April 3-5, 2018, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will convene the Second International Symposium on Agroecology. The Symposium, titled “Scaling up Agroecology to Achieve the Sustainable Devel […]
simon monday wrote a new post, Match making farm-seekers and retiring farmers with surplus land. It’s e-Farmony! 6 years, 7 months ago
Raised on a farm and deeply concerned about farmland preservation, Suzanna Denison connects landless, aspiring farmers with landowners through her work as the director of Western North Carolina FarmLink. In a […]
simon monday wrote a new post, How Soil can Improve Food Security While Combating Climate Change 6 years, 7 months ago
Dr. Kristine Nichols was the Chief Scientist at the Rodale Institute, an independent research institute for organic farming, from 2014 to 2017. Her training and research focus on the microbes living in soil and […]
simon monday wrote a new post, Millets and Sorghum: Forgotten Foods for the Future 6 years, 7 months ago
Millets and sorghum are grains that are nutrient-rich, drought-tolerant crops and can support communities around the world. The International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) estimates […]
simon monday wrote a new post, Why Isn’t Food Donation the Norm? 6 years, 7 months ago
Food rescue and recovery efforts seem like a common sense solution to help prevent food waste. Why, then, is it not the norm for restaurants to donate excess food to the hungry at the end of each day?
While the […]
simon monday and LENNOX KALAKA are now friends 6 years, 7 months ago
simon monday wrote a new post, Agro-processing sector could save Rwanda $118m annually 6 years, 7 months ago
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simon monday started the topic IN CONTINUATION TO BURNS in the forum OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 6 years, 7 months ago
CAUSES OF BURNS Accidental burns can happen just about anywhere in your home, and they’re not always caused by fire. You might get burned by spilling coffee in your lap, touching a hot iron, or misusing certain cleaning products. Burns are skin or tissue damage, usually caused by heat. Burns can be caused by hot objects or liquid, fire, f…[Read more]
simon monday started the topic TO WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BURNS in the forum OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 6 years, 7 months ago
WHAT IS BURN?
A burn is damage to your body’s tissues caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, sunlight, or radiation. Scalds from hot liquids and steam, building fires and flammable liquids and gases are the most common causes of burns. Another kind is an inhalation injury, caused by breathing smoke
TYPES OF BURN
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simon monday wrote a new post, How sugar heals wounds resistant to antibiotics – Study 6 years, 7 months ago
With concerns about antibiotics resistance growing by the day, the experience of a father, Moses Murandu and laboratory studies suggest that something cheaper and available around us could help heal wounds […]
simon monday wrote a new post, Two feared dead in River Nyabarongo 6 years, 7 months ago
Residents and local authorities in the districts of Gakenke and Kamonyi have mounted a search for two men who are feared to have drowned in River Nyabarongo.
River Nyabarongo tends to overflow during rainy […]
