Empowering African Climate Monitoring: A Recap of the TAHMO Training Workshop at ILRI’s Mazingira Centre
Climate / Climate change / Data / East Africa / Environment / Kenya / Mazingira / Research Infrastructure / SLS / Uncategorized

Empowering African Climate Monitoring: A Recap of the TAHMO Training Workshop at ILRI’s Mazingira Centre

On 24th July 2023, ILRI’s Mazingira Centre hosted a training workshop on the use, maintenance, and diagnostics of weather stations by TAHMO (Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory). The workshop aimed to strengthen the capacity of local technicians, students, and researchers to effectively maintain their TAHMO stations to allow them to collect high-quality weather data and contribute to … Continue reading

Mazingira Centre – a role model for environmental research infrastructure in Africa
Africa / Climate change / Emission Factors / Environment / Food Systems / GHG Emissions / Greenhouse Gas / ILRI / Mazingira / Research Infrastructure / SLS

Mazingira Centre – a role model for environmental research infrastructure in Africa

Climate change threatens the livelihoods of millions of people in Africa. The rise in global temperatures, changes in rainfall, and the increase of extreme weather conditions all pose a serious risk to the agricultural sector and food and nutrition security. At the same time, Africa is currently the most uncertain region with regard to global … Continue reading