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Efficient cookstoves save trees - and chickens - in Kenya
Posted on :Friday , 26th August 2016
GICHANGI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmers in Kenya's Laikipia County have found a clever way to reduce their use of wood for fuel while raising more chickens for cash: an efficient ceramic cooking stove that doubles as a chick brooding box.
The locally built stove, used for cooking and home heating in the cool region, contains a separate warming a. . .Feature: Kenya's rural women invest in trees for retirement benefits
Posted on :Monday , 22nd August 2016
Under the Kenyan public service and retirement benefits laws, Ruth Gachacha, in her 50s, would be counting days to receive her sendoff package, the money that would sustain her day-to-day activities in her frail years.But the rural farmer in the Rift Valley county of Nakuru has an unusual way of preparing for a comfortable lifestyle in her old age.. . .UAE home to 36% of furniture factories in GCC, and controls significant imports in timber sector
Posted on :Tuesday , 12th January 2016
Dubai WoodShow scheduled for April 2016 will see major expansion
Dubai, UAE, January 2016: Organisers of the Dubai WoodShow, the largest exhibition in the Middle East for timber, machineries and tools, have revealed that the UAE is home to nearly 36% of the furniture factories of the GCC, reflecting the growth in the domestic furniture sector and increase in demand for imported t. . .Zimbabwe: Furniture Makers Target to Raise Capacity Utilisation
Posted on :Monday , 19th October 2015
FURNITURE manufacturers are targeting to increase capacity utilisation from the current 30 percent, but say Government should implement measures it proposed to turnaround the sector's fortunes.
Some of the measures mooted by Government include introduction of a manufacturers' rebate for duty free importation of selected raw materials by approved manufacturers.. . .Demand for Wood in Africa Could Triple by 2050
Posted on :Wednesday , 7th October 2015
The demand for forest products and services in Africa is growing rapidly, fuelled by a growing population and an expanding economy. By 2050, domestic demand for industrial roundwood could double or even triple from the current annual level of 96.2 million m3 found a report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Such pressure, coupled with the encroachment o. . .Please Select an Option
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