El Nino worsens food crisis in Eastern Africa: UN

Dr Paul-André Calatayud is a senior research scientist of Research Institute for Development (IRD), a French Institute. A native of France, he has conducted field and laboratory studies in South America at CIAT (Colombia) and Africa at ORSTOM (Congo) and icipe (Kenya). On presentation  during the Workshop  day 3, (June 2,2015)  in training  for Webjournalists FINDING  NEW WAYS TO TELL AFRICA’S CLIMATE STORY. (all photo by Andrew Chale,MODEWJIBLOG.COM).

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