In the name of development, a lot has been taking place in the agricultural sector. Statistics show that by 2050, we will have to feed 9 billion people and increase food production by 70%. Indeed, there is a need to invest more in agricultural research to achieve this, but what… Read More
Last year, I was writing my last post for 2011 in Mauritius on this date and I had no idea how 2012 will be like. I thought that the best things that could have happened was over, but I was wrong. 2012 has has been a really wonderful year for… Read More
The Young Professionals in Local Development (YPLD), Mauritius, is part of a network envisaged as being a know-how transfer platform between young and experienced professionals in all fields of expertise that relate to international and local development. The mission of YPLD is “Growing Communities, Fostering through Innovation.” YPLD is… Read More
In the context of the upcoming United Nation’s Conference on Sustainable Development (also known as Rio+20), people over the world are sharing their thoughts and opinions on how they see their future, so that their voice is heard at the conference from 20-22 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…. Read More
On Friday, I went to a seminar on climate change by Dr Woodrow Clark II, Nobel Prize winner in 2007. The seminar was to start at 10:30 and as I had nothing great to do at the Faculty (no lectures on Fridays and dissertation not yet started!), I reached at the… Read More