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  • Livestock insurance Keeping Livestock Farmers Afloat in Rwanda after Rift Valley Fever

    November 25, 2022 |

    AnFezaA |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Eastern Province

    Rwanda has a unique program that allows farmers to insure their livestock, such as dairy cows, productive pork, and chickens, against Rift Valley Fever. When animals die of the disease, farmers are compensated at a rate of 5.5 percent of the animal's value.

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  • How investments in Black businesses can help close KC's racial wealth gap

    November 25, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Generating Income For Tomorrow, or GIFT, works to foster economic prosperity and wealth in Kansas City’s Black community by providing grants to Black-owned businesses. Since its launch, GIFT has distributed $687,000 to 42 Black businesses and GIFT recipients have so far created more than 60 new jobs.

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  • Kenyans turn to tradition to fight rising heat

    November 24, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Katilu

    Kenyans are trading iron for grass, palm fronds, and water reeds to build roofs that keep their homes cooler during extreme heat waves.

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  • Home decor business built out of water hyacinth

    November 24, 2022 |

    The Star Kenya |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

    MitiMeth trains Nigerians to harvest the invasive hyacinth seaweed and weave it into products like baskets and furniture. The business helps clean up waterways while securing consistent incomes for local residents.

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  • One crop uses more than half of Utah's water. Here's why.

    November 24, 2022 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Farmers in Utah cultivate alfalfa to improve soil health and reduce their carbon emissions. Their profits help sustain rural towns’ economies.

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  • Amish voter turnout increased in Lancaster County in 2020, research shows

    November 24, 2022 |

    LancasterOnline.com (LNP) |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    After Republican organizations and campaigns in Pennsylvania put renewed effort and resources into registering Amish voters, turnout among Amish communities reached record numbers in the 2020 election. Organizers used "high-touch" outreach including phone calls, door-knocking, and face-to-face mobilization.

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  • A Skyscraper in Jakarta Offers Lessons for Quake-Prone Indonesia

    November 23, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Jakarta

    A 51-story skyscraper in Jakarta, Indonesia, built with a belt-truss system kept workers safe and working during an earthquake. The system reduces vibration and movement by linking some of the walls and frames of the building.

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  • Ancient invention may safely move fish across barriers while blocking invaders, study finds

    November 23, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Traverse City, Michigan

    Researchers in Michigan are using the Archimedes screw, which is a rotating blade inside a cylinder, to transport fish upstream where there are barriers in the water.

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  • A French Village's Radical Vision of a Good Life with Alzheimer's

    November 23, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: France, Dax

    The Village Landais is part of a movement to make memory-care units less like hospitals and more like small neighborhoods. The Village is currently home to 108 people and strives to provide those with alzheimers a place to live that still allows them to maintain a sense of autonomy and choice to help enrich their lives.

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  • Rent controls are being explored in Bristol – can it learn from Lille?

    November 23, 2022 |

    The Bristol Cable |

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    Response Location: France, Lille

    Lille, France introduced rent controls in March 2020, causing the average rent to drop for the first time in several years in 2021. But due to inadequate outreach with tenants, a lack of enforcement, and loopholes in the regulations, more than 40 percent of rental listings in the city were out of compliance and charging more than technically allowed as of August 2022, and many residents report being hesitant to push back on landlords skirting the policy.

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