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...tragic death of Sol's son, the family started the Butch Kerzner memorial bursary fund for underprivileged gifted children to study in the hospitality industry. This will fund up to 10 children's studies next year. Beside all this is the example Kerzner has set for others to grow our industry. Henk Bredenoord, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA...
...ever grow tired of the playboy lifestyle and regret not settling down? Ceara Jolliff, COLLINSVILLE...
...fazed by LCD screens; they e-read on their laptops and smart phones more than they read on paper. Why pay $20 for a book, they ask, when you can download it for free? And these consumers will not suddenly become accustomed to buying books as they grow older; instead, they’ll pass this instinct on to their kids...
...possible effect of changing precipitation patterns. Yet many climatologists believe that global warming will make dry areas dryer and further damage farming, which is especially dire news for sub-Saharan Africa, a region that already struggles with heat waves, droughts and famines even as population continues to grow. "Climate change is going to be a major concern for Africa," says Nteranya Sanginga, director of the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Nairobi. "We could lose whole growing seasons...
...Green Revolution - like Africa, where average crop yields per acre remain well below those in Asia or the West. One simple way is to increase the amount of fertilizer available to African farmers. Sanginga notes that about 440 lb. (200 kg) of nitrogen fertilizer is generally needed to grow 5 tons (5,000 kg) of maize, but the average African farmer can afford only 8 lb. of fertilizer. We can also work on safeguarding the degraded soils of Africa, where almost 55% of the land is unsuitable for any kind of cultivated agriculture. Help is on the way: the African...