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Patt Onyango
@treeshy
Development Comms I Science Comms I Food Systems I Curry connoisseur I
Nairobi-Kenya Katılım Haziran 2009
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🚨Call for Applications!🚨
🔬Are you passionate about science storytelling?
Apply for the SCIJOURN-K 2.0 Science Communication Program and learn how to turn complex science into engaging stories that matter!
🔗Apply here👉: shorturl.at/jc27S
🗓️Deadline : June 12th, 2026

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Fonio, teff, baobab fruit, pulses like bambara groundnut and other #ForgottenCrops offer immense nutritional and environmental benefits.
It's time to reclaim Africa's agricultural heritage and unlock its vast potential to transform the continent's agrifood systems.
#AfricaDay
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Here are 10 crops that could help feed the future in a hotter, drier world: durum wheat, faba beans, groundnuts, jujubes, mesquite pods, millet, nopales, pigeonpea, sorghum, and tepary beans.
These climate-resilient crops are helping farmers restore biodiversity, strengthen food security, and grow food in some of the toughest conditions on Earth. Which ones have you tried?
Read more: foodtank.com/news/2026/05/t…

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📣 Intern with @FAO!
Check out the latest opportunities in:
✅ Africa
✅ Asia and the Pacific
✅ Europe and Central Asia
✅ FAO headquarters
✅ Latin America and the Caribbean
✅ Near East and North Africa
All open vacancies➡️ bit.ly/4fnijMU

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Are you here yet?
The @AffordableArtKE is open and the #Artfeast is on!! 🤩 😍🥳
Hurry and get some tickets at the door.
#Heritage
#Culture
#Fundraiser

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We share our planet with around 8.7 million species and 8+ billion people.
Everything we do has an impact on our planet 🌎.
On #BiodiversityDay and every day, let’s make choices that will leave a greener planet for future generations: go.undp.org/qs5
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La liste des 28 Lions, choisis parmi des millions de Sénégalais, investis de l’honneur suprême de défendre nos couleurs sur la plus grande scène du football mondial : la Coupe du Monde.
#FIFAWC2026 #ListeGaindeyi #DemBaJeex
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🌱 Opportunity Alert for Agroecology Experts!
Biovision Africa Trust is recruiting trainers for the 2026 Agroecology and Agrobiodiversity International Training Course (AAITC) , a transformative learning platform connecting universities, researchers, practitioners, and communities across East Africa.
The programme promotes participatory, experiential, and transdisciplinary learning to strengthen sustainable food systems and resilient livelihoods.
📍 Hybrid training | Nairobi, Kenya
📅 Applications close: 3rd June 2026
📧 Send applications to: procurement@biovisionafrica.org
🔗 Read the full TOR here:
biovisionafricatrust.org/job/terms-of-r…
#Agroecology #Agrobiodiversity #CapacityDevelopment #SustainableAgriculture #AAITC #Africa #BiovisionAfricaTrust

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🫖 Tea is one of the world's most popular beverages, consumed by people all across the globe.
Thursday's #InternationalTeaDay is an opportunity to celebrate the cultural significance, health benefits and economic importance of tea.
More from @FAO: fao.org/international-…

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KenGen Internship Opportunities are now open. Gain real-world experience with the team powering the nation.
📅 Deadline: 22 May 2026
🌐 kengen.co.ke/careers
#KenGen #Internship2026 #PowerYourFuture ^EJ

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22 May is #BiodiversityDay 🌱
Join the global celebration!
Let’s build a future where people and planet thrive together🌍
Learn more on the IDB website🔗cbd.int/biodiversity-d…
Explore the events happening near you and online👉cbd.int/biodiversity-d…
#LocalAction #ForNature

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We open doors so you can see the possibilities ahead.
Apply to the PwC 2026 graduate recruitment on the links below:
Assurance : ow.ly/JSMU50Z13B4
Consulting & Risk Services : ow.ly/WALA50Z13B9
#PwCGraduateRecruitment2026 #GrowHereGoFurther

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Registration is now open for the 3rd National Agroecology Symposium 2026 convened by PELUM Kenya and partners. As a youth-led institution, we are truly thrilled.
The symposium will bring together farmers, researchers, youth, policymakers, and food systems actors to advance agroecology and resilient food systems in Kenya.
🗓️ 22nd–23rd July 2026
📍 Nairobi, Kenya
Theme: Transforming Agrifood Systems through Agroecology: A One Health Approach for Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Futures.
Registration, exhibitions, and side event applications are ongoing.
🔗 …alagroecologysymposium.pelumkenya.net
#NAS2026 #Agroecology #OneHealth #FoodSystems @aphrc

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Researchers in Rwanda fed 55 young women iron-rich beans for 18 weeks. Brain scans showed the biggest change in one weirdly specific skill: pulling the next word out of memory while talking.
Iron makes dopamine. Dopamine is the brain chemical that powers your focus and attention. The same brain wiring that runs on dopamine also picks the next word in your sentence. So when iron drops, dopamine drops, and the word-picking part starts misfiring.
Low iron feels exactly like brain fog. Your thinking slows down. You lose your train of thought. Words stick on the tip of your tongue and won't come out. A 2007 Penn State study put nearly 150 young women on iron supplements for 16 weeks. Their scores on attention, memory, and learning returned to normal.
The Lancet counted 825 million women and 444 million men living with iron deficiency anemia in 2021. One in three women between the ages of 15 and 49 worldwide. The WHO calls iron deficiency the most common nutritional disorder on the planet.
Brain symptoms can show up before a standard blood test catches the problem. Your body keeps iron in a reserve called ferritin, and ferritin drops first. Doctors usually order a hemoglobin test, which measures the iron working in your blood right now. That number can stay normal for months while your reserves sit empty. So a woman can get told her bloodwork is fine and still be losing words mid-sentence.
Ear, nose, and throat doctors also list low iron as a known cause of voice tiredness and hoarseness. The tiny muscles in your voice box need oxygen too. Less iron means less oxygen reaching them.
The original tweet had it right. Low iron changes how your brain picks the next word in a sentence.
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انصدمت من معلومه انو نقص الحديد يأثر على طريقة الكلام!.
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📢 Call for concept papers 🆕
Is your organization working in Kenya🇰🇪 on food and nutrition security? 🌲🌲Look at the call for concept papers and Scoping Study for more details.
linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…
Deadline: 🗓️15th June 2026.
For questions, please email us by 27th May 2026.

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@Moha001_Onyango 💯From looking at him he seems to have some astute business acumen.
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@6footBarefoot That will be great, i have heard good things about dossier.
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@treeshy My friends mostly. I will bring in more for sale this year.
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