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Winnie Onyimbo

Winnie Onyimbo is a radio producer for Trans World Radio in Kenya. She specializes in development programs. Winnie has a BA in communication from Daystar University in Nairobi and won an award for her feature ‘Disease in a Bottle’.

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Why we must save our forests now

By: Winnie Onyimbo on April 12th, 2011

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In this edition of the Radio Netherlands Worldwide show Africa in Progress, four African climate change experts discuss why it is important for us to protect our trees and what would happen if we continue cut down our forest cover in Africa.

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Aid or Insurance for Africa’s farmers?

By: Winnie Onyimbo on December 11th, 2010

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Farmers in Africa suffer when there is extreme weather which scientists say is the effect of climate change. At the UN climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico, most delegates believe giving aid to these farmers is the best way to help them. But some private companies are discussing other options. Winifred Onyimbo reports from the talks in Cancun on how small farmers in places like Kenya could benefit from being insured against extreme weather conditions such as droughts.

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