When plants become desiccated, tiny leaf pores collectively called stomata close to conserve water. Each stoma is flanked by a pair of ‘guard cells’, which change shape to open or close the central pore.

The European Union decided recently to allocate 15mn euros to African countries to set up joint funds to finance scientific research in the continent.

Responding to the needs of current customers and moving proactively to meet their future demands, du recently partnered with several leading Banks and Money Exchanges to extend the convenience of additional locations to pay their du bills.

Pests and diseases already destroy about a third of potential cocoa production, and with climate change there will be a greater threat to future supplies of cocoa.

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