Water for food systems and nutrition
Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is essential for all life. Water is also essential for food system functioning: as a key input into food production, but also in processing and preparation, and
Claudia Ringler
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Sustainable land management and its effects on water security and poverty: evidence from a watershed intervention program in Ethiopia
This paper investigates the impacts of sustainable land management (SLM) on water security and poverty based on an evaluation of a watershed level SLM program promoted in Amhara regional state of Ethiopia.
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Meeting the nutrition and water targets of the Sustainable Development Goals: achieving progress through linked interventions
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize the need to address the most pressing issues of today: the conservation of a healthy environment that supports the health, wellbeing, economic
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Addressing transboundary cooperation in the Eastern Nile through the water-energy-food nexus
The Nile is the lifeblood of northeastern Africa, and its roles for and interdependency with the national economies it traverses and binds together grow as it moves from source to sea. With rapid economic
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Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: the role of climate change and socioeconomic change
<p>Human activities, in particular agricultural production, interfere with natural cycles of nutrient elements, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), leading to growing concerns about water quality degradation
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A draft framework for understanding SDG interactions
2016 is the year when the implementation phase of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) really kicks into action. The principle obstacle to implementation at the national level is the complex web of
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A draft framework for understanding SDG interactions
2016 is the year when the implementation phase of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) really kicks into action. The principle obstacle to implementation at the national level is the complex web of
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Integrating gender into climate change adaptation programs: a research and capacity needs assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa
Research shows that paying attention to gender matters not only for the equity of climate change adaptation programs but also for their efficiency and effectiveness. Many organizations working to increase
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Global hunger Index 2012
<p><span id="itro1">According to this global hunger Index 2012 prepared by IFPRI, India lags behind in improving its GHI score despite strong economic growth. It has analyzed the level of hunger in 120
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Ensuring food and nutrition security in a green economy
As the population continues to grow and natural resources become scarcer, the need to shift toward an environmentally responsible, socially accountable, more equitable, and “greener” economy has become