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Aumento del Nivel del Mar
El cambio climático está causando un aumento del nivel del mar por dos razones: 1) el derretimiento de glaciares y otras formaciones de hielo en la tierra; y 2) la expansión del volumen de agua del mar, porque está más caliente (expansión térmica). Entre 1993 y 2018 el nivel medio global del mar, en el […]
Success Story: Building Resilience of Agricultural Businesses
Shahnoza, LLC is a small-scale agri-enterprise based in Jayhun district in southwest Tajikistan. The company was started by Abdugaffor Kurbonov in 1999 and, over time, has diversified its agricultural activities from lemon production and a range of homeproduced value-added products to introducing strawberry production for the first time in 2017. With his wife and four […]
Success Story: Networking for Business Development
Tajikistan’s agricultural sector is a very important segment of the Central Asian country’s economy, and its southwestern Khatlon province is particularly famous throughout the region for its beautiful fruit and vegetables. However, most farmers are not able to sell their produce outside of the province due to a combination of poor business skills and limited […]
Changing the Face of Clean Water Supply in Tanzania – Originally Posted at USAID
Originally Published At: https://www.usaid.gov/tanzania/news/changing-face-clean-water-supply-tanzania?fbclid=IwAR2EnBpynoYHsq_OCwZ10bKCaRs7h4OHlb87s63Ckp8Sx329v1gx0xFmCJM
Year 3 Annual Report
Standing in a pond outside of Kathmandu, Nepal earlier this year, I realized the essence the of Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers Activity. I was surrounded by research analysts, private sector entrepreneurs, a government official, and – most importantly – several farmers. In this pond I was surrounded by a subset of the greater […]
July 2019 SWP Newsletter
Engaging women and other marginalized groups is an important element of the USAID-funded Sustainable Water Partnership’s Water Security Improvement (WSI) process. In this newsletter, read about the women spearheading the fight for water security in Cambodia’s Stung Chinit Watershed. In This Issue – Women Lead the Fight for Water Security – Mother, Farmer, Leader – […]
SAFETI Newsletter: Issue 2 October 2018- June 2019
In This Issue: Successful Crop Rescues Family SAFETI Collaborations with the Private Sector SAFETI Collaboration with the NGO BRAC Three International Consultants Visit SAFETI Partners with Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute Study Tour to India and Thailand Compliance Workshop on “PNGOs Financial Administrative Guidelines”
Understanding Target Audiences for Communication Strategies
Thailand remains a key source, transit and destination country for trafficking in persons, despite increased efforts by the government to counter the issue.1 Thailand’s relative prosperity attracts migrants from neighbouring countries who meet the demand for low-skilled labour and seek a better life for themselves and their families. Trafficking in persons is affected by deep-rooted […]
Destined for Trouble
The palm oil industry continues to be a highly controversial business and social proposition. Its detractors lay before society a long list of grievances covering a wide range of environmental, social and management issues. While its supporters continue to refute or ignore the depth of the problems, pointing to its financial success, palm oil’s wide […]