Water management in the Pirapama River Basin in northeastern Brazil is affected by both water quantity and water quality constraints. The region is known for significant sugarcane-based ethanol production—which is key to the Brazilian economy and expected to grow dramatically. Sugarcane production in the region goes hand in hand with controlled fertirrigation practices, with potentially significant adverse impacts on the environment. To assess sustainable water allocation in the basin, an inte more...
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According the report the WFPF contribution to improved water governance through reforms and capacity development .The 2008 approved applications are targeted towards improving the policy and regulatory environment and building capacity of major sector organizations, such as water utilities/service providers and river basin organizations, including national and local government agencies involved in planning, financing, and implementing water projects. Enhanced regional cooperation is also expecte more...
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'Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources are vulnerable and have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems.'
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'Climate change, as the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) clearly brings out exacerbates the already serious problems of lack of water and the existence of widespread hunger and poor health conditions that exist in many parts of the world. The AR4 has projected that by as early as 2020 between 75 to 250 million people in Africa would suffer from water stress as a consequence of climate change. In some countries of Africa agricultural yields ar more...
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'Food insecurity and income poverty are rampant in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty-one percent of children under the age of five are malnourished and some 72 percent of the population lives on less than US$2 day. Forty-one percent lives on less than US$1 day. The impoverished and hungry are concentrated disproportionately in rural areas and rely mainly on the consumption and sale of agricultural produce for their food and income. Africa has experienced increasing dependency on food imports that its c more...
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'Since all the Central Asian countries rely heavily on irrigated agriculture, climate change is closely linked to water availability, energy security, and sustainable development in the region. Due to population growth, aridity, the importance of irrigation for the cultivation of water-intensive crops, and the shared nature of the region’s water resources, water is at the heart of Central Asia’s development challenges. But water quality in Central Asia has drastically deteriorated since the more...
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'This report investigates the role of agriculture in addressing global challenges related to climate, water and food. Based on three international events over 2009: the World Water Forum, the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the report identifies the interconnections between the three and the need to develop complementary policy options and action steps.'
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