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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

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  1. Roger Calow

    Beyond food aid: linking water and food responses to avoid humanitarian emergencies

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 July 2011
    The humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa demands action. As Simon Levine points out on the ODI blog, however, it also raises some difficult questions. If early warning systems are in place, why the late response? If the humanitarian system is geared to responding to the wrong signals, what are the rights ones? Above all, how do governments, donors and NGOs help protect livelihoods before lives are threatened?
  2. EAU4Food

    Projects - July 2011 to July 2014
    EAU4Food seeks to address the enormous challenges African agriculture is facing today: despite numerous attempts, agricultural productivity has only slightly increased in recent years and, in general, cannot keep up with population growth. In the coming years irrigation will gain importance, but at the same time the availability of fresh water and the sustainable use of soil resources is under increasing pressure
  3. Effective natural resource management for inclusive and sustainable growth in the context of increased scarcity and climate change: What roles for the public and private sectors? - European Report on Development 2011-2012 consultation

    Event - Consultation - 8 - 9 June 2011

    The main purpose of this consultation event in Bonn was to inform the analysis and writing process of the European Report on Development 2011-2012, particularly chapters 6 (Water) and 7 (Energy). Various academic authors have been commissioned to write background papers for the ERD and a number of these were invited to come and present their ideas to the consultation.

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