News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 57
World Farmers’ Organisation Meeting Eyes New Markets, Fresh Investment
- Inter Press Service
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, Apr 29 (IPS) - ‘No Farmer, No Food' is an old slogan that the Zambia National Farmers' Union still uses. Some people consider it a cliché, but it could be regaining its place in history as agriculture is increasingly seen as the answer to a wide range of the world's critical needs such as nutrition, sustainable jobs and income for the rural poor.
El Nino-Induced Drought in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
BUHERA, Zimbabwe, Apr 29 (IPS) - Emaciated and with their ribs jutting out, Evans Sinyoro's cattle lie on the ground overlooking a dry patch of land while the small earth dam nearby is also dry, thanks to the El Nino-induced drought wreaking havoc across Zimbabwe.
UN Predicts 40 Percent Water Shortfall by 2030
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 28 (IPS) - Ten presidents and prime ministers from around the world will work together to resolve the growing global water crisis amid warnings that the world may face a 40 percent shortfall in water availability by 2030.
Harvesting Rainwater to Weather Drought in Northeast Argentina
- Inter Press Service
CORZUELA, Argentina, Apr 25 (IPS) - In a semiarid region in the northeast Argentine province of Chaco, small farmers have adopted a simple technique to ensure a steady water supply during times of drought: they harvest the rain and store it in tanks, as part of a climate change adaptation project.
Ecosystem Conservation Gives Hope to a Vulnerable Community
- Inter Press Service
KASKI, Nepal, Apr 25 (IPS) - 42 year-old Saraswati Subedi still remembers the night she almost died in a flash flood. "I heard the cries of my neighbours and ran out of the room with my two children. There was water all around and I thought we were going to die, so I started to pray," says the mother of the three in Karki Tahara – a village by the river Harpan Khola in Nepal's Kaski district.
Climate: Africa’s Human Existence Is at Severe Risk
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 21 (IPS) - "Africa's human existence and development is under threat from the adverse impacts of climate change – its population, ecosystems and unique biodiversity will all be the major victims of global climate change."
Arsenic Threat Looms Large in India: Well Switching Provides the Way Forward
- Inter Press Service
TERI University, New Delhi, India, Apr 20 (IPS) - An Indian Govt. Parliamentary Committee on Estimates on "Occurrence of High Arsenic (As) content in Groundwater" in December, 2014 stated that more than 70 million people in 96 districts in India is under threat due to As occurrence in groundwater.
Champions of Hygiene
- Inter Press Service
NAKURU, Kenya, Apr 20 (IPS) - Lydia Abuya, a tenant living in the Kaptembwa informal settlement west of Nakuru town, leaves one of the six on-plot toilets. She returns with a pail of water to splash away the waste.
Climate Change and the Middle East (II)<br> No Water in the Kingdom of the Two Seas—Nor Elsewhere
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 18 (IPS) - There is an oil producing country situated in the Gulf region, made of a cluster of islands. It is small, surface and population wise. But it holds the dubious privilege of ranking top of the list of 14 out of the 33 countries most likely to be water-stressed in the year 2040.
Climate Change (I)<br>Will the Middle East Become ‘Uninhabitable’?
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 18 (IPS) - This is not about any alarming header—it is the dramatic conclusion of several scientific studies about the on-going climate change impact on the Middle East region, particularly in the Gulf area. The examples are stark.
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