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  The north-western Sahara aquifer system: concerted management of a transboundary water basin

  Sahara and Sahel Observatory, 2008

  The North-western Sahara aquifer system (NWSAS) shared by Algeria, Libya and Tunisia contains considerable water reserves; however, it is largely unrenewable and not fully exploitable.
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  The Great Green Wall initiative for the Sahara and the Sahel

  Sahara and Sahel Observatory, 2008

  Desertification has had an acute impact in Africa, particularly in the Community of the Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), which is characterised by climate ranging from hyper-arid to dry sub-humid. The local communities and their livelihoods are heavily dependent on the increasingly fragile natural resources.
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  Environment and development decision making in Africa 2006-2008

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008

  The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) is the primary ministerial level forum for environment and development issues in Africa. It has helped launch various environmental initiatives at the regional level, and these have greatly influenced environmental policy in Africa.
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  How the water flows: a typology of irrigation systems in Afghanistan

  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2008

  This paper develops and presents a typology of irrigation systems in Afghanistan. The report is intended to enhance knowledge of irrigation methods and management with the aim of improving system performance and productivity.
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  Approaches to rural poverty alleviation in developing Asia: role of water resources

  Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2008

  Focusing on water resources and irrigation, this paper documents a talk by Michael Lipton exploring approaches to poverty alleviation in developing Asia. The talk discusses the findings of a recent paper ‘Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture - realities, issues, and options with guidelines’.
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  Water and the rural poor: interventions for improving livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa

  Land and Water Development Division, FAO, 2008

  Insecure access to water for consumption and productive uses is a major constraint on poverty reduction in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This publication addresses the linkage between water and rural poverty in the region, in order to help decision-makers make informed choices on where and how to invest.
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  Assessing the security implications of climate change for West Africa: country case studies of Ghana and Burkina Faso

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008

  Traditionally seen as an environmental and an energy issue, climate change is now also being cast as a threat to international peace and security.
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  Food and energy sovereignty now: Brazilian grassroots position on agroenergy

  The Oakland Institute, 2008

  Brazil is the global leader in ethanol exports, providing 70% of the world's supply in 2006. While official accounts of the Brazilian government’s experiment with biofuels laud it as a global model for sustainable biomass production, it is increasingly being criticised and opposed by national social movements.
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  The future control of food: a guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security

  International Development Research Centre, 2008

  In today's world, access to food is highly, and unacceptably, uneven. There is massive overproduction and over-consumption, yet millions experience scarcity and hunger. This book looks at some of the forces and rules shaping the food system and who has control over it.
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  Institutional innovations and water management in Office du Niger (1910-1999) : the long failure and new success of a big irrigation scheme

  Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques, 2002

  Can economic liberalisation boost irrigation production and on which conditions? This report takes the case of the Mali ‘Office du Niger’ irrigation scheme, and analyses how it was transformed from a technical and financial failure to a modern success story.The gravity-fed Office du Niger irrigation scheme was created in 1932.

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