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Halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015 is a UN Millennium Development Goal. But equally important are issues of agricultural water management and multilateral water treaties.
Opinions and Analysis
Pacific warning systems are failing
The Samoan earthquake highlights worrying shortcomings in Pacific early warning systems, says Richard Hamblyn.
US should focus foreign aid on food, health and water
The United States should boost funding for food, health and water, says Thomas R. Pickering, former US ambassador to the UN.
Policy Briefs
Anticipating the drawbacks of biofuels
Growing biofuels requires careful consideration, particularly with regards to food security and livelihoods.
16 January 2009
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Source: IWMI
People, deserts and drylands in the developing world
Growing dryland populations are depleting their natural resources, while increasingly-settled agriculture ignores the traditional knowledge needed to tackle future uncertainties, says David Thomas.
1 October 2006
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News and Features
Indian arsenic clean-up 'working well'
Researchers say that a chemical-free arsenic decontamination method is proving successful in an Indian village.
16 October 2009
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Benin farmers unite against effects of climate change
Local knowledge forms the backbone of a programme in Benin that aims to help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change.
13 October 2009
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Drought-hardy maize ready for field trials
6 October 2009
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Thirsty eucalyptus trees get the chop in Kenya
30 September 2009
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