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Water is where all life begins: We rely on it to grow our food, produce our goods and generate our energy. There is no substitute for water— every living thing depends on it. And yet lack of water has become one of the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Food security policies can make better use of synergies between crop, livestock, fisheries and forestry by considering agricultural systems as agro-ecosystems, interconnected with other ecosystems in the landscape. Here children in Nepal search for fish and crabs in rice paddy fields.

Food Security: making the ecosystem connections

Worldwide, 870 million people go hungry every day. With the world population projected to exceed nine billion people by 2050, global agricultural output must expand by an estimated 60% to meet global food needs. …  

16 May 2013 | News story

Stefano Barchiesi

Blog: In search of resilience

By Stefano Barchiesi. My first contact with the SEARCH project was in Morocco in 2011. Recently I went back to Marrakesh, this time well acquainted with the SEARCH project’s multi-country team of committed water and community engagement professionals. It hadn't been my first contact with resilience, though.
 

02 May 2013 | News story

Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

Post2015 Process: The Water Thematic Consultation Report

Following the online UN Post2015 consultation process, a report on the thematic consultation on Water has been published and is now available for public commenting. …  

26 Apr 2013 | News story

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