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1. Library Resource

   

   Rehabilitating degraded land

   January, 2008

   Nepal, Mauritania, Mali, China, Uzbekistan, India, Chad, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Southern Asia

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Land & Food Security

   food security

   climate change

   environment

   land

   rural development

   land degradation

   agriculture

   Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 billion hectares worldwide, threatening the health and livelihoods of over one billion people. In this edition of New Agriculturist, a collection of articles explores some of the approaches and policies that can help to successfully rehabilitate degraded land.

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   CPWF Annual Report 2007

   Reports & Research

   December, 2008

   China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa

   water management

   The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) brings together scientists, development

   specialists, and communities, in nine river basins across Africa, Asia and Latin America, to address

   challenges of water scarcity, food security and poverty.

   Some CPWF projects seek to develop innovative technologies, new institutional arrangements, or

   improved policies. Other projects strategically aim to better define issues and challenges,

   understand processes and principles, and develop more appropriate research tools and methods.

3. Library Resource

   

   A summing up: Synthesis 2007: Changing the way we manage water for food, livelihoods, health and the environment

   Reports & Research

   December, 2008

   Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   water management

   rangelands

   This reports summarizes and synthesizes activities and achievements of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) through the end of 2007. The CPWF is an intiative of the CGIAR designed to take on the global challenge of water scarcity and food security.

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   Gender, Property Rights and Livelihoods in the Era of AIDS

   Reports & Research

   December, 2008

   United States of America, Kenya, Zambia, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini, United Kingdom, Canada, Congo, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Niger, Mozambique, Nepal, South Africa, Uganda, Japan, Italy, Botswana, Mexico, Norway

   property rights

   rural areas

   land governance

   land tenure

   private ownership

   land ownership

   women

   This report is based on the proceedings of the Technical Consultation on Gender, Property Rights and Livelihoods in the Era of AIDS, organized by FAO in November 2008. It takes stock of where FAO and its partners are in terms of addressing property rights insecurity and provides a proposed framework through which future action can take place.