Climate risk profile: Ethiopia
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
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FAO, AU launch project on ending hunger in Horn of Africa
ADDIS ABABA, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the African Union (AU) have launched a project geared towards ending hunger in the Horn of Africa. The project dubbed
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Nourishing millions: stories of change in nutrition
<p>This book by IFPRI brings together the most intriguing stories from the past five decades to show what works in nutrition, what does not, and the factors that contribute to success. It includes nutrition success stories on the ground in places ranging from Bangladesh, Brazil, Nepal, Peru, Thailand, and Vietnam to Ethiopia and the state of Odisha in India.</p>
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European parliament slams G7 food project in Africa
For a large majority of Euro-MPs, the G7’s decision to base its programme for food security in Africa on intensive agriculture is a mistake. The European parliament took its first official stance on the
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Ethiopia boosts sanitation services in the capital with new public toilets
In Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, locals are inhaling a breath of fresh air as a result of a major face-lift of its sanitation services. This has given hope against an otherwise precarious situation.
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Ethiopia: Flooding Leaves Ethiopia Under the Weather
Addis Ababa — THE worst El Niño crisis in years has culminated in severe flooding that has left more than 200 000 people homeless in Ethiopia, worsening the woes of a country that is already searing under
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Africa: Strongest El Nino in 20 Years Ends
El Nino, the warming of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean, is a completely natural phenomenon which is known to affect the weather in many parts of the world. The current conditions gradually
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Zimbabwe: Climate Change to Cause 38 Percent Decline in Agric Income
FARM incomes in Zimbabwe are expected to decline by as much as 38 percent by 2050, as temperatures soar 3,4 percent in what would be an unprecedented catastrophe for agriculture, according to a new study.
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Radical action needed to decarbonize world energy supply: report
More radical action is needed to decarbonize the world's energy supply and improve energy efficiency to keep the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius, the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC)
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Floods cause deaths and block food aid in drought-hit Ethiopia
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Flash floods in drought-stricken parts of Ethiopia have killed people and livestock and are blocking food aid deliveries to hungry communities, a charity said.
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Ethiopia inks Paris climate accord
Ethiopia on Friday signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the conuntry’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn inked the historic deal at