Blog for People, Food and Nature

This week has been filled with discussions of drought -a critical concern in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, and expected to become more frequent and intense with climate change. A new grant from the African Water Facility is helping to address the impacts of drought and climate change on pastoral communitie…

[caption id="attachment_1470" align="alignleft" width="283" caption="Photo credit: ILRI/MacMillan"][/caption] Building off of yesterday's focus on drought in the United States, today the Blog hones in on the multiple actions likely needed to combat some of the challenges posed by climate change in terms of water availa…

  While yesterday's blog post explored the importance of watershed-level management in maintaining water quality, specifically in an East African context, drought is the hot-button issue at present. And this time the United States is front and center. The United States Department of Agriculture's Economic Research…

A landscape for water, food and nature in the heart of Kenya... The Landscapes Blog travels to East Africa this week, as we hone in on water issues this August. Guest authors, Dr. John Gathenya, Climate Change Research Fellow at the University of Reading, Walker Institute for Climate System Research and Dr. Sara Namire…

Yesterday the world celebrated the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Many of the Indigenous communities around the globe rely upon agriculture, livestock, or forests for their livelihoods. As such, drought, water scarcity, and climate change are also critical issues these communities face. In Peru's …

Examples of success from the field are not only due to good practices, but also partnerships that Published as part of Reuters' Alertnet 'Battle for Water' news coverage, a video by the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) depicts an effort in India to improve soil fertility, wate…