New electronic tool that accurately and transparently measures water discharge into farmers plots facilitate judicious use of water in water stressed Uzbekistan.
Using smart business models, restoring degraded ecosystems through exclosures -- areas that are excluded from woodcutting, grazing and agricultural activities -- can be turned into a win-win.
We are in desperate need of more integrated approaches that recognize our interdependent place in the natural world. Strengthening interdisciplinary and intercultural collaboration will encourage a paradigm-shift towards integration, as will the sharing of knowledge between people with different worldviews.
A radical and more equitable approach is necessary to keep up with the changing agricultural needs while tackling full blown climate, coronavirus and other crises.
In the "land of five rivers", groundwater depletion has been catching up fast - as it has been doing over all states of India, and it urgently calls for a broader and more viable approach driven by the food-energy-water nexus.
Across West African countries, breaches of free trade regulations are still being reported — an issue posed to drivers transporting food, who have little alternative than to buy their way out.
The coronavirus crises underscores the need for integrated research efforts combining human health, animal health, and ecosystems health, all while promoting inclusivity & innovation.
The new framework assists insurers and implementers to reach disadvantaged groups, who are often overlooked in weather-based insurance schemes, to help those farmers recover and rebuild.
