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    <title>Strengthening local adaptive capacity – the key to sustainability in the face of climate change</title>
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	Persistent drought... incessant rain... flash floods... hurricanes.... forest fires... hardly a day passes without a news item on how climate change is affecting people&rsquo;s lives and livelihoods. Climate change poses countless challenges for farmers, pastoralists, fishers, forest dwellers and others who depend on natural resources for their living. Poor rural communities, especially women, bear the biggest brunt of such climate-related disasters. Yet, the initiatives of these very ...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>The G8 &amp; the Global Forum on Agricultural Research Mobilizing Actions for Impacts</title>
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	By Monty Jones, Chair of GFAR

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	The global fragmentation and under resourcing of agricultural research, education and advisory systems and their weak linkages with wider development processes and farmers, civil society organizations and the private sector remain major bottlenecks constraining the value and impact of agricultural innovation on the lives and livelihoods of the poor.

	
	The L&rsquo;Aquila Joint Statement on Global Food Security recognized that strengthening ...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Climate Change - Enhancing climate resilience of aquatic-agriculture systems in Bangladesh</title>
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	Written by: Manjurul Karim and Michael Phillips-WorldFish Center

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	Moshni is typical of many small villages in the vast coastal delta region of Bangladesh where the Bhramaputra and Meghna rivers meet the Bay of Bengal. Its inhabitants depend largely on agriculture and aquaculture for food, nutrition and income. Rice, fish, shrimp and prawns are commonly grown in low-lying areas, with vegetables and livestock are raised on higher ground. In common with many other villages in ...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Climate Change-Green Revolution on Risk</title>
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	Written by: Maryam Naseer

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	Climate Sustainable Agriculture or eco-friendly environment is on priority of many countries while discussing food security issues, especially feeding 9.1 billion people on a single planet till 2050. While climate change is a global phenomenon, its negative impacts are more severely felt by poor people in developing countries who rely heavily on the natural resource base for their livelihoods. Rural poor communities rely greatly for their survival ...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 07:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Developing a new strategy for ILRI - Your ideas needed</title>
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		In 2012, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are developing a new strategy covering the years 2013-2022. [see their current strategy]
	
		They use this space to share progress and solicit inputs and comments.
	
		In May 2012, ILRI worked up an initial &lsquo;storyline&rsquo; setting out some general directions for their strategy. Please give feedback on this!
	
		They also identified several &lsquo;tough issues&rsquo; where they face some big choices. Tell ILRI ...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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