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Conservation Agriculture a Saving Grace for the Kavango Region

In a community where livelihood activities are characterized by agricultural farming, water remains a critical natural resource. It is important for the survival of people, plants, animals and the maintenance of the ecosystem.
  • USAID Resilient Waters
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Good Sanitation Means Healthier Lives

More than half of rural people living in southern Africa do not have access to safe and reliable sanitation. That figure emerged during the development of Botswana’s new National Sanitation Roadmap 2020-2022, the country’s first ever sanitation-focused initiative.
  • USAID Resilient Waters
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USAID Program to Upscale Botswana/South Africa Joint Monitoring Water Quality and Hyacinth Initiative to Other Limpopo River Basin Riparian States

The infestation of water hyacinth in the river system suffocates indigenous aquatic life because it competes for oxygen, mushrooms, ends up blocking and ultimately causes pollution in stagnant water. This presents a major challenge for communities, biodiversity and ecosystems that utilize the waters of the Limpopo.
  • USAID Resilient Waters
Women sitting in a circle, looking over a pile of fish on a beach.
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Building a Food-Secure, Climate-Resilient Future

Senegalese youth are repairing degraded mangrove forests. In the process, they are empowering fishing communities to safeguard their own livelihoods ─ and fight climate change.
  • Winrock International
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Supporting Small Businesses in Off-Grid Areas with Cooling, Energy, and Electricity Mobility Services Powered by Solar

Through Scaling Up Renewable Energy (SURE) Senegal, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide a total of $475,000 in grants to a consortium of Senegalese renewable energy project developers, and commercial and industrial (C&I) agribusinesses and fisheries working in production, processing, and distribution in rural and peri-urban areas.
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Global Study on Disaster Resilience of Airports Phase 1

This report reflects the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure’s efforts to provide an incisive look at the current state of practice of disaster risk management and resilience in airports.
Morning Street Vegetable Stand in Rangoon
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Editor’s Pick: Urban Resources

Explore some of the Agency’s helpful resources on climate and urban development in this Editor’s Pick blog.
  • Climatelinks
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USAID and LIMCOM Prioritize Community Wetland Conservation in Matobo Hills

The Matobo Hills is part of the upper Umzigwane in Zimbabwe, which is a key high-altitude catchment area in the Limpopo river basin. High altitude catchment areas are the main sources of water for a river basin, producing 100 times more water than lower lying areas, and also major storehouses of biodiversity.
  • USAID Resilient Waters