FORESTS AND WATER IN AFRICA: THEIR LINKS WITH FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION
1. Degradation of natural resources is a significant constraint to sustainable agricultural development in many developing countries. In particular, water scarcity is a major threat to achieving food security and reducing poverty. Better water management, therefore, is critical to reaching international targets to halve the proportion of people without access to drinking water by 2015.
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Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2004
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Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AD461E http://www.fao.org/3/a-ad461e.pdf |
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