Of Human Waste and Water: Cleaning up Lagos City
In 2007, for the first time in human history, 50 percent of the global population lived in urban areas. The United Nations predicts that this figure will rise to 69 percent by 2050. A significant part...
View ArticleRe-thinking irrigation to fight hunger
Food prices are spiking globally and in Africa one way to ensure food security is to rethink the role of irrigation in agriculture and food production.Achieving food security in Africa is a critical...
View ArticleHow do we manage the environment without compromising efforts to reduce poverty?
I always say, environmental management is woven into something bigger, much bigger than simply saying “Let’s do some good, let’s not pollute.” For me, it’s a question of how we encourage the...
View ArticleFlooding and a Changing Climate in Mozambique
Here in Mozambique, the rainy season has brought disaster for as many as 110,000 people living in the Limpopo Valley, as surging water over recent days has flooded their crops, capsized their towns and...
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