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SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) as a regional centre for agriculture research and development initiated series of regional studies and consultations on emerging issues impeding agricultural development. The efforts have resulted in publication of 16 manuscripts which are of relevance to agricultural researchers, extensioninst, policy makers and farmers as well.
The SAC has uploaded the...
Mountain Research and Development (MRD) plans to contribute to the UN’s International Year of Family Farming 2014. We are seeking policy- and practice-oriented, well-validated insights into effective arrangements for advancing and enhancing family farms.
MRD is also calling for sound analyses of organizational aspects of family farming in the political, economic, and...
About 75 per cent of emerging economies in the Asia-Pacific region suffer from low levels of water security, with millions still living without safe water supplies and sanitation facilities, according to a study published this week (13 March).
The Asian Water Development Outlook 2013, prepared by the...
This is to announce a new online resource: The MAGICC6 climate model. You will be able to select or upload your own emission scenario, calculate greenhouse gas concentrations, radiative forcing and global-mean/hemispheric temperatures online.
Aside from being a great educational resource for schools, university classes and projects, MAGICC is used in high-profile research and...
Ce présent rapport couvre la période allant de janvier 2012 à décembre 2013. Il a pour objectif d’informer les parties prenantes du processus du développement durable en montagne, le Gouvernement du Mali, tous les pays et partenaires impliqués (nationales ou internationales) des résultats atteints dans la période. Il souligne aussi...
Canberra, Australia, 25 June 2013 - Scientists from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, are applying their knowledge in transboundary river basin management to improve the livelihoods of people living in some of the poorest parts of Asia. CSIRO and its partners have begun work in the Koshi River Basin which stretches from China, across the Himalayas through Nepal...
In the most vulnerable regions of our planet, the impacts of extreme weather events such as floods and droughts threaten lives and livelihoods. The most affected regions include large deltas, small islands, and exposed coastal regions, as well as arid and semiarid lands, and areas affected by glacier and...
The Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance extends its 2013’s summer programme once again to offer a Sustainable Energy Finance Summer Academy with a strong African focus, this time in Mombasa, Kenya from the 20 – 25 October 2013! Through an innovative combination of practical and theoretical coursework, the Centre's...
The Mountain Research Initiative and the DendroLab at the University of Nevada/Reno will hold in Reno a Global Fair and Workshop on Mountain Observatories, examining how we gather data on mountain social, biological and abiotic systems. It will also be an opportunity to visit state-of-the-art observing sites in the Lake Tahoe region of the Sierra Nevada on the border of California and Nevada...
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