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Zambia seeks to plug water wastage by harvesting rain
Zambia plans to build new dams and boreholes, making the most of rainfall to boost hydropower and irrigation
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Hot weather sweetens harvest for Kenya’s mango farmers
“We use the hot sun as a blessing,” says one farmer, who has seen his harvest grow 40 percent in the last five years
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Burkina Faso’s farmers get weather information at their fingertips
With increasingly erratic weather patterns, it has become urgent for farmers to know when to sow or what seeds to use.
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Forum theatre: acting out challenges
An introduction to improvisational theatre at the BRACED 2016 Annual Learning Event in Dakar
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In a home-grown innovation, Pakistani village rises above flood woes
Fed up with homes being repeatedly inundated, a remote Pakistan village has come up with a creative way to cut risks
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Armed with smartphones and boots, Niger youths map flood risks
A team of "investigators" have been plotting flood-prone areas on their smartphones in two of Niamey's districts.
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As drought makes harvests uncertain, Kenya’s farmers mull a seed change
Using imported seed, "you are not sure if you will harvest enough to offset the costs" - so local seed is gaining ground, farmers say
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To fight hunger, Somali farmers turn to Ugandan roots
Could growing cassava and sweet potato help Somali families become more resilient to drought?
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Can crowd funding help scale up solar power for Africa's poor?
Crowd funding investments in developing countries are predicted to exceed $96 billion a year within a decade - World Bank
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Village women transform into clean energy entrepreneurs in Nepal initiative
There are many slogans to empower women. But in reality little has been done
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