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Ethiopia: Farmer Finds Smart Way to Get Through Droughts
WFP, 12 December 2014
Zemada Kebeb is a farmer living in Ethiopia's drought-prone Tigray region. In the past, recurring droughts threatened to push her and her four children into chronic hunger. But… Read more »
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Africa: Continent Urged to Use Its Low Carbon Economy
IPS, 23 October 2014
By leveraging knowledge about climate change, through adopting improved agriculture technologies and using water and energy more effectively, Africa can accelerate its march… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Climate-Driven Migration Increasing Disease Burden in Ethiopia
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 3 November 2014
When increasingly erratic weather ruined his crops of maize, wheat and barley in highland Maksegni, the middle-aged farmer migrated to Metemma, in northwest Ethiopia, to look for… Read more »
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Ethiopia: 'The Truth Is That All Problems Have Solutions' - Even Climate Change
IPS, 24 August 2012
Eight years ago Kenbesh Mengesha earned an uncertain income collecting firewood from local government forests and selling them to her fellow slum-dwellers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.… Read more »
Climate Change in Ethiopia
When increasingly erratic weather ruined his crops of maize, wheat and barley in highland Maksegni, the middle-aged farmer migrated to Metemma, in northwest Ethiopia, to look for work in the lowland area's commercial sesame and cotton plantations.
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A recent study has found that cassava, a traditional root crop that is a staple for millions of Africans, could prove to be a key factor in helping farmers deal with climate ... Read more »
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Women are affected by climate change especially in the area of sanitation, flooding, drought and food security and in many parts of Africa climate change threatens to unravel ... Read more »
