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MALAWI: Shrinking lake threatens livelihoods
18 September 2012
(IRIN
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Mposa Village, in south-eastern Malawi’s Machinga District, used to sit on the shores of Lake Chilwa. Now its residents, who have long relied on the lake to earn a living, have to walk two hours to reach its edge.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96329/MALAWI-Shrinking-lake-threatens-livelihoods
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Farmers too hungry to adapt
14 September 2012
(IRIN
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Small farmers in the developing world who are going hungry for long periods of time - in some cases for up to half the year in Ethiopia's Borana region - are failing to find ways to adapt to an increasingly erratic climate, a new survey has found.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96314/CLIMATE-CHANGE-Farmers-too-hungry-to-adapt
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WEST AFRICA: After the drought, floods - and harvest worries
14 September 2012
(IRIN
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An active monsoon and above normal temperatures triggered heavy downpours and flash floods during this year’s rainy season across West Africa and the Sahel, killing hundreds of people, displacing hundreds of thousands more and devastating farms in some of the countries already hit by a severe drought and acute food shortages.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96313/WEST-AFRICA-After-the-drought-floods-and-harvest-worries
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Analysis: Zimbabwe - crisis over?
12 September 2012
(IRIN
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At the height of Zimbabwe’s humanitarian crisis in 2002/2003, more than seven million people were in need of food aid. A decade later, the number of people in need has declined to a million, though it could go up by another 600,000 in 2013.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96289/Analysis-Zimbabwe-crisis-over
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SYRIA: Ten things to watch out for
11 September 2012
(IRIN
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As the world focuses on daily fighting in Syria and the flight of refugees to neighbouring countries, the humanitarian situation inside Syria continues to be under-reported. Here are 10 pressing issues you may have missed:
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96286/SYRIA-Ten-things-to-watch-out-for
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COMOROS: Helping people recover from floods
10 September 2012
(IRIN
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In April, the archipelago nation of Comoros was lashed by its heaviest rains in decades, uprooting families and destroying the crops and incomes of its poorest people. At a donor conference last week, the country, backed by the UN and the South African government, made an appeal for just over US$19 million to help the country get back on its feet.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96276/COMOROS-Helping-people-recover-from-floods
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CITIES: A helping hand for the urban poor
6 September 2012
(IRIN
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With more than half the world now living in urban centres, city residents’ quality of life, vulnerability to natural hazards and diets are matters of growing importance, drawing significant attention at the World Urban Forum in Naples, Italy, this week.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96256/CITIES-A-helping-hand-for-the-urban-poor
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In Brief: CAR refugees face urgent needs in DRC
5 September 2012
(IRIN
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More than 1,700 people who fled attacks in the Central African Republic (CAR) have streamed into neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, aid agencies say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96249/In-Brief-CAR-refugees-face-urgent-needs-in-DRC
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KENYA: Looming tax break loss alarms farmers
4 September 2012
(IRIN
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Reintroducing VAT on farm inputs, many of which are already priced beyond the reach of most Kenyan small-scale farmers, could undermine agricultural production and threaten food security, experts and farmers say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96241/KENYA-Looming-tax-break-loss-alarms-farmers
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FOOD: Another strain of deadly wheat fungus in South Africa
3 September 2012
(IRIN
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As the world’s supply of staple grains grows tight, scientists are learning about the discovery in South Africa of yet another deadly variant of Ug99 stem rust, a virulent fungal disease that can devastate wheat crops within weeks.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96231/FOOD-Another-strain-of-deadly-wheat-fungus-in-South-Africa
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