Meanwhile, drought alone was having a devastating impact on an additional nine regions.

In Sudan, IFAD has funded research into cash and forage crop varieties that are resistant to drought, salinity and poor soil conditions.

CABDA proceeds through specific areas of intervention such as the introduction of drought resistant crops and new methods of food production such as agro forestry.

(a) Existing EWSs and institutional networks should be fully utilized for the development of operational EWSs for both drought and desertification.

6. Encourages the Government of Ethiopia to continue to strengthen its efforts to address the underlying structural causes of recurrent threats of drought as part of its overall economic development programme

In addition to the political problems facing the country, drought had adversely affected livestock exports over the past four years.

Encourages the Government of Ethiopia to continue to strengthen its efforts to address the underlying structural causes of recurrent threats of drought as part of its overall economic development programme

New drought tolerant maize varieties, for example, are already benefiting more than two million smallholder farmers in Africa.

Emphasizing the need to address the crisis, bearing in mind the importance of the transition from relief to development, and acknowledging the underlying structural causes of recurrent drought in Ethiopia,

Emphasizing the need to address the crisis, bearing in mind the importance of the transition from relief to development, and acknowledging the underlying structural causes of recurrent drought in Ethiopia,

Some Parties proposed developing national drought policies to mitigate the adverse impacts of periodic droughts and indicated their need for a warning system to monitor the effects of drought.

Among the technology options for rural sanitation, for example, dry latrines conserve water, offering particular benefits in arid or drought prone areas.

Deeply concerned that the collateral effects of the ongoing drought continue to worsen, as evidenced by the high levels of malnutrition ranging from 19 to 22 per cent,

During the period under review, the Provinces of Kirundo and Muyinga were hit by drought and famine, and the social tension was manifested by strikes of the medical personnel, civil servants and others.

At the same time, technologies like water filtration systems, drought resistant seeds, renewable energy, and the Internet have the potential to fulfill the basic needs of a crowded planet better than any empire could.

So it turns out that the very same technology is also being used to grow new lines of corn, wheat, soybean and other crops that are highly tolerant of drought, of flood, of pests and pesticides.

Deeply concerned that the collateral effects of drought continue to worsen, as evidenced by the high levels of malnutrition ranging from 19 to 22 per cent,

Deeply concerned that the collateral effects of the ongoing drought continue to worsen, as evidenced by the high levels of malnutrition ranging from 19 to 22 per cent,

As a result of drought and heat, more than 500 wildfires have raged out of control, smothering Moscow in smoke and threatening several nuclear facilities.

We also said that the 21st century would see shifting climate zones, creation of drought prone regions in North America and Asia, erosion of ice sheets, rising sea levels and opening of the fabled Northwest Passage.

More targeted initiatives are being carried out in some countries to develop unconventional varieties of cereals and other plant varieties suited to drought and the specific conditions of arid and semi arid areas.

Some efforts have been made at regional level, however, and it has been decided in particular to set up an observatory on drought and desertification in countries of the AMU and the CILSS.

In the interests of sustainable development, Kenya had taken legislative and policy measures on environmental management, biodiversity, early warning systems, drought preparedness and monitoring, climate change and the ozone layer.

Decides to set up a special emergency account at the OIC General Secretariat to collect, in keeping with the request of the Government of Niger, Member State's contributions in order to overcome the immediate and dramatic effects of the drought.

A technical workshop on drought preparedness in the Balkans within the context of the UNCCD was organized in October 2004 in Romania in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization.

Gravely concerned at the magnitude of the recurrent drought, which affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Concerned by the recurrent drought, which still affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country and the pastoralist areas that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Concerned by the recurrent drought, which still affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country and the pastoralist areas that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Concerned by the recurrent drought, which still affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country and the pastoralist areas that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Concerned by the recurrent drought, which still affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country and the pastoralist areas that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Gravely concerned at the magnitude of the current drought, which may affect up to fifteen million people owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Concerned by the recurrent drought, which still affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country and the pastoralist areas that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Following the example of Mongolia, where pastoralists can purchase private insurance to protect against the loss of herds from drought, microcredit programs could be established to insure pastoralists against similar risks and thus provide funds for restocking after a disaster.

For example, about one in 10 cells migrate to the top of these fruiting bodies and differentiate into a specialised dormant state called myxospores, which are more resistant to drying and other adverse environmental conditions than are ordinary cells.

Obama s claim about record droughts similarly fails even on a cursory level the United States has in all academic estimates been getting wetter over the century (with the 1930 s dust bowl setting the drought high point).

And when billions of our actions combine to create famines and floods halfway around the world, afflicting the poorest people in drought prone Mali and Kenya, few of us are even dimly aware of the dangerous snares of global interconnectedness.

While technical progress is reported in such areas as improving farm productivity, irrigation, soil conservation and drought resistant species, more systematic relationships with centres of excellence in the North should strengthen capacities in affected African country Parties.