Peanuts struggling grow in dry soil in Haiti. (©Fran Afonso/Progressio)
15 October 2013
World Food Day: Water is the vital ingredient
Progressio's Environment Policy Officer, Lis Wallace, writes: I've always been an avid baker. When...
Haiti, Water, Dominican Republic, Environment, Food security project
Placide and Marie-Jocelyne in Lamine Haiti
3 October 2013
Getting emotional about climate change: a response to the IPCC report
Progressio's Esther Trewinnard writes: A few years ago, I took a friend of mine who was visiting...
Climate change, Water, Environment
Women take part in an Environment Africa workshop, Zimbabwe
20 August 2013
How the World Bank can help waterproof agriculture for smallholder farmers
Progressio's Environment Policy Officer, Lis Wallace, is lobbying the World Bank to help waterproof...
Zimbabwe, Water, Environment
Farmers in community food garden in Zimbabwe
17 May 2013
Sustainable development: Let's start from what farmers know
Last month I was privileged to attend an international conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Climate...
Zimbabwe, Climate change, Malawi, Environment, Gender
Girl collecting water in Zimbabwe
4 April 2013
The great water grab
Are land grabs also taking precious water from poor communities? For too long, water has been a...
Water, Environment
Women and children celebrate tree planting
4 April 2013
Climate change with and without Mercy
Climate change hits home with a harsher reality when you live close to the land or the sea, whether...
Climate change, Water, Malawi, Environment

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