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Preparing for the next dry year

New research suggests that droughts in Pakistan are cyclical The vast farmlands of Pakistan are sustained by the Indus Basin Irrigation System; the largest contiguous...
Photo: Claudia Ringler (IFPRI)

Tapping Africa’s groundwater potential

The subcontinent has lots of groundwater, but most farmers cannot get to it. For millions of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), access to sufficient...