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Benin (Page 2)

West African farmers 'already adapting to climate change'
SCIDEV.NET | 25 Oct 2011
African farmers have developed new cultivation techniques and adopted short-season crop varieties using their own experience and observation to adapt to climate change a workshop in Benin has heard.

Benin Floods Emergency Humanitarian Action Plan Revision
feedproxy.google.com | 09 Feb 2011
This revised Emergency Humanitarian Action Plan (EHAP) updates the initial EHAP launched on 2 November 2010. In accordance with consolidated appeal policy, projects will be counted as part of the 2011 West Africa Regional Consolidated Appeal. The crisis in Benin has evolved more or less as...

Benin | Agriculture | Environmental Impacts | Floods

Nigeria/Benin: Global Warming - Edo Govt to Plant One Million Trees
AllAfrica.com | 02 Dec 2010
Benin — Edo State Government has said it would plant at least million trees a year as a measure to reduce the effect of climate change. The process, according to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, has already started in 2009 with the planting of 250,000 forest tree seedlings in the state forest reserve and later increased to 400,000 at Ologbo and South Ibie Forest Reserve.

Benin | Nigeria | Climate Change Adaptation | Forests and Woodlands

BENIN: Counting the cost of flooding
IRIN News | 09 Nov 2010
DAKAR - Relief agencies and the government of Benin have appealed for US$46.8 million to help the West African nation recover from the worst flooding in nearly 50 years: Agricultural experts have warned of huge damage to land and livelihoods in rural communities. We are talking of farmers losing...

Benin | Floods | Food Security | Water Pollution | Waterborne Diseases

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