With 800 million people going to bed hungry every night, countries combating hunger must build better food systems that raise agricultural productivity in rural areas, invest in improving nutritional outcomes for young children and pregnant women, and boost climate-smart agriculture that can withstand a warmer planet, says a World Bank Group rep

The researchers present high spatial-resolution trends of the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI), potential evapotranspiration (PET), and selected climate variables from 1979–2013 for the contiguous United States in order to gain an understanding of recent drought trends and their climatic forcings. Based on a spatial grouping analysis, four regions of increasing (upper Midwest, Louisiana, southeastern United States (US), and western US) and decreasing (New England, Pacific Northwest, upper Great Plains, and Ohio River Valley) drought trends based on Mann–Kendall Z values were found.

Researchers find that L.A. County's potable water use is still almost twice as high as average European city

The objective of this study was to analyze the changes and uncertainties related to water availability in the future (for purposes of this study, it was adopted the period
between 2011 and 2040), using a stochastic approach, taking as reference a climate 5 projection from the climate model Eta CPTEC/HadCM3. The study was applied to the
Ijuí river basin in the south of Brazil.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti launched a "Save the Drop" campaign on Thursday, seeking to rally residents of California's most populous city behind water-saving measures in the face of a devastat

Government says it is alive to the hunger threat in the country following reports of failed crops in some parts of the country.

(Reuters) - California on Wednesday moved to tighten already stringent regulations on how much water can flow through toilets and faucets, part of the state's effort to respond to prolonged drought

Taking a significant step that could help it counter Opposition criticism that it is insensitive to farmers, the government has hiked compensation amounts for crop loss due to natural disasters and

The Consortium of Indian Farmers’ Association (CIFA) has urged the government to implement the river inter-linking project in a time-bound manner.

Taiwan launched water rationing in some major cities on Wednesday as the island battled its worst drought in over a decade.

It follows the lowest rainfall in nearly 70 years.

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