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Food security and livelihood challenges of goat’s extensive-production systems in areas undergoing desertification
(2021)
Undernourishment and food insecurity are still challenges threatening poor urban and rural communities. Approximately 12% of the global population faced severe food insecurity in 2020, representing 928 million people. A ...
Water policy in Chile and Bolivia: a comparative case study
(University of Mississippi, 2017-05)
This thesis addresses three questions: why has universal potable water access not been achieved with the water policy changes made in Bolivia between 1990 and 2000? What can be learned from the water policy changes implemented ...
Water crisis in Petorca basin, Chile: The combined effects of a mega-drought and water management
(MDPI, 2020)
Since 2010, Chile has experienced one of the most severe droughts over the last century, the so-called mega-drought (MD). The MD conditions, combined with intensive agricultural activities and the current water management ...
Water Crisis in Petorca basin, Chile: The combined Effects of a mega-drought and water management
(MDPI, 2020)
Since 2010, Chile has experienced one of the most severe droughts over the last century, the so-called mega-drought (MD). The MD conditions, combined with intensive agricultural activities and the current water management ...
Assessing multidecadal runoff (1970–2010) using regional hydrological modelling under data and water scarcity conditions in Peruvian Pacific catchment
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019-01)
In a context of water scarcity in Peruvian Pacific catchments as a crucial issue for Peru, added to the paucity of data availability, we propose a methodology that provides new perspectives for freshwater availability ...
Sustainability assessment of the agricultural water footprint in the Cachapoal River basin, Chile
(2019)
Amid the growing population, climate change and decreasing water availability, water resources planning faces the challenge of achieving efficient and equitable water use, mainly in food production, its greatest consumer. ...
FOG-WATER COLLECTION IN ARID COASTAL LOCATIONS
(SPRINGER, 1991)
The recent success of a large-scale pilot project to collect fog-water in northern Chile, indicates that this is a resource that should be serioulsy examined for use in certain semi-arid and arid regions of the world. Fifty ...