India: Climate conversations - women take on drought and pests with virtual science academy
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Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
By working with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) using the latest information technology, women from the Adarsha Mahila Samaikhya organization knew when the dry spell was going to hit and had set up a contingency plan for their villages, reports Alina Paul-Bossuet for AlertNet.
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Drought and Desertification
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Community-based DRR
Early warning
Data and information management
Food security and agriculture
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India