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Improving Access to Water and Sanitation for millions in Ethiopia

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Water and Sanitation
Gender Equality
Africa
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
World Toilet Day on November 19 highlights the dangers of lacking sanitary facilities, and the search for sustainable solutions. With an estimated 419 million people practising "open defecation" worldwide, the need for access to clean, safe toilets for all is more urgent than ever. Which is why AFD is funding a number of initiatives, including two flagship projects in Ethiopia. One will provide 2.6 million people with improved, gender-sensitive sanitation facilities and the second will improve access to water for 1 million people in 45 towns.
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Report

Gabon: Exploiting Forests without Destroying them

Tag Agriculture and Rural Development Biodiversity Africa Gabon
Gabon forêts gestion durable
Whether roads, schools, markets, hospitals: any infrastructure construction in Gabon requires a certain amount of deforestation. The West African country cannot make economic and social progress without exploiting its forests. With the country set to host the One Forest Summit, below we take a look back at an exemplary model of sustainable forest management.
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Decoding

[Feature Report] Forests: As Vital as they are Vulnerable

Tag Biodiversity Climate
forêt Gabon AFD
Whether as vast sources of biodiversity, carbon sinks, or as food sources, forests are vital for life on Earth. But they’re under constant threat by human activities and climate change. In this feature report, we’ll see what’s happening under the forest canopy, to better understand the issues linked to forest conservation – as well as the solutions at hand.
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Interview

Improved Food Security will require More Inter-African Trade

Tag Agriculture and Rural Development Africa
Agriculture RCA
Why is food insecurity again on the rise in Africa? Bio Goura Soulé, co-author of the African Economies in 2023 report, lays out the reasons in detail. The professor and researcher specializing in livestock and pastoralism has studied food and hunger across the continent. As we mark one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine has decimated food exports to developing countries worldwide, Soulé cites a surprising statistic, and identifies some home-grown solutions.
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Through the lens

Agro-Industry in French Guyana

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Agriculture and Rural Development
Latin America
Three Oceans
French Guiana
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In French Guiana, local industry struggles to meet the needs of the agricultural and agro-industrial sector, due to the small size of farms and a continuing lack of processing tools. The result: a sector highly dependent on imports. But the local economic fabric has enjoyed a boost—as well as job prospects for young workers —since the creation of the Yana Wassaï factory, which processes plants endemic to Amazonia, including acai, known locally as “wassaï”.
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