Syria

Jordan’s first female plumbers breaking taboos and helping to solve the country’s water crisis

Jordan’s first female plumbers breaking taboos and helping to solve the country’s water crisis

Jordan’s first female plumbers are helping reduce water waste in a country where water is scarce....
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Innovative solutions to food and nutrition issues in densely populated urban areas

Innovative solutions to food and nutrition issues in densely populated urban areas

In Lebanon, the impact of the Syrian crisis on food security is particularly concerning. According...
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Nexus to Migration | 3rd MedSpring Digital Workshop

The third Digital Workshop focused on the relationship between resources––food, water and energy––...
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Syria conflict: The biblical river at the heart of a water war

The flashpoint for Syria's war, six years old this March, has in recent days taken the form of an...
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How a flow of people affects the flow of water

Refugee exodus reshapes the Syrian hydrological landscape. While the human cost of the war in Syria...
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Remembrance of tastes past: Syria’s disappearing food culture

In February 2013, Ebtisam Masto fled Syria with her six children. They crossed the border to...
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Providing Water for Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Four years ago, I wrote an article questioning whether Jordan had enough water to handle the influx...
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Moroccan vault protects seeds from climate change and war

Should a doomsday agricultural crisis hit the world’s driest environments, scientists and farmers...
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Can urban agriculture help to save east Aleppo?

After devastating bombardments in Aleppo following the collapse of the September ceasefire...
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Syrian seed bank gets new home away from war

Ancient genes will soon be available to researchers again, but the move poses its own challenges. A...
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How Scientists Are Ensuring Syria’s Seeds Survive War and Climate Change

Between climate change and war, the Middle East’s agricultural history and diversity are under...
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