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In South Asia, stakeholders worked together to enhance integrated water resources management in mountainous river basins prone to precipitation extremes.
Tajikistan has overcome the challenges of being a mountainous, landlocked country to make development gains across society.
This is a case study on how to raise awareness and build community ownership among diverse stakeholders for a project to save Nepal’s Bagmati River.
Production potential can be achieved through small-scale irrigation systems powered by a community-driven process.
Create an enabling environment with strong policies, institutions, and financial systems that support solutions that can adapt to changing needs.
A properly functioning market chain and flow of agricultural products are vital to ensuring food and nutrition security amid COVID-19.
Enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of small businesses requires sustained reforms that include digitalization and innovation.
Sustainable farming and efficient water use can enhance high-value crop production and increase farmers’ income even in harsh environments.
The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.
Upskilling through TVET and STEM education can help prepare female workers for the automation of apparel manufacturing in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.