Sentences with phrase «of rural water»

Included in these are three projects, based in India, Madagascar, and Rwanda that are using a community - based for - profit model to insure that the projects are seen through to fruition; after five years some 40 - 60 % of rural water and sanitation projects fail, according to Global Water Challenge Executive Director Paul Faeth.

Mohamed, Issam A.W. (2010): The economic and environmental factors of water in arid regions: Study of the rural water use in Northern Darfur Region, Sudan.

He also said the Likpe Water Project, which served other towns in the area formed part of the Rural Water and Sanitation Project but had not been properly funded and maintained.

Not exact matches

The second JR concerns the decision by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to grant a revised water discharge consent for the Company's exploration site.

A Stanford University study on rural water systems showed that workers with a stronger sense of psychological ownership have higher job satisfaction and organization - based self esteem.

Jared Schoepf, founder of SafeSIPP SafeSIPP is a social venture addressing three problems facing rural communities in the developing world: transportation, purification and storage of drinking water.

Kamen's device got serious backing in 2012 when Coca - Cola signed a partnership agreement (for undisclosed terms) and pledged to help deliver the Slingshot to rural communities as part of its goal to become «water neutral» by 2020 — replenishing «every drop» of water used in the creation of the company's products.

So far, the device has arrived in nine communities in South Africa and seven in Paraguay, all part of another project — supported by Coca - Cola and a coalition of other companies, including IBM, Qualcomm and UPS — to provide a modular unit called Ekocenter that brings water, power and other basic necessities to rural communities.

In this episode, YPO member Sunil Lalvani, Group Managing Director of the Global Products Group Ltd. and Founder and CEO of Project Maji, shares how he is going to bring sustainable clean water to millions of people in the rural areas of Africa.

Recently, CMIT Solutions of San Antonio SE provided a disaster recovery solution for El Oso Water Supply, a local supplier that many rural communities rely on for safe, clean water service to residences and busineWater Supply, a local supplier that many rural communities rely on for safe, clean water service to residences and businewater service to residences and businesses.

At Nestlé, we have analyzed our value chain and determined that the areas of greatest potential for joint value optimization with society are Nutrition, Water and Rural Development.

A combination of climate change (which has significantly shortened the cycles of drought), massive migration to the cities and market pressures to grow cash crops that require huge amounts of water have depleted India's already taxed water supply for rural areas.

This morning, having just returned again from Uganda and dealing with the rural poverty and lack of clean water, I drove past the dumb sign again and found myself wishing it was a Coca - Cola sign also!

USAID also estimated that fewer than half of Zambians living in rural locations had access to the water they needed for daily tasks.

In his recent budget speech, the Finance Minister pointed out that 40 per cent of our villages do not have proper roads, that 1.8 lakh villages do not have primary schools, that 4.5 lakh villages have drinking water and sanitation problems, that there is a shortage of 140 lakh rural dwellings.

Perhaps more dramatic illustrations are found in hospital wards where a visitor's warm «hello» turns on the light, opens the shutters, straightens the linens, and brightens the faces; or in rural America where a major business transaction is sealed by one man giving his word to another; or in the quiet guidance of Anne Sullivan who with the one word «water» brought Helen Keller into the world of human experience; or in the nation - shaping speeches of Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill.

One hot day some of us were swimming in a rural tank, which is what Texans call a man - made pond for watering cattle.

Nara, in association with Swades Foundation will commemorate the beginning of the Thai New Year, Songkran, by providing drinking water and water facilities to rural households in Raigad district of Maharashtra.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Nabhan points out that with water capacity near its limit for cities and rural agricultural areas, «food security in the Southwest depends upon the security of water supplies being delivered to irrigable land.

Russian River Rising, More Rain on the Way: A driver in a Hummer became trapped in flood waters on a rural road west of Santa Rosa early Monday afternoon, generating a large emergency response including the Sonoma County sheriff's helicopter, a swift - water rescue team and a boat of firefighters...

This helps the company secure supplies of agricultural raw materials it requires, as well as having a positive impact on society by supporting rural development, water conservation, and food security.

«We now have papers on the potato and stonefruit industries, water supply, settlement of rural and regional SA, the Pekina irrigation scheme and the Murray - Darling Basin,» Dr Plowman said.

Environmental water is a highly practical way of protecting and restoring valuable environmental assets that exist in a highly productive irrigated agriculture and urban and rural communities.

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources oversees the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program (SRWUIP) which is a national program investing in rural water use, management and efficiency, including improved water knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environWater Resources oversees the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program (SRWUIP) which is a national program investing in rural water use, management and efficiency, including improved water knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environRural Water Use and Infrastructure Program (SRWUIP) which is a national program investing in rural water use, management and efficiency, including improved water knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environWater Use and Infrastructure Program (SRWUIP) which is a national program investing in rural water use, management and efficiency, including improved water knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environrural water use, management and efficiency, including improved water knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environwater use, management and efficiency, including improved water knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environwater knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environwater purchase for the environment.

We offset one indulgent night at the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai, enjoying a pool the size of Rhode Island, with a week at a homestay in rural Alappuzha, where we took cold - water bucket baths, then ate paratha made by hand and cooked over a fire.

The jury also included experts such as Laura Esquivel, author of the best - seller Like Water for Chocolate, the Basque writer Kirmen Uribe, Cristina Franchini, expert in international law, the rural sociologist Matthew Goldfarb and María Fernanda di Giacobbe, winner of the Basque Culinary World Prize 2016.

International experts in other disciplines joined them including novelist Laura Esquivel, author of the hugely popular novel Like Water for Chocolate; Kirmen Uribe, one of the most widely read and translated Basque language authors; Cristina Franchini, an expert on International Law; Matthew Goldfarb, organic farmer, rural sociologist and expert in sustainable production; and María Fernanda di Giacobbe, winner of the 2016 Basque Culinary World Prize.

We grow and buy certified organic wheat because we believe that organic farming will help to preserve the quality of our soils and water and to maintain the health of our rural communities.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

At the same time, the Greens also committed to drop the FIRB threshold from $ 244m to $ 5m for rural land and ruled out supporting the sale of agricultural land and water rights to wholly owned subsidiaries of foreign governments.

«Parents could begin with a discussion of current events and the news, reading children's books about important historical figures who have championed social equalities, encouraging children to participate in small acts to conserve water and resources, and visits to urban and rural areas,» she says.

Rural women and their infants are at increased risk of disease, and have less access to fuel, clean water, and electricity needed to prepare alternatives to human milk.

Given the structural damage caused by the earthquake to water supply systems, there is an additional risk of water borne diseases affecting large numbers of the urban, rural and displaced populations.

These include the use of child labour, sourcing chocolate from cacao farms which use slave labour, stealing rural water resources in the United States, marketing formula with questionable and sometimes outright illegal claims, etc etc..

According to Mohammed, he said that UNICEF had also provided technical assistance to the state government on procurement, contract management, implementation and monitoring for the provision of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in rural areas.

The hearings would be broad based, but had been raised after a chemical contamination in the rural village of Hoosick Falls was found in the community's water supply.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday reported that it has provided N47.3 million to support the rural water supply and sanitation programme in Sokoto State, Northern part of Nigeria.

The report released by the Senate Health and Senate Environmental Conservation committees, comes more than a year after state officials responded to cases of chemical contamination of water in rural communities like Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh — the result of the area's industrial past.

The Ministry through Community Water and Sanitation Agency will implement Phase 2 of the Sustainable Rural Water Supply Project, which will see to the construction of about 50 small town water pipe schemes and over 300 borehWater and Sanitation Agency will implement Phase 2 of the Sustainable Rural Water Supply Project, which will see to the construction of about 50 small town water pipe schemes and over 300 borehWater Supply Project, which will see to the construction of about 50 small town water pipe schemes and over 300 borehwater pipe schemes and over 300 boreholes.

It is expected that with the implementation of PEWASH, we hope to attain our targets of increased rural water supply and sanitation and health as well as make positive impact on economic growth and human development.»

Tedisco's push comes as the Democratic - led Assembly plans to hold water quality hearings in early September and as the House Oversight Committee is reviewing the state's handling of the contamination concerns in the rural village.

Rural towns and residents will bear the burden of contaminated air and water, and the truck traffic, and the high pressure pipelines needed to transport this gas to LNG facilities.

The high levels of the chemical found in the drinking water in the rural village was reported by The Times Union earlier this year, and the state later declared the area a Superfund site to begin remediation.

Electricity coverage; we moved it significantly to above 80 %, water coverage, same significantly to above 80 % in terms of water coverage from independence to 2009 both rural and urban were hovering about the 50 % s. we take Inflation; just in January it was hovering around 13 % there about, at the time NPP was leaving office it was 18 %.

Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican from the Hudson Valley, announced in a statement earlier in the morning the House panel would investigate the circumstances of a PFOA contamination of the drinking water in the rural village of Hoosick Falls.

Rural phone companies and electric utilities, rural financial institutions, rural farm product marketing companies, companies that provide irrigation water, and lots of the companies that sell goods to farmers, for example, are all organized as cooperatives of either consumers or producers and run on a much more democratic basis than investor owned compaRural phone companies and electric utilities, rural financial institutions, rural farm product marketing companies, companies that provide irrigation water, and lots of the companies that sell goods to farmers, for example, are all organized as cooperatives of either consumers or producers and run on a much more democratic basis than investor owned comparural financial institutions, rural farm product marketing companies, companies that provide irrigation water, and lots of the companies that sell goods to farmers, for example, are all organized as cooperatives of either consumers or producers and run on a much more democratic basis than investor owned comparural farm product marketing companies, companies that provide irrigation water, and lots of the companies that sell goods to farmers, for example, are all organized as cooperatives of either consumers or producers and run on a much more democratic basis than investor owned companies.

Though billed as a hearing on statewide water concerns, much of the morning and early afternoon has been consumed by the PFOA contamination of drinking water in the rural upstate New York village.

Comparatively, Ghana, under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for a period of seven (7) years, between 2009 and 2015, increased Urban water coverage from 58.5 % to 76 % while Rural water coverage was increased from 56.5 % to 76 %.

By close of the year 2008, they left behind water coverage of 58.5 % and 56.5 % for Urban water coverage and Rural water coverage respectively.