The report assesses challenges facing the wider uses of renewable energy technologies in water services.
Sri Lanka is looking toward aquaculture for rural economic diversification and increased food production, especially in the northern and eastern provinces recently liberated from civil conflict.
Although India is a signatory to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and has put in place a number of policies aimed at reducing the demand for tobacco products, the tobacco industry still benefits from strong institutional support.
Indigenous communities involved in fisheries and aquaculture are among the most food insecure in the Bolivian Amazon. Although fish could be the main source of protein, it is often not part of the local diet.
The Pampas in Argentina and Chaco in Paraguay constitute one of South America's most important global grain suppliers.
More than 700 million people depend on aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) for their livelihood.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major cause of death in Peru, accounting for 60% of deaths in 2010. Unhealthy diet is one of the four major risk factors for NCDs.
Childhood obesity is a major global public health concern. Rates of obese and overweight children have increased in low- and middle-income countries such as Guatemala.
Cardiovascular disease causes about 100,000 deaths and 250,000 events in Argentina each year. The cost to the country is more than CA$1 billion.
Pakistan's devastating 2010 Indus basin floods left approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's land area underwater and directly affected about 20 million people.