Rapid population growth and natural resource degradation in the Nile River Basin pose the risk of intensified hunger and poverty in the region and require better, more forward-looking development planning to prevent that from happening, FAO said today. The warning came as the UN agency presented governments in the region with the results of a decade-long project financed by the government of Italy that aims to put critical information and planning tools into the hands of development authorities and natural resource mangers so they can start turning the situation around. Read More
