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“Recovery lending” helps disaster-stricken African farmers get back on track

14 August 2017

When disaster strikes, credit can be impossible for African farmers to get. Is “recovery lending” the solution?

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This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
28 July 2017
Which humanitarian topics are on IRIN’s radar and should be on yours? Check out our curation of upcoming events, topical reports, opinion, and quality journalism:
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This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
21 July 2017
Which humanitarian topics are on IRIN’s radar and should be on yours? Check out our curation of upcoming events, topical reports, opinion, and quality journalism:

Climate-friendly farming solution fizzles in Zimbabwe
18 July 2017 Feature
Mobile magistrates are Iraq's new frontline fighters
18 July 2017 Feature
In Nigeria, healing the scars of war might curtail its spread
13 July 2017 Feature

Feature

In Kenya’s drylands, education is an insurance policy for some
29 June 2017
Making education a bigger part of the toolkit for farming communities adapting to climate change is important but no easy sell
Analysis

Two cheers for UN transparency
28 June 2017
The UN opens up a lot of its spending data to public scrutiny, way more than most aid agencies. But there’s a catch.
Feature

Taking the fight against Boko Haram to the airwaves
27 June 2017
A radio station is giving voice to millions caught up in the Boko Haram insurgency. And that’s just the beginning…
Feature

How the Lebanese school system is segregating refugees
27 June 2017
So-called ”second shift” education is supposed to give Syrian refugees in Lebanon a better start, but is it sowing division?
Analysis

The "New Way of Working": Bridging aid's funding divide
9 June 2017
Can humanitarian and development plans merge?
Special Report

Surveillance for good? Facebook tracks disaster victims
8 June 2017
Good or bad, Facebook’s “disaster maps” represent a new level of engagement between Silicon Valley and the humanitarian sector

The little shrub making a big difference in rural Senegal
5 June 2017 Feature
Vietnam’s response to climate change? A shrimp and mangrove cocktail
23 May 2017 Feature
Fact file: Climate change adaptation finance
22 May 2017 News
Seeds of rural renewal sown in Senegal
8 May 2017 Feature
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4 May 2017 Opinion
Flood-ridden Nigeria farmers need more help adapting to climate change
3 May 2017 Feature

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