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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Making children resilient to droughts (Mongabay – India)

September 19, 2019


Mongabay (India) reported on children, resilience, and drought. Studying the linkage between climate and child growth is essential because regions and countries will experience more frequent and more severe droughts and floods in the coming years. Senior research fellow Liangzhi You stated that one way to curtail the detrimental effects of climate change  is “Nutritionally diverse crops systems [with] crops that respond differently to drought and extreme events.”

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