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		<title>Drought in the grain basket: A silent agricultural crisis in Nepal’s Madhesh Province </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Nepal’s Madhesh Province, widely known as the nation’s ‘Grain Basket’, an unprecedented monsoon failure in July 2025 has led to a severe drought, disrupting rice transplantation and threatening food security. ICIMOD’s Earth Observation analysis reveals over 40% of rice fields under stress, with potential losses of up to 450,000 metric tons, posing a nationwide economic and food crisis. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Born to Drown? Floods, climate extremes, and a call for action from Madhesh</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vuyasi Rajbhandari]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Lal Bakaiya River in Nepal’s Madhesh Province is no stranger to floods, as rising riverbeds, degraded Chure hills, and unplanned development turn monsoon rains into prolonged disasters. ICIMOD is strengthening local resilience through Community-Based Early Flood Warning Systems (CBFEWS) and innovative gamification of preparedness training, making life-saving knowledge accessible and engaging for all. Combined with integrated watershed management efforts, these initiatives aim to tackle the region’s ‘Too Much Too Little’ water crisis and break the cycle of recurring floods.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra River Basin: building shared benefits and responsibilities across borders</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vuyasi Rajbhandari]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 05:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The newly formed ‘Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra River Basin Network’ seeks to strengthen transboundary cooperation to overcome significant challenges in the region and achieve sustainable development in the region.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Building inclusive disaster resilience: ensuring no-one is left behind</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vuyasi Rajbhandari]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 08:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Viewing disaster risk reduction through a GEDSI lens: actions and tools to make DRR accessible and inclusive to all]]></description>
		
		
		
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