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		<title>Farmers in Senegal Use Forecasts to Combat Climate Risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="110" src="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/8467543693_2ecf0878f7_z-150x110.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Participants in the December 2012 Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia workshop in Senegal visit farmers in Kaffrine that received climate forecasts for the first time in 2011. Photo by Alexa Jay, CCAFS" />Recent trainings in Senegal have improved trust between farmers and researchers, leading to increased use of climate forecasts and other information.]]></description>
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		<title>Watering the World&#8217;s Crops, Drop by Drop</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin Krajick</dc:creator>
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		<title>A Famine Foretold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
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		<title>New report: Reducing climate risks with index insurance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/23/new-report-reducing-risks-with-index-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco Fiondella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know climate has always presented a challenge to farmers, herders, fishermen and others whose livelihoods are closely linked to their environment&#8211;particularly in developing countries. A type of insurance called index insurance shows some promise as a climate-risk management tool, according to the latest Climate and Society publication from Columbia&#8217;s International Research Institute for Climate [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/23/new-report-reducing-risks-with-index-insurance/">...</a>]]]></description>
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