USAID releases first global water strategy
The United States Agency for International Development has released its 2013-2018 water development strategy that includes aims to improve health and food security.
By 2018, USAID should have reached a minimum of 10 million people with access to safe water and 6 million with access to sanitation services. The agency should have also managed rain-fed and irrigated agriculture systems to increase crop yields.
“This Strategy responds to the need for USAID to focus investments and identify priorities within the wider role that water and watershed management play toward energy, conflict, climate change, education, biodiversity, ecosystems, and economic growth,” the document says.
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