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USOI Landslide Dam and Lake Sarez

An Assessment of Hazard and Risk in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

Series: ISDR Prevention Series
( Print: October 2000 )

Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...

Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...


Providing Food Security for All

Series: IFAD Studies in Rural Poverty
( Print: September 1991 )

This study by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) examines global food security focused at the household level. Filled with dozens of charts and tables including a food security...

This study by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) examines global food security focused at the household level. Filled with dozens of charts and tables including a food security...


Ghana Under Structural Adjustment

the Impact on Agriculture and the Rural Poor

Series: IFAD Studies in Rural Poverty
( Print: April 1992 )

Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ghanaian economy, providing food for its population and accounting for a large part of the nation's foreign exchange earnings. This study looks at rural poverty and...

Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ghanaian economy, providing food for its population and accounting for a large part of the nation's foreign exchange earnings. This study looks at rural poverty and...