This book covers the entire Nile Basin and reflects the latest findings. It provides unique and
cutting-edge insights into the region's agriculture water resources governance poverty
productivity upstream-downstream linkages innovations future plans and their
implications.Many international summits and conferences have declared that there is an urgent
need to save agriculture from its demise. Most international agencies now recognize that
something must be done but what? Beyond policy changes the restructuring of global governance
and institutional reforms are called for. Commitments must be translated into concrete actions
leading to a renewed interest in agriculture and a return to the basic objective of achieving
food security.
