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Mr. Hazare rose to prominence when he gave up his career in the military to transform his home village in the western state of Maharashtra into a national model of sustainable development, promoting efficient water management and stopping locals in the drought-prone area from turning to alcohol.

Support Swells for Indian Hunger Striker Amol Sharma 2011

Its garden of wild flowers and California natives is entirely in keeping with the requirements of drought-prone northern California.

Theodora Kroeber 2010

And on water risk, a growing issue for drought-prone areas of both China and the United States, we are pioneering the application of a new database-driven risk mapping and mitigation tool, Aqueduct, in the Yellow River Basin in northern China.

Manish Bapna: Opening Doors to U.S.-China Cooperation on Energy and Environment Manish Bapna 2011

If more smallholder farmers in drought-prone regions grew improved varieties of dryland crops, their communities would be better prepared for prolonged dry spells and scarce rain.

Small seed packets could play big role in Africa's battle against drought 2011

Over the next few decades, he gained wide acclaim in his home state and at the national level for transforming his once drought-prone, impoverished village to a prosperous model village by encouraging sustainable farming and rural life as envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian Independence leader often referred to as Gandhiji.

Anna Hazare Styled a Life of Public Action After Gandhi 2011

There are thousands of Americans (judging from the popular online communities), and even more Australians (it's popular in this drought-prone country because aquaponics uses 80-90% less water than traditional agriculture) who are growing fish in a symbiotic environment with their vegetables.

Kirsten Dirksen: Farm Fish in Your Backyard: DIY Aquaponic System Uses Fish Poo to Fertilize Vegetables (VIDEO) Kirsten Dirksen 2011

Each has been criticised by communities, courts, and developing countries, for depleting water supplies in drought-prone areas and for allegedly poisoning water with pesticides.

Pepsi takes fight with Coca-Cola into potato fields John Vidal 2010

Afghanistan is an impoverished, drought-prone landlocked country destabilized by decades of war, suffering from water stress, from a lack of schooling and from desperately inadequate infrastructure.

Jeffrey Sachs Grinnell Speech: 'Let Us Invest In Peace More Than In War' (FULL TEXT) 2010

In this drought-prone region where rain is scarce, most of the river's flow is diverted for agricultural use and other needs.

Environmentalists say pollution makes baptism at sacred spot in Jordan River unsafe 2010

Afghanistan is an impoverished, drought-prone landlocked country destabilized by decades of war, suffering from water stress, from a lack of schooling and from desperately inadequate infrastructure.

Jeffrey Sachs Grinnell Speech: 'Let Us Invest In Peace More Than In War' (FULL TEXT) The Huffington Post News Team 2010