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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Listers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sharing a story, written by Reuters Foundation, of one of our projects in Uganda that is transforming the way communities receive climate/weather information to make critical farming decisions. Digital and non-digital
technologies are being explored. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This goes to show the power of ICTs/mobile technology, which can go beyond “money transfer” needs to addressing food insecurity, an issue that we’re currently grappling with as a country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">COMESA has shown interest in scaling the system through one of their ongoing climate change adaptation projects in the region. For more details see the link </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#073763"><a href="http://www.trust.org/item/20140206191047-2fyx7/?source=hptop" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.trust.org/item/20140206191047-2fyx7/?source=hptop</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Edith Ofwona Adera<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Senior Program Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Climate Change and Water, Agriculture and Envionment Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">International Development Research Centre|Centre de recherches pour le d�veloppement international<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa | Bureau R�gional de l’Afrique Subsaharienne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Physical Address: Eaton Place, United Nations Crescent, Gigiri
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<span style="color:#0070C0">www.crdi.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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