occurred since then, critically assessing the evolving pressures on the Basin resources I thank the Nile Basin Initiative Secretari- and effects in terms on sustainable uti- at who prepared the report with support lisation of the Basin’s water and related from GIZ, on behalf of the European Un- resources, and tracking progress towards ion and the German Federal Government overcoming the main Basin. [...] The report gives pol- scription of the state of the Nile Basin in a icy makers, senior government officials, comparable manner, which will progress and the international development com- and the impacts of development to be as- munity a basis for well-informed deci- sessed through future State of the Basin sion-making. [...] a secure water supply is among the prin- cipal factors that have prevented farm- Hence, the state of the agricultural sector ers in many parts of the rainfed zone of has direct and profound implications for the Basin from adopting modern farming attaining water security in the Nile Basin. [...] In the context of << Climate change ever, the extent of future climate change the Nile Basin, strengthening climate re- poses serious in the Nile region is yet unclear, and dif- silience will also strengthen resilience risks to the social, ferent parts of the Basin will be affected to the natural variability of the climate economic, and in different ways. [...] These in- number of ways the Basin and the size of the catchment clude, but are not limited to: of achieving area, the Nile is a small river in terms of water security volume of discharge.
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