Overlapping projects and multiple sources to mitigate household water insecurity in rural areas in the semi-arid region of Brazil

Resilience of semi-arid rural socio-environmental systems - Crossed points of view from Brazil and Africa / Résilience des systèmes socio-environnementaux ruraux semi-arides - Regards croisés Brésil et Afrique. Coordonnateurs : Julien Burte, Eduardo SPR Martins, Marcel Kuper, Sami Bouarfa, Jean-Yves Jamin

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Issue		Cah. Agric. Volume 35, 2026 Resilience of semi-arid rural socio-environmental systems - Crossed points of view from Brazil and Africa / Résilience des systèmes socio-environnementaux ruraux semi-arides - Regards croisés Brésil et Afrique. Coordonnateurs : Julien Burte, Eduardo SPR Martins, Marcel Kuper, Sami Bouarfa, Jean-Yves Jamin


Article Number		6
Number of page(s)		12
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2026002
Published online		17 mars 2026

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