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Concluding Thoughts

I want to take this time for reflection. This post is dedicated to 3 main reflections.  Physical variabilities in Africa require consistent and adequate water management to ensure food security. However, t ransboundary water management is difficult to enforce because of politics, laws and the variability of Africa’s nations.  Climate change will exacerbate this variability.  This highlights the need for strategies to be tailed to address the issues of each region (taking into account all stakeholders) as opposed to adopting a continental scale one-size fits all approach. For example, large-scale engineering solutions are not viable in many African nations due to the financial costs. As there is no single solution to tackle food and water security, a myriad of solutions should be implemented in order to account for the variability in the both physical and socioeconomic characterises of African nations.  I have done my best to provide an unbiased account of the occurrences in Africa. A

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