Latest additions to the knowledge base

Crop failures, economic shocks and loss of livelihoods will intensify in sub-Saharan Africa due to climate change. However, with climate-smart policies, crop production can increase by over 500%, with positive results for food security and livelihoods.

A CABI-led study has developed the first forecasting models targeting the larval stages of fall armyworm– using near real-time earth observation data and pest occurrence within a farmer's field, the models will assist in the fight against the pest.

Index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) can protect livestock keepers from drought-related asset losses. This safety-net mechanism was developed in response to increasingly severe and frequent droughts in East Africa.

This blog shares insights from the flood light activation in Zambia that took place from February 18th until February 24th 2021.

The National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP) hosted a webinar exchange with over 60 participants about “Integrating Climate Risks in the Water Sector” with a focus on NAP formulation.

This paper uses nationally representative, three-wave household-level panel data to investigate questions.

This is a contribution to the GAR Special Report on Drought 2021. The study focusses on drought-affected population in Angola, drought-induced crop yield losses in UR Tanzania and drought-related hydropower losses in Zambia.

The aim of this needs assessment was to determine the main challenges transport planners and decisionmakers encounter in meeting the mobility needs of disadvantaged groups in the four project countries of Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia.