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This paper aims to examine the approach used to involve stakeholders in the climate information services (CIS) uptake process in Senegal. The study analyzed the experiences and lessons learnt in the country where various CIS products were introduced using

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The core objective of the project is to build the resilience of food-insecure smallholders through an integrated risk management approach which includes weather index insurance, assets creation, credit and savings interventions, and climate services.

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Since the institution of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) in 2009, the need to deliver climate services has become mainstream (and expected) amongst National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) and climate science research

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This paper investigates to what extent and how micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries are adapting to climate risks. This paper uses a questionnaire survey to collect data from 325 SMEs in the semi-arid regions of Kenya

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In the context of increasing climate-related extreme events and other crises, the concept of adaptive social protection (ASP) has been recognized as a potentially effective policy response to reduce the impacts of these shocks and stressors on vulnerable

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L’élaboration de la Stratégie Nationale de Développement Economique et Social (SNDES) pour la période 2013-2017 obéit à la volonté politique d’inscrire le Sénégal sur la trajectoire de l’émergence et à la nécessaire prise en compte des préoccupations des

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This case study reviews the main shocks and crises affecting the Sahel region of west Africa. It explores the regional approach to addressing a specific type of crisis, that of food insecurity, and whether and how social protection contributes to that

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This document provides a compendium of the main findings and lessons learnt from food security climate analyses undertaken by WFP and partners under the Climate Adaptation Management and Innovation Initiative (C-ADAPT).

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