Food security and agriculture

Activities aimed to ensure access to and availability of adequate food supplies and the preservation of agricultural livelihoods under the pressures of climate hazards and food chains threats.

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Documents and publications

4 August 2011

Briefing on the Horn of Africa drought: climate change and future impacts on food security

This briefing explores the links between the 2010/2011 drought in the Horn of Africa and recent climate trends, and how climate change might impact on food security in the region in the future. It asserts that whilst the current drought has been caused by

by Flickr user GlobeTripper, Creative Commons BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/globetripper/5317197373/

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3 August 2011

Jamaica taps into Adaptation Fund

The Adaptation Fund Board gave the go-ahead and earmarked US$9.995 million for the implementation of a programme that will enhance the climate resilience of the agriculture sector and improve institutional and local level capacity for sustainable management of the natural resources in disaster risk reduction in Jamaica...

Jamaica Observer, the

Documents and publications

3 August 2011

Draft good practice principles for cross border programming in the drylands of the horn of Africa

This paper takes into consideration the cross border movements and dynamics particularly within the context of implementing drought risk reduction programs, as what happens on one side of the border affects the other. It (i) introduces cross border

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1 August 2011

Colombia: agricultores, los primeros con un plan de adaptación

En Colombia azucareros, caficultores, palmicultores, entre otros, están comprometidos con estrategias de adaptación al cambio climático...

El Espectador

by Flickr user Save the Children, Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/savethechildrenusa/5912004723/

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1 August 2011

Africa views - disaster risk reduction is a priority in East Africa

This view from Africa - from Kelly Hawrylyshyn, Disaster Risk Reduction Deputy Manager at Plan UK - addresses the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net) in East Africa and urges to take preventative action to address the real causes of this recurring problem...

Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org

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27 July 2011

Namibia's satellite centre to warn of disaster threats

A new satellite data centre in Namibia will help farmers prepare for droughts, floods, bushfires and pests, reports SciDevNet. 'We can predict where problems are popping up' said said Marina Coetzee, a researcher at EOSA-RTC and a senior lecturer at the polytechnic...

Science and Development Network

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26 July 2011

El Perú indígena pide políticas de adaptación al cambio climático

En Perú la alianza indígena, quiere que el nuevo gobierno de Ollanta Humala que tomará posesión el próximo jueves 28 de Julio, emprenda políticas de adaptación al cambio climático...

Agencia EFE, S.A.

Documents and publications

26 July 2011

TorqAid diagrammatic framework for disaster risk management

This article summarises diagrams which are used to discuss the key elements of disaster risk management (DRM). These include the Disaster Risk Management Cycle (DRMC), and the Effective Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) diagram. The DRMC outlines the key initiatives carried out both in the Emergency Response and the Recovery Stages of a disaster; the effective DRR diagram suggests that there are five complementary factors which constitute DRR, one of these being DRM initiatives. The paper also includes a DRM planning diagram, which illustrates how government DRM plans, particularly at lowest levels, are complemented by NGO community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) initiatives.