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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.

Crop resistance and household resilience – The case of cassava and sweetpotato in the Philippines
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Two African men inspecting lettuce crops and a mango tree nursery on the fertile banks of the Niger river close to Niamey.
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Three ways to de-risk investments in climate-resilient agriculture

Agriculture is on the frontlines of climate change impacts. Droughts, floods, erratic rainfall and seasonal changes are already affecting crop yields, livestock productivity and rural livelihoods, particularly in developing countries.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Anticipating and monitoring water risks for agriculture

This paper examines water risks for agriculture and outlines a typology of tools to support public authorities in anticipating, monitoring and assessing these risks.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Indonesia
Climate insurance for smallholder farmers in Indonesia: case study
This case study aims to enhance the resilience of rice and maize smallholder farmers in three provinces of Indonesia against drought and excess rainfall by offering index-based insurance, off taking, and inputs, complemented by advisory services.
  • InsuResilience Solutions Fund
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan’s journey to a disaster damage and loss assessment system: Institutionalizing the national methodology for damage and loss assessment (DLA) in agriculture and eDLA software
Kyrgyzstan adopted a unified Damage and Loss Assessment methodology to standardize agricultural loss data, improving impact reporting, comparability, and its use in planning, resilience efforts, and Sendai Framework reporting
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Lebanon
Leveraging agricultural loss and damage data for post-conflict recovery: FAO’s 2023–2024 assessment in Lebanon
Lebanon used agricultural losses and damages data to map conflict impacts, target recovery to the hardest‑hit districts, and design a needs‑based reconstruction plan, showing how solid losses data drives resilient recovery.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Agriculture facing harsh impacts of climate change and extreme weather
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Flooding is rewriting the rules for this Pennsylvania farm

A farmer is turning to neighbors on higher ground as extreme weather reshapes her business.

Yale Climate Connections
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Extreme heatwaves have become a major threat to Australia's food supply, and not just in summer

When record-breaking heatwaves hit parts of Australia over summer, it was not just people and wildlife that suffered.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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How can action on deforestation strengthen UK food resilience?

The UK government’s recent national security assessment highlights the risks of accelerating global ecosystem degradation for UK food security.

Nature-based Solutions Initiative
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