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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

Latest Food security & agriculture additions in the Knowledge Base

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Oxfam predicts PNG will be worst-hit country in Pacific from the weather pattern, with up to 3 million people affected nationwide,

Guardian, the (UK)
Fisherman selling fish at the local dock in Montague Dock in The Bahamas
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Fishing boats equipped with sensors are gathering data on ocean depth and temperature.

Yale Climate Connections
Drought in India
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FAO experts map where crops and pasturelands are most vulnerable to drought.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Asymmetric economic impacts of climate extremes on Italian agriculture a nonlinear ARDL approach thumbnail
Documents and publications

This study investigates the asymmetric economic impacts of climate extremes on the Italian agricultural sector.

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (Springer)
Investigating the deployment of Takaful for farmers in flood and drought-prone regions in Nigeria thumbnail
Documents and publications

This study has investigated the deployment of takaful for farmers in flood- and drought-prone regions in Nigeria. The study used a quantitative research design with cross-sectional survey data from smallholder farmers in some climate-prone zones

The International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
El Niño impacts on food security: Lessons from past El Niño events for 2026/27 preparedness (June 2026) thumbnail
Documents and publications

The study examines the main impacts of the 2015/16 and 2023/24 El Niño events on drought, flooding, displacement, and the agriculture sector.

World Food Programme (WFP)
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Documents and publications

This study develops an integrated, stochastic modeling framework to quantify three distinct agricultural flood-damage aspects—prevented planting, unharvested acreage, and yield loss—in Chariton County, Missouri.

Journal of Flood Risk Management (Wiley)
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This is defined as the strongest El Niño event you can get, and happens when sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean rise by more than 2°C.

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