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Displaying 135 of about 380 resultsThis book sets out a compelling argument for including ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation as a third essential pillar in national strategies to address climate change, as such ecosystem-based strategies can offer cost-effective, proven and sustainable solutions contributing to, and complementing, other national and regional adaptati…
Johannesburg - A tiny, rapidly breeding cyanide-munching insect, dubbed a "super-fly" by scientists, is threatening the food security of millions of Africans.
The Bemisia tabaci - one of several whitefly species - carries lethal viruses that cause cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which have decimated the hardy cassa…
By Busani Bafana
Gwanda - Sithandile Ncube, a member of a farmers’ cooperative in southern Zimbabwe, combs through her plot of rape, turning over each leaf and checking it for the yellowing or shrivelling that will reduce its value at the local market.
Customers want their leafy vegetables to be firm, smooth and healthy-looking and Ncube, who relies o…
A wildfire that started on Thursday is forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes in Southern California. "The connection between climate change and the frequency of wildfires is undeniable", states the author of the article published in Allvoices. By 2050, lands burned by wildfires every year will at least double, according to the US Forest Se…
This document provides a regional assessment of food security and vulnerability for SADC member countries, and aims to synthesise national level vulnerability assessments, facilitate discussions and a shared vision for reducing vulnerability, and discuss emerging trends in vulnerability assessments.
This document describes the regional food and n…
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall strategy to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. This report presents the results of using the Framework for Assessing EbA Effectiveness at the Participatory Plant Breeding and Commun…
This brochure stresses that adapting food systems to climate change is essential for promoting food security and poverty alleviation, as well as for the sustainable management and conservation of natural resources. It also presents how the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supports countries in addressing climate change, with…
To assist in planning for future locust outbreaks, the Commission is interested in assessing the net benefit of its recent activities, in particular, the benefits of controlling locust populations before they reach plague proportions. This publication summarizes the studies undertaken by ABARE in Agust 2005 to analyze costs and benefit of its locust co…
Migrating locust swarms have been identified as an important threat to agricultural populations since biblical times. The desert locust (DL), one of the principal migratory species, breeds in semi-arid areas in a vast geographical band stretching from West Africa through the Middle East to South West Asia. Desert Locust Control (DLC) costs have been est…
Even if the Desert Locust has been the most feared agricultural pest in the northern part of Africa for thousands of years, the threat it posed to the rural food security in marginal subsistence areas and its impacts on the welfare of the farming community were never properly assessed. As a result, the demand for assessing the socio-economic and enviro…
This brochure presents the human health and environmental activities of FAO's Emergency Centre for Locust Operations (ECLO).
The Horn of Africa and the Near East has received unusually widespread and heavy rainfall mainly along the Red Sea coast and interior of Saudi Arabia and Yemen since January 2007. These rains led to the development of favourable ecological conditions to allow the Desert Locust to breed.
Despite national and international efforts in controlling the outb…
This document presents the FAO's EMPRES (Desert Locust) programme, which began as a pilot activity in the Central Region in 1995 and 1996. Its goals and concept are to reduce the risk of desert locust plagues emanating from the Central Region of the desert locust distribution area in order to mitigate food security, economic, and environmental concerns…
The desert locust is an international transboundary pest, which affects agricultural production and livelihoods in many countries in Africa, the Middle East and southern Asia. Its migratory nature and capacity for rapid population growth present major challenges for control.
Given the certainty that there will be future Desert Locust upsurges, FAO prod…
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Berne - A l’avenir, la Confédération ne s’engagera plus seulement pour la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, mais aussi – et de plus en plus – en faveur de mesures d’adaptation aux changements climatiques. C’est pourquoi le Conseil fédéral a adopté, le 2 mars 2012, le premier volet de sa stratégie «Adaptation aux ch…