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Category : Africa, Northeast
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Guide to Famine Early Warning and Food Information Systems in the Sahel and Horn of Africa
Author: A Guide to Famine Early Warning and Food Information Systems in the Sahel and Horn of Africa
Author: Margaret Buchanan-SmithPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Famine Early Warning and Food Information Systems in the Sahel and Horn of Africa
Author: Rachel LambertPublisher:
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Early Warning in the Sahel and Horn of Africa
Author: Susanna DaviesPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Food Crisis in the Sahel
Author: Stephen CockburnPublisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 1780770766
Category : Famines
Languages : en
Pages : 9
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Famine Early Warning Systems
Author: Peter WalkerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134070861
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Is it possible to see famines coming, to be prepared and to save possibly hundreds of thousands of lives? Or is this the wrong question? A famine is not a single natural catastrophe: it has different stages. Many societies have sophisticated strategies for coping – but these are becoming dramatically limited. Famine Early Warning System is about the people who are caught up in the process of famine. Peter Walker looks at how they perceive their predicament and what they do to avert mass starvation: and at what genuinely useful help can be offered in order to prevent irreversible disaster. Originally published in 1989
Famine Early Warning Systems During Conflict
Author: Robert MesserlePublisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3640999614
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: Over 900 million people were suffering from hunger in 2010 and in December the United Nations basic food price index reached a new record. The resulting food insecurity is often of chronic nature but may be temporally increased due to events like draughts, floods or conflicts. To enable timely and adequate response it is important to identify and forecast the most urgent arising food security crises where extensive international aid is needed. For this purpose there exist several food security early warning systems. They track the status of food supply, food access, food utilization and food stability to monitor where a crisis is impending. While a wide range of production indicators covers the supply side, other pillars are lacking behind. Therefore new vulnerability and health indicators are developed for the integration into early warning systems. This paper tries to draw attention to a partially neglected area in the intent to improve food security early warning systems - the link of food insecurity and conflict.
A Dangerous Delay
Author: Debbie HillierPublisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 1780770340
Category : Drought relief
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
More than 13 million people are still affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa. There were clear early warning signs many months in advance, yet there was insufficient response until it was far too late. This briefing, published jointly by Oxfam and Save the Children, examines the factors that allowed a drought in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti to develop into a full-scale crisis of hunger and livelihoods, such that millions of people suffered and thousands died. Its main focus is the response of international aid system, although the ultimate importance of enhanced resilience for the communities themselves is recognised. Recommendations: A change in approach to chronic drought situations is needed: managing the risks, not the crisis. This means that the all actors {u2013} national governments, donors, NGOs, and the UN need to: act decisively on information from early warning systems and not wait for certainty before responding; actively seek to reduce drought risk in all activities, ensuring that long-term development interventions increase resilience and adapt to the changing context; and change organisational structures, invest in people and provide flexible funding in order to break down the divisions between humanitarian and development work.
Food Insecurity, Famines and Coping Mechanisms
Author: Famine Early Warning Systems Network
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Category : Food supply
Languages : en
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The Goal of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is to strengthen the abilities of African countries and regional organizations to manage risk of food insecurity through the provision of timely and analytical early warning and vulnerability information. FEWS NET is a USAID-funded activity that collaborates with international, national, and regional partners to provide timely and rigorous early warning and vulnerability information on emerging or evolving food security issues. FEWS NET professionals in the US and Africa monitor various data and information--including remotely sensed data and ground-based meteorological, crop and rangeland conditions--as early indications of potential threats to food security.