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DocumentFAO Regional Programme Framework for Disaster Risk Management 2010 -2013
Reducing and managing disaster risk to improve food and livelihood security in Eastern and Central Africa
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No results found.Each year, countries in the Eastern and Central region of Africa (ECA) experience the highest number of natural hazards and people -induced disasters in all of Africa. More and more people are adversely affected by natural hazards, such as droughts and floods, as well as crop and livestock diseases, civil conflicts, unstable market conditions and volatile food prices, gender inequalities and HIV. As they result in the loss of lives, assets and livelihoods, these natural and people-induced disast ers affect men and women differently and, at the same time, weaken the social support systems. Given the complex nature of often simultaneous and protracted crises affecting ECA, coordinated action towards adopting a more holistic approach is needed. Such an approach would integrate disaster risk reduction (pre-disaster preparedness, prevention and mitigation) into emergency response and post-disaster recovery strategies. In line with this need, FAO has elaborated a new Strategic Framewo rk that will serve as the foundation for the regional disaster risk management (DRM) programme in Eastern and Central Africa. The regional approach is based on the new corporate strategy aimed at improving preparedness and response to food and agricultural threats and emergencies by effectively linking short- and long-term interventions through disaster risk reduction (preparedness, prevention and mitigation), emergency response and transition options. This Regional DRM Programme Framewo rk provides an integrated approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR) and DRM interventions on natural hazards, crises and threats common to countries in ECA and acts as a platform for the development of national Plans of Action (PoAs). This Framework is intended as a working document, subject to change, aimed at supporting the development and implementation of DRR and DRM efforts in food and agriculture in coordination with governments, regional economic commissions (RECs), African Union (AU), UN -system, particularly the other two Rome-based agencies (the World Food Programme [WFP] and the International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD]), NGOs and other stakeholders in the region. Three main programme priorities are foreseen for 2010-2013: (1) to enhance and promote risk reduction concepts and practices in programming; (2) to increase the timeliness and quality of emergency response to disasters, crises and threats; and (3) to integrate transition concepts and linkages related t o transforming risks into programming. The overall objective of the Regional DRM Programme Framework is to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards, to reduce vulnerability and to strengthen community resilience, in an effort to help the countries in the region to become more food secure and to enable them to focus on developing sustainable food and agriculture systems. The following countries will be covered by this regional programme: Burundi, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. -
ProjectRestoration of the Food System and Strengthening the Resilience of Families Affected by the Prolonged 2014 Canícula in Guatemala - GCP/GUA/024/SWE 2022
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Central America is one of the regions of the world that is most vulnerable to climate hazards and natural disaster risks, with the effects of climate change becoming increasingly recurrent, causing damage and losses mainly in terms of food security among poor families. In 2014, Guatemala experienced a prolonged heatwave (canícula), in which rainfall started to diminish from mid-June, resulting in a rainless period that lasted for 24 to 30 days throughout the country. The area known as the Dry Corridor was the worst affected, posting a record 45 days without rain in some areas. Data released by the Regional Disaster Management Team of the United Nations System shows that the heaviest losses from the prolonged heatwave were suffered by the most vulnerable populations, who have no reserves of maize or beans to fall back on. In total, an estimated 2.5 million people were affected by the worst drought to afflict Guatemala in many years. As a result, food availability and access have been drastically reduced, decreasing the supply of basic grains, increasing demand and driving up maize and bean prices. The project aims to provide an organized response based on the Prolonged Heatwave/Drought Response Plan 2014, by implementing medium- and short-term actions with a development focus. These actions include restoring livelihoods and productive assets, and preventing and reducing mortality and morbidity from water-borne diseases. Resilient agricultural assets will also be created through changes to harvesting practices, storage and safe water management, and final consolidation of a culture of optimizing the management of water resources and community empowerment. -
Book (stand-alone)New canicula index to study its impact on Agriculture in the Central American Dry Corridor and its connection with El Niño 2020
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The canicula is the reduction of rainfall during the rainy season, in July and August, which can mainly affect basic grains during the crop flowering and grain filling phases. This natural climatic event manifests from the south of Mexico to the Central American Dry Corridor and ends in the Dry Arc of Panama. It affects the Pacific zone of Nicaragua with higher frequency and intensity, followed by areas in Honduras, Panama (provinces of Los Santos and Herrera, and some areas of the Darien province) and part of the Dry Corridor of Guatemala (Chiquimula and Zacapa). The intensity and accentuation of the canicula in Central America is more correlated with the version of Modoki El Niño than with the version of Canonical El Niño. The Modoki El Niño version has increased its frequency of occurrence in the last decades, presenting favourable conditions for an increase in the frequency of occurrence of extended caniculas in the region. The objective of the index is to evaluate the reduction of rainfall during the rainy season which, in years of extreme canicula, causes considerable losses in annual crops.
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