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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetWest Africa and the Sahel: Germany’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) – Anticipatory Action window 2023
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No results found.In 2022, the West Africa and Sahel region experienced one of the worst years in recent history in terms of humanitarian impacts from floods. The growing frequency, intensity and gravity of climate and weather-related disasters, including floods, are jeopardizing the region’s entire food system and particularly the agriculture sector. Combined with other shocks and risks affecting the region, a new risk of flooding for 2023 may further impact people and their livelihoods. Thanks to the German Federal Foreign Office’s contribution to the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities – Anticipatory Action window, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is scaling up early warning messaging and risk awareness, and safeguarding crops and livestock, to mitigate the impact of flooding on vulnerable communities’ livelihoods and food security. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetNigeria: Urgent call for assistance 2022
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No results found.Severe floods across Nigeria during the recent agricultural season (April–October) have had a devastating impact on livelihood assets, food stocks and yield prospects for the main harvest, disrupting people’s lives and livelihoods. The disaster will increase the vulnerability of farming and fishery households to food insecurity for the greater part of 2023, especially during the lean season (June–August 2023). These conditions, coupled with the high proportion of households facing large food consumption gaps and the heavy reliance on purchased grain in the face of increased food prices, will likely lead to the further deterioration of the food security situation within a few months after the main harvest. The floods have also negatively impacted fish production as aquatic ecosystems and fish farms were damaged, exposing riverine communities and fish farmers to food insecurity and income loss. Restoring the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and livestock keepers will help them produce food for themselves and their communities. Urgent agricultural assistance is a frontline humanitarian response to mitigate the impact of the floods and save lives. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetSubregional Central America – Hurricane Julia and torrential rains
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For the first time in recorded history, northern Central America suffered a third consecutive year of La Niña events. The heavy rains induced by La Niña everely impacted a region already hit by climate change, successive shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, violence and instability, and underlying structural factors such as poverty and inequality. The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has been quite active, with 14 named storms of which eight became hurricanes. Several of these hit Central America triggering torrential rains that led to deadly floods, landslides and saturated soils, affecting nearly 6.3 million people across the region. Overall, the damage caused to the agriculture sector (including livestock and fisheries), as well as to livelihoods and infrastructure in rural areas, could further worsen the food security situation in a region already severely affected by rising fuel and fertilizer prices, erratic weather patterns and the COVID-19 pandemic. The consequences of the winds and heavy rains on both the upcoming harvest and planting season are putting at risk the resilience of smallholder farmers who were already food insecure.
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