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ProjectFactsheetCatalysing Investments and Actions to Enhance Resilience Against Sand and Dust Storms in Agriculture - TCP/INT/3802 2024
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Sand and dust storms (SDS) have become increasingly frequent and severe due to factors such as land use changes and climate variability and change. These storms have substantial transboundary impacts, affecting various aspects of the environment, climate, health, agriculture, livelihoods and the socioeconomic well-being of individuals. These effects are particularly pronounced in arid and semi-arid regions where sand and dust storms (SDS) can pose significant threats to economic development. The agriculture sector is significantly influenced by SDS, as it is both a contributor to and impacted by the phenomenon. In response, during the Fourteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 2019, a new imperative for addressing SDS was established. As a key member of the newly formed Coalition on Combating SDS, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has taken the role of chairing the Coalition since July 2020, succeeding the United Nations Environment Progamme (UNEP), to lead global efforts to tackle SDS within the agricultural context. Against this backdrop, this project aimed to enhance the resilience of agriculture-dependent communities to SDS. Furthermore, the project focused on increasing and strengthening knowledge surrounding SDS sources and their implications on agriculture, as well as promoting sustainable land use practices, primarily focusing on countries that are both major contributors to and victims of dust emissions, including Algeria, China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Mongolia. These countries, located within the SDS "risk belt” (also known as the “dust belt”), face potential threats to sustainable development and food security without immediate action. The project's outcomes contributed to the design of a broader interregional large SDS programme on agriculture with targeted funding sources, supported by the United Nations Coalition on Combating Sand and Dust Storms and potential partners, such as the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookImprove agriculture monitoring systems through satellite imagery for the Islamic Republic of Iran 2019
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No results found.Due to more and more frequent extreme climate events (floods, drought, and frosts) and due to the changes in precipitation (amounts, seasonality, intensity) and warming temperatures that are impacting rainfed agriculture and changing growing seasons, the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture (MOJA) of the Islamic Republic of Iran asked the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to provide assistance in setting up an improved agriculture monitoring system, based on integral use of advanced geospatial technologies to support development of the techniques, policy and investment conditions to achieve sustainable agricultural development under the current changing conditions of climate. The project has focused on the identification of state-of-the-art methods and strategy for acreage and yield estimation, based on an assessment of the existing monitoring methodology, optimized through the use of remote sensing. In addition, the project benefitted from the availability of multi-temporal satellite images for testing and monitoring of a range of crops in 3 selected pilot areas: the provinces of Zanjan and Mazandaran and the region of the south of Kerman. The publication reports data collected, processes followed and results obtained at this stage of the still not completely concluded study. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookPreparing for sand and dust storm contingency planning with herding communities
A case study on Mongolia
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No results found.This report outlines the conceptual framework for sand and dust storms (SDS) hazard risk and vulnerability assessment and mapping in agriculture and provides the elements as part of SDS contingency planning process in agriculture in Mongolia. Its main purpose is to provide an applicable procedure to reduce SDS risk and impacts on agriculture. This is the first attempt to develop a contingency plan for SDS risk reduction in agriculture. It includes a set of agriculture-specific indicators proposed to assess SDS risk and discusses the required steps for developing indicators and procedures. Furthermore, a methodology for SDS contingency planning in agriculture is described, including the legal and institutional frameworks in Mongolia relevant to SDS intervention as well as the organizational responsibilities for implementing the contingency plan. It reviews the main action areas and challenges to be addressed in SDS contingency planning in agriculture for two rural districts or soums (Saintsagaan soum of Dundgobi province and Zamyn-Uud soum of Dornogobi province). It provides an action framework for the identification and fine-tuning of SDS priority actions to be addressed and integrated into existing national and local SDS disaster risk reduction/management plans and/or sectoral development plans in Mongolia. Mongolia is highly impacted by sand and dust storms (SDS), particularly livestock herding. Reducing risks and mitigating the adverse effects of SDS on agriculture remains very important as the country is highly dependent on the sector. With climate change, it is expected that droughts and land use changes will increase the frequency and severity of SDS risks. Hence, urgent action is needed, whereby short-term responses are required to be linked to long-term development actions for building resilience against SDS.
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