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Drought & Agriculture. Infographic

An infographic poster on Agriculture and Drought for the International Seminar on Drought and Agriculture, 19 June 2017, FAO HQ Rome.

Year of publication 2017

Pages 1p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) There is no shortage of knowledge, technologies, resources and good practices for addressing drought, agricultural and rural development and water shortage. Coping with these issues in a global framework and global approach have to help us to avoid famines. Promoting and supporting partnerships to harness the knowledge and experience of stakeholders and enabling targeted actions for drought response, agricultural production and sustainable use of water in agriculture is the way forward, thereb y addressing the challenges for agricultural production and livelihoods posed by climate change. Drought, a devastating natural hazard, affects a significant proportion of the global population, particularly those living in semi-arid and arid regions. The consequences for agricultural communities can be stark, often reversing gains in food security and poverty, hampering efforts to reach SDG1 and 2. Drought can also exacerbate social tensions and fuel civil unrest. Despite the known impacts of drought and the growing availability of technological and policy innovations to lessen them, drought management and planning is too often overlooked until a crisis unfolds. This reactive, crisis-led, response gives rise to a fragmented policy and project space where interventions are sectorally isolated, and drought mitigation strategies under-perform. In recent months, the world has watched drought unfold in many parts of Africa, devastating the livelihoods of farmers across the continent and , in Somalia, raising the spectre of famine. In the context of this region-wide, cross-country drought and with the prospect of many millions of people suffering, improving how we manage drought has never been more prescient.

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