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DocumentObservation of bioindicators as early warning systems to mitigate the impacts of frosts and droughts in Bolivia 2011
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Weather in the Andean high plateau is characterized by extreme climate events with serious impacts for agriculture, increasing the vulnerability of farmers. The lack of forecast weather stations in the region leads to lack of data and thus weakens timely decision-making. Implementation of modern agro meteorological services would imply high costs. However, local communities in the Omasuyo province in Bolivia traditionally rely on the observation of local bioindicators which provide a kind of local agro meteorological service that has produced reliable guidance over centuries for mitigating the impacts of extreme climate events on crops. -
Book (stand-alone)Practical guidelines for Early Warning – Early Action plans on agricultural drought 2020
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The impact of drought in agriculture is one of the most complex natural hazards to predict and mitigate. It carries a constant risk for most smallholder farmers around the world. According to studies conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 83 percent of all damages and losses caused globally by drought between 2006 and 2016 have been absorbed by agriculture, putting a good part of the world population at risk of food insecurity. The guide aims to guide governments and other relevant actors in the development of early warning - early actions on agricultural drought plans that must be implemented before a drought event has significant impacts and causes damages and losses that could eventually become a disaster. The manual complements other instruments used at global and local levels to develop EWEA on agricultural and response plans related to drought. -
DocumentPastoralism, drought early warning and response 1998
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No results found.The majority of current Early Warning Systems (EWS) are not capable of detecting drought stress on pastoralists nor capable of providing adequate information for intervention to support pastoralists during a drought. This paper will identify the reasons for this failure and outline implications to make the early warning and response process more appropriate for the pastoral sector. A theoretical framework on ‘entitlements’ will be used for this purpose. EWS need to put more emphasis on monitoring ‘determinants of entitlements’, such as markets, assets, rights and opportunities to change livelihoods, instead of monitoring only rainfall, vegetation and crop production. Decentralised early warning and response capacities have many more advantages for this purpose than centralised ones.
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