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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureSpatial planning to ensure future coexistence between wildlife and people 2023
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No results found.This case study highlights Ecoexist Trust's efforts in Botswana's Okavango Panhandle to foster coexistence between people and elephants. The region faces conflicts due to shared space between 35,000 people and 20,000 elephants. Ecoexist employs a holistic approach, conducting research to identify critical elephant pathways and overlap with human activities. They collaborated with land authorities to develop the Land Use Conflict Information Strategy (LUCIS), strategically mapping agricultural areas away from frequent elephant movement paths. LUCIS helps allocate land effectively, preventing conflicts and supporting farmers in protecting fields. Trust-building and ongoing research were crucial to success. Ecoexist engaged stakeholders to incorporate preferences in land allocation. Positive outcomes include identifying suitable agricultural areas and scaling up the approach to other regions. Challenges include government staff turnover and adaptability to different contexts. Overall, Ecoexist's spatial planning approach promotes coexistence, reduces conflicts, and supports communities in the Okavango Panhandle. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureBuilding institutional and local community capacity to manage human-wildlife conflict 2023
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No results found.This case study comes from Mozambique, where human-wildlife conflict was not a new issue in 2010. Incidents had been increasing, particularly those involving crocodiles Crocodylus niloticus, and also elephants Loxodonta africana and lions Panthera leo. These incidents impacted food security, local community incomes, well-being and safety, and were exacerbated by poverty levels. Human-wildlife conflict had become a major concern for the Government of Mozambique and led them to formulate a National Strategy for Human-Wildlife Conflict Management (2009-2014). The government approved the Strategy in 2009, and from 2010 its implementation was supported by FAO, through a Technical Cooperation Programme Project The FAO project's objective was to design an implementation plan for the Strategy with the expressed goal of mitigating human-wildlife conflicts and build the needed capacity in the country to be able to do so. This case study focuses on how capacity was built in Mozambique to implement the Strategy. By building capacity in the national government agencies, the FAO project empowered the government agencies to guide and implement the country's national strategy on human-wildlife conflict. The overhauled database, covering five years (2006-2010), was presented at the Council of Ministers, in order to underscore the importance of the situation in Mozambique, inform the Ministers of the problem, and highlight some of the tools available to reduce the impacts of human-wildlife conflict, particularly the crocodile cages that had been used and improved. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureLooking beyond impacts to fully understand a human-wildlife conflict situation 2024
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No results found.This case study focuses on the arid landscapes of southern Namibia, primarily private lands used for small livestock farming (sheep and goats). Due to a long history of predator persecution, large carnivores have largely disappeared from the area, leaving only transient cheetahs and leopards, which are swiftly removed when detected on farmland. As a result, the caracal (Caracal caracal) has emerged as the apex predator. This study demonstrates how a social science approach, combined with ecological research, provided crucial insights and led to the development of effective solutions to address ongoing predator persecution.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookClimate change, rural livelihoods and migration nexus in Zimbabwe
Impacts on rural livelihoods and adaptation
2024Also available in:
No results found.By the late 21st century, Africa is likely to experience warming and increased climate variability, which have been linked to adverse economic outcomes. Human-induced climate change, including more frequent and intense extreme events, has caused widespread adverse impacts and related losses and damages to nature and people beyond natural climate variability. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report’s (2021) continental projections for Africa indicate a projected increase in temperature and weather extremes. In the Zimbabwean context, there are already indications that rising temperatures and increasing rainfall variability are affecting agricultural outputs and, with that, food and nutrition security. Migration is one possible adaptation strategy in the context of climate change, alongside other possible responses. The Labour Force and Child Labour Survey indicates that approximately 124 000 people left their homes in search of better agricultural land, with another 4 000 people reported being displaced by extreme events between 2011 and 2019 in Zimbabwe. Earlier research indicates that 44 percent of the total 1.6 million Zimbabweans in South Africa are believed to have migrated because of drought-related food insecurity. This study aimed to investigate the climate change–migration nexus in selected provinces in Zimbabwe, including the influence of climate and environmental factors on rural migration patterns and the relationship between migration and climate change adaptation. -
Book (series)NewsletterSpecial report – 2023 FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Republic of the Sudan
19 March 2024
2024Also available in:
No results found.Between 2 and 17 January 2024, following a request by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoA&F), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in close cooperation with the Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) and the State Ministries of Agriculture, carried out its annual Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to estimate the 2023 crop production and assess the food supply situation throughout the 18 states of the country. The report's recommendations are to provide immediate response to the needs of the population most affected by acute food insecurity as well as to support the recovery of the agriculture sector, increasing food production and farmers’ incomes, and enhancing efficiency along the value chain to reduce production costs. -
Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
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No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated.