Economics and the Environment
Impact of climate on mountain ecosystems under scrutinySCIDEV.NET | 14 May 2012A four-year project aimed at addressing the lack of knowledge about the impacts of climate change on food security, livelihoods and economic prosperity in mountain ecosystems has been launched in East Africa. The project, Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA) will be coordinated by the Nairobi-based International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) with funding from Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Kenya | Climate Change Impacts | Food Security "Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity"ips.org | 11 May 2012Millions of Angolas poorest families are facing critical food insecurity as a prolonged dry spell across large parts of the country has destroyed harvests and killed off livestock.Up to 500,000 children are now thought to be suffering from severe malnutrition triggered by the collapse in food...
Angola | Food Security Zimbabwe: Dying rivers dry up livelihoodsAfricaFiles | 27 Apr 2012With rivers drying up in Zimbabwe, farmers are no longer able to raise livestock and vegetables to sustain their families. So, some are turning to panning for gold in nearby streams. The result is siltation, which leads to a further degradation of the river. Even worse is the mercury poisoning that comes with process of extraction. CJW
Zimbabwe | Agriculture | Climate Variability | Food Security FAO warns of funding gap for Sahel and Horn of Africa emergency plansThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | 25 Apr 2012FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today that funding gaps to assist herders, agro-pastoralists and farmers in the ongoing rainy season in the Sahel and Horn of Africa total over 110 million dollars. Recognizing efforts being made by donor countries to maintain their international aid, he added that "it is in times of crises that the vulnerable populations need us the most."
Somalia | Food Security Success in hunger fight hinges on better use of waterThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | 22 Mar 2012Producing enough food to feed the world's growing population will require the sustainable use of water, the world's "most critical finite resource," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a ceremony at FAO to mark World Water Day. Each March 22, the UN-Water partnership celebrates the Day as a way to focus public attention on the need to sustainably manage the world's freshwater resources. The theme of the Day this year is "Water and food security".
Food Security | Water Management FOOD: Reduce hunger, nurture women farmersIRIN News | 08 Mar 2012TILLABERI/KIGALI/JOHANNESBURG, 8 March 2012 (IRIN) - The UN theme for International Womens Day - Empower rural women - end poverty and hunger, probably does not mean much to people like Hani Issa, a woman in rural southwestern Niger trying single-handedly to feed her seven grandchildren.Six...
Niger | Agriculture | Food Security Afrique de l'Ouest: Ocha finalise un 'document stratégique' sur la menace de crise alimentaire au Sa...fr.allafrica.com | 02 Feb 2012Le Bureau des Nations unies pour la coordination des affaires humanitaires en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (OCHA) a annoncé jeudi à Dakar qu'il est en train de finaliser un "document stratégique" devant lui permettre de faire face à la menace de crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Sahel en 2012."Le document est en cours de finalisation et cela pourrait intervenir la semaine prochaine", a indiqué, lors d'une rencontre avec les journalistes, Kazimiro Rudolf-Jacondo, coordonnateur d'OCHA.
Senegal | Food Security