Early warning systems
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- The food security situation in Zimbabwe: an assessment by FAO/WFP
- ( Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2008)
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Zimbabwe experienced incessant rains in the first half of the 2007/08 cropping season during December- January causing severe water logging followed by prolonged dry spells, through much of the cou...
July 2008 maize forecast for West Africa
- ( Reliefweb , 2008)
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This paper, produced by EARS Earth Environment Monitoring, provides a preliminary forecast of the maize difference yield that is expected at the end of the current growing season in West Africa.
How can North Korea avoid another food crisis?
- ( S. Haggard;M. Noland;E. Weeks / Peterson Institute for International Economics , 2008)
The margin of error between required grain in North Korea and available supply is now less than 100,000 metric tons. Local food prices are sky-rocketing faster than world prices, the regime has sou...
- Improving food crisis response in fragile states: towards a common classification framework?
- ( C. Andrews;M. Flores / United Nations University , 2008)
- This paper examines the imperative for improved classification and analysis of food crises in different fragile contexts. Recognising the persistence and protracted nature of food crises, the paper qu...
Establishing basic principles to guide decision-making in emergency situations
- ( United Nations [UN] World Food Programme , 2006)
Targeting is a process that spans the life of a food aid operation, not just the initial phases of identifying beneficiaries. Finding the right balance between inclusion and exclusion errors, oppor...
- How can responses to emerging food insecurity crises be improved?
- ( E. Mathys / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2007)
In geographic areas and populations chronically vulnerable to food insecurity, early warning and response (EWR) systems can provide necessary information to help modify programme interventions and ...
- Strengthening institutional mechanisms for early warning systems a priority for African food security
- ( J. Tefft; M. McGuire; N. Maunder / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2006)
- Prepared for the African Union, this report evaluates national and regional early warning systems (EWS) across Africa. It reveals that these systems have generally been effective in alerting countries...
- Strengthening food security early warning systems in sub-Saharan Africa:
- ( Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO , 2006)
- This briefing paper summarises what elements make early warning systems (EWS) in sub-Saharan Africa successful and identifies where reforms could address weaknesses. The following characteristics are ...
- Providing pastoral communities with information can empower them to limit the impacts of natural disasters
- ( G. Kariuki / Arid Lands Information Network , 2006)
- Particularly in vulnerable pastoral regions, early warning systems can empower individuals and communities to act to prevent loss of life and reduce the economic and material impact of disasters. In t...
- How can food security interventions be improved to protect livelihoods in the Greater Horn of Africa?
- ( Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI , 2006)
- This Briefing Note reviews the extent of emergency livelihoods responses during the most recent drought and resulting food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Drawing on secondary data and interviews with n...
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