Recent Publications
- FAO REOSA POLICY BRIEF SEPTEMBER 2012: Reducing Disaster Risks to Food Security in Southern Africa: Towards Integration and Cooperation
Posted: 19 Sep 2012 - ECHO FS DRR Newsletter vo2 1 Issue 1 June 2012
Posted: 5 Jun 2012 - ECHO Food Security DRR Newsletter vol1 issue 11, September 2011
Posted: 6 Oct 2011 - CA in Southern Africa: Stories from the Field, Online Publication, September 2011
Posted: 30 Sep 2011 - FSNWG Terms of Reference
Posted: 26 Sep 2011 - Executive Brief:Southern Africa Flooding, 20 April 2011
Posted: 26 Sep 2011 - Executive Brief:Southern Africa Flooding, 11 March 2011
Posted: 26 Sep 2011 - Executive Brief:Southern Africa Flooding, 26 January 2011
Posted: 26 Sep 2011
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DRR - FAO Role and News Disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa are increasing in frequency and impact. According to the OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, in 2008 96 recorded disasters – including 9 droughts and 44 flood events – affected 16.3 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa and caused nearly US$ 1 billion in economic losses
More than 70% of the population in Southern Africa live in the rural areas and are mostly dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. Natural disasters such as drought, floods and cyclones tend to be more severely felt by the poor and agriculture-dependent populations. Their livelihoods can be destroyed, leading them to destitution and dependency. Food and agriculture can play a key role in increasing community resilience to likely threats, mitigating the impact of crisis and helping vulnerable people to adapt to new situations. As the United Nations specialised agency for food and agriculture, FAO has the responsibility of assisting countries in integrating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) measures in agriculture and food sector policies and practices. FAO in southern Africa provides technical support, promotes institutional capacities and offers policy advice in all phases of DRM- emergency prevention/mitigation, response and recovery. Latest News The main feature in the May issue of the ECHO FS/DRR newsletter contains a case study from Central Malawi on how the ECHO Food Security/DRR project helped the Kambumbu Village Protection Committee to effectively prepare and
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