Access to food and the maintenance of an adequate nutritional status are critical determinants of people’s survival in a disaster. Ultimately better food security and nutrition in disaster response is achieved through better preparedness. These standards are a subset of the Sphere standards focused specifcially on food security. The main areas of intervention for food […]
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By 2023, the number of food-insecure people in the 76 countries included in this report is projected to increase nearly 23 percent to 868 million, slightly faster than population growth. The distribution gap—the amount of additional food needed to bring people in all income deciles up to the nutritional target—is projected to increase 28 percent by 2023, meaning
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The paper focuses on financing and institutional arrangements for dzud. It seeks to encourage a more coordinated, predictable, timely and targeted approach to dzud on the part of both the Government of Mongolia (GoM) and its development partners, based on an analysis of the 2009-2010 dzud response efforts. The paper also explores the scope for
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The paper offers insight and recommendations around preparing for and coping with drought as a recurrent and natural hazard in many parts of the world. It largely focuses on the Africa context, and suggests ways to improve effectiveness of humanitarian action. For example, early warning systems have evolved greatly over the years, however there is room
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A joint research study by ICHARM/PWRI and NDRI, Nepal aimed at investigating the root causes of flood disasters in West Rapti river basin in Nepal and devising strategy to manage flood with community-based approach by targeting improvement in the resilience of the community within the broader framework of enhancing livelihood options and poverty alleviation. A
A feasibility study investigating the potential for agricultural insurance to be used as a financial risk transfer tool for small and marginal farmers in Nepal. The study outlines the core institutional, financial, and technical challenges to the introduction of agricultural insurance and then outlines a framework for overcoming these challenges to develop a sustainable, market-based
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The need to analyse and prepare for peoples’ vulnerability to natural hazards could be rooted in the sustainable livelihoods (SL) approach, and in development work which aims to reduce the elements of vulnerability that are a result of poverty. As such, vulnerability analysis (VA) may help to bring humanitarian work in line with [development organizations’]
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The Lower Lempa River Basin in El Salvador is unique in social terms and in the type of flood hazard it faces. During the civil war, this zone was depopulated. After the war, former combatants from both sides were offered land there for resettlement. A number of NGOs and civil society organisations provided assistance to
The paper analyses the opportunities and implications for early earning systems on the background of a changing climate and urban growth. Emerging Challenges for Early Warning Systems in context of Climate Change and Urbanization http://www.dkkv.org/DE/ressource.asp?ID=290
A handbook to assist policy makers and project managers engaged in large-scale post-disaster reconstruction programs make decisions about how to reconstruct housing and communities after natural disasters. Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters, https://www.gfdrr.org/sites/gfdrr/files/publication/SaferHomesStrongerCommunitit… https://www.gfdrr.org/housingreconstruction, https://www.gfdrr.org/sites/gfdrr/files/publication/SaferHomesStrongerCommunitites.pdf
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