Building resilience in disaster prone areas in Central America’s Dry Corridor
21/09/2016
The most vulnerable part of Central America is the “Corredo Seco” (Dry Corridor), an area running across of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, which is characterized by very variable and extreme weather conditions: regular abnormal dry spells and droughts, [...]
Semi intensive egg production to support the resilience of livelihoods in protracted crisis
21/09/2016
The large influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon (an estimated 1.5 million) constitutes a major challenge across all sectors. The impact on the agriculture sector is particularly worrying, as this is the main source of income and livelihoods for a [...]
Animal disease control to support resilient livelihoods in protracted crisis
20/09/2016
The large influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon, an estimated 1.5 million, constitutes a major challenge for the country. Many refugees arrive from neighbouring countries with a large number of unvaccinated livestock, thereby increasing the risk of transboundary animal diseases [...]
05/09/2016
This webinar was organised with support from the European Union.
5 September 2016 – 14.00 - 15.30 CEST
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Speaker:
Unna Mustalampi, Gender Mainstreaming Officer, FAO
Moderator:
Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, and Strategic Programme Leader – Resilience, FAO
The pursuit [...]
Creating employment opportunities and enhancing adaptive capacities to recurrent drought within protracted crises
20/07/2016
The West Bank is an arid or semi-arid land characterized by low precipitation with a large proportion of rainfall rapidly lost as surface runoff. While natural shocks like drought pose challenges to the already fragile water network, the protracted conflict [...]