Dry spells, high food prices and increasing unemployment worsen Eswatini's food security situation Between June and September 2019, it is estimated that around 205,000 people (22% of the rural population) are experiencing severe acute food insecurity and require urgent humanitarian action. [...]

An event organized by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) World Water Week provides a unique forum for the exchange of views, experiences and practices between the scientific, business, policy and civic communities. It focuses on new thinking and positive action toward water-related [...]

Between June and September 2019, it is estimated that over 200,000 people (20% of the rural population) are experiencing severe acute food insecurity and require urgent humanitarian action in Eswatini. These include around 157,000 people being in a crisis situation [...]

Without significant and well-planned adaptation efforts, climate change is predicted to have a marked effect on the agricultural sector in Eastern Africa – reducing agricultural yields and negatively impacting efforts to achieve food security and end hunger in the subregion. [...]

The IGAD region is exposed to multiple hazards and recurrent shocks such as droughts, floods, socio-economic shocks and conflicts. Most of the population in the IGAD region rely on agriculture for their livelihoods, have limited capacity to cope with the [...]