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Shifting world agriculture to a "climate-smart" approach will not only help prevent future food security crises but holds the promise of sparking economic and agricultural renewal in rural areas where hunger and poverty are most prevalent. That's the argument of a new publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Leslie Lipper, Senior Economist at the FAO has more details.
The video provides an overview of how climate change affects the different dimensions of food security: accessibility, availability, utilization and stability. Simple examples of impacts are presented. The video ends by providing a glimpse of how FAO helps Philippine development partners to increase their ability to respond to climate change. Narration was provided by Ms. Karylle Tatlonghari, a young singer-actress considered by many as a good role model and ‘Friend of FAO.’
Food insecurity is considered a defining feature of poverty in Lesotho. The underlying root causes of the problem are linked to low level agricultural productivity and crop failures attributed to extreme events driven by climate change and variability and associated issues such as degradation of arable and rangelands and inefficient water management. Key biophysical and socio-economic problems associated with climate variability and change, are aggravated further by poor coordination and lack of institutional and technical capacity. This project promotes an integrated, community-based approach in addressing climate change risks through strengthening of technical and institutional capacity of key stakeholders at national and local levels and prioritizing good practices on selected areas of crops, livestock, forest-based livelihood system to reduce the vulnerability of farming and rural communities to climate change-related risks.
