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, [...]
27/05/2016
This webinar was organised with support from the European Union.
27 May 2016
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Speaker:
Raffaello Cervigni, World Bank
Moderator:
Shukri Ahmed, Deputy Strategic Programme Leader – Resilience, FAO
Drylands are at the core of Africa’s development challenge. They make up about [...]
Support for widespread adoption of fuel-efficient mud stoves to strengthen resilience to conflict in protracted crises
20/05/2016
The protracted conflict since 2003 in Darfur, Sudan has resulted in massive loss of human lives and assets, disrupted livelihoods and led to severe food insecurity in some areas. As of December 2015, more than 2.6 million people are currently [...]
28/03/2016
Dimitra newsletter 28 highlights experiences of development approaches that are helping in the fight against poverty in rural areas. Reducing rural poverty and strengthening the resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods are key aspects to which the Dimitra project is making a special [...]