Occasional Papers are prepared by various Â鶹ÊÓƵ offices as background or reference materials ultimately leading to discussions around policy and programme activities.
Analysis of satellite imagery of rainfall and vegetation in order to assess the development of the ongoing food crop production season and how prevailing conditions may impact food crops.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ endeavors to contribute to a profound understanding of the impacts of climate change to food security with an aim of informing relevant action and enhancing the ability of governments and communities to prepare for or adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. This third edition of the agro-climate outlook in Timor-Leste contains outputs from satellite data and the below are the key messages here in:
? Dryness through the Standardized Precipitation Index(SPI) can be found from the eastern part of the country in May 2020.
? Drought can be found from some areas where the second planting season is waiting, thus examining the actual cropland and mitigation plan would be crucial.
? According to the forecast from IRI-Columbia University and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts(ECMWF), Timor-Leste is expected to experience a slightly increased chance of unusually wet conditions between July and September 2020.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is partnering with the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) and NGOs to strengthen the resilience of poor and food insecure Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This infographic provides a snapshot of the results of the first phase of the project that helped 200 families, half of which headed by women, have climate-smart agricultural assets to improve the families dietary intake and generate income.
Using infographics and animated videos on social media, Â鶹ÊÓƵ creates awareness of Monsoon preparedness for communities facing floods and landslides, . From May onwards, the campaign reached communities through inter-faith leaders.
Cambodia is highly at risk of climate-related disasters, particularly flood and drought. Near real-time flood mapping could be a key component of a flood early warning and monitoring system.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ and ODI review the evidence base on Anticipatory Action (AA) and conclude that to achieve an effective scale up of the approach and ensure Anticipatory Action achieves the intended changes on both disaster response systems and people¡¯s vulnerability and resilience to climate change, robust empirical data and a strong monitoring, evaluation and learning agenda are necessary.
The Weather and Climate Outlook of Pre South-West Monsoon, produced by Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Disaster Management Centre informs that the south-west monsoon is expected to set over Sri Lanka during mid to late May 2020. Colombo, Kalutara, Gampaha, Galle, Matara, Ratnapura and Kegalle districts are at very high risk of floods and landslides, while Colombo and Kalutara districts identified as high-risk areas for COVID-19 outbreak. Special measures including a guideline on safety measures have been issued by the Government flood response in the context of COVID-19.
Read the full report for more information on:
? Highlights
? Current weather and water storage
? Prediction of rainfall
? Preparedness for COVID-19
Â鶹ÊÓƵ endeavors to contribute to a profound understanding of the impacts of climate change to food security with an aim of informing relevant action and enhancing the ability of governments and communities to prepare for or adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.
The strategy provides an overview of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s assistance to strengthen Bhutan¡¯s climate resilient food systems across the agriculture value chain from increasing the demand for local food, improving production capacity, post-harvest management, marketing, coordination and knowledge management.
Mozambique is highly exposed to weather-related hazards and faces periodic cyclones, droughts and floods. With predicted 800,000 people in severe food insecurity in the 2018-19 lean season, DFID funded Â鶹ÊÓƵ and HelpAge to provide cash transfers or commodity vouchers to around 120,000 beneficiaries in Tete province. Two notable features were introduced in the intervention. The first was linking the lean season assistance with social protection, by involving national social security institutions and prioritizing recipients of routine social assistance programmes. The second feature was providing transfers through a ¡®separation of functions¡¯ approach, with programme implementation and accountability roles divided between Â鶹ÊÓƵ and HelpAge. The interventions also created an opportunity to develop lessons on the use of unconditional cash transfers - unlike other countries in the region, cash transfers have not been used in disaster response owing to government concerns about dependency, expectations, responsible spending and market access. After cyclones Idai and Kenneth hit Mozambique in March-April 2019, the breadth of the exercise was expanded to consider emerging issues on the planned use of social assistance for recovery.
This report is the result of a study commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Mozambique and undertaken by an independent consultant, with financial support from the UK Department of International Development.
The decentralized evaluation has been commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Ethiopia Country Office and covers the first year of the Satellite Index Insurance for Pastoralists in Ethiopia (SIIPE) pilot programme (2017-2019).
