A Guide to Famine Early Warning and Food Information Systems in the Sahel and Horn of Africa
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Margaret Buchanan-Smith
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rachel Lambert
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 122
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Published: 1991
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephen Cockburn
Publisher: Oxfam
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 9
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Walker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 1134070861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs it possible to see famines coming, to be prepared and to save possibly hundreds of thousands of lives? Or is this the wrong question? A famine is not a single natural catastrophe: it has different stages. Many societies have sophisticated strategies for coping – but these are becoming dramatically limited. Famine Early Warning System is about the people who are caught up in the process of famine. Peter Walker looks at how they perceive their predicament and what they do to avert mass starvation: and at what genuinely useful help can be offered in order to prevent irreversible disaster. Originally published in 1989
Author: Robert Messerle
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2011-09
Total Pages: 61
ISBN-13: 3640999614
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: Over 900 million people were suffering from hunger in 2010 and in December the United Nations basic food price index reached a new record. The resulting food insecurity is often of chronic nature but may be temporally increased due to events like draughts, floods or conflicts. To enable timely and adequate response it is important to identify and forecast the most urgent arising food security crises where extensive international aid is needed. For this purpose there exist several food security early warning systems. They track the status of food supply, food access, food utilization and food stability to monitor where a crisis is impending. While a wide range of production indicators covers the supply side, other pillars are lacking behind. Therefore new vulnerability and health indicators are developed for the integration into early warning systems. This paper tries to draw attention to a partially neglected area in the intent to improve food security early warning systems - the link of food insecurity and conflict.
Author: Margaret Buchanan-Smith
Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 250
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text examines the role of early warning information in decision-making processes, particularly within key donor agencies. It investigates why early warning signals were not translated into timely intervention and draws on case studies.
Author: Debbie Hillier
Publisher: Oxfam
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1780770340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than 13 million people are still affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa. There were clear early warning signs many months in advance, yet there was insufficient response until it was far too late. This briefing, published jointly by Oxfam and Save the Children, examines the factors that allowed a drought in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti to develop into a full-scale crisis of hunger and livelihoods, such that millions of people suffered and thousands died. Its main focus is the response of international aid system, although the ultimate importance of enhanced resilience for the communities themselves is recognised. Recommendations: A change in approach to chronic drought situations is needed: managing the risks, not the crisis. This means that the all actors {u2013} national governments, donors, NGOs, and the UN need to: act decisively on information from early warning systems and not wait for certainty before responding; actively seek to reduce drought risk in all activities, ensuring that long-term development interventions increase resilience and adapt to the changing context; and change organisational structures, invest in people and provide flexible funding in order to break down the divisions between humanitarian and development work.
Author: Cirû Mwaûra
Publisher: The Red Sea Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781569021576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Horn of Africa has come to be defined by the frequency and intensity of its violent conflicts. Yet, whereas in other regions conflict prevention stresses formal, top-down inter-governmental structures, in the Horn of Africa an alternative conflict management regime that seeks to build on local capacity and is based on inclusive and collaborative decision-making has emerged. This publication outlines the two-year process of CEWARN's and IGAD's development.