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Under the Strategic Framework, FAO has made resilience a corporate priority. Its approach focuses on supporting people, institutions and state systems to absorb, adapt and transform when confronted with shocks and threats affecting their food security and agriculture-based livelihoods. In…
Written by: David Palmer (UNFAO) and Andrew Hilton (UNFAO)
Millions of smallholders contribute to food security in ways that promote biodiversity and enhance natural resources, yet millions more lead livelihoods that are vulnerable to hunger and poverty. No single reason exists for…
DFID’s Ministers have approved the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters Programme (BRACED) which is expected to benefit up to 5 million people, especially women and children, by building their resilience to climate extremes (mostly droughts and floods). This…