Food Policy

As drought stokes urban hunger, Ethiopia dishes up free school meals

Endale Terefe remembers a time when he used to go to school so hungry he had trouble staying awake during lessons.

Publication Date: 
08/07/2019
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Food Security, Food Policy, Droughts, Natural Disasters, Ethiopia, Food Prices, Africa
Food Policy

Kenya: Over 2 Million at Risk of Starvation

More than two million Kenyans are staring at food crisis in July as the effects of a drought that hit food production and led to increased prices continue to bite.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2019
All Africa
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Starvation, Kenya, Droughts, Food Prices, Food Aid, Africa
Climate Change

Here is how millets can make India’s food basket climate-resilient

Increasing temperatures, changing monsoon and more frequent extreme climate events are posing a threat to food security in India.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2019
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Crops, Rainfall, Extreme Weather Events, Droughts, Maize, Climate Impacts
Natural Disasters

Early response and resilience investments: the case of drought in eastern Ethiopia in 2015–16

In 2014 the UK Department for International Development (DFID) shifted to a multi-year humanitarian funding (MYHF) approach.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2019
Simon Levine, Agata Kusnierek, Lewis Sida
Overseas Development Institute
Tags:
Droughts, Finance, Ethiopia, Africa, El Nino
Natural Disasters

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Worsening Drought Situation in the Country, 28/06/2019

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Worsening Drought Situation in the Country, 28/06/2019.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2019
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Droughts, India, Parliament
Water Resources

Growing wheat in north-west, rice in eastern states can reduce water crisis

While 42% of India's land area is currently facing a drought, 88.11% of Punjab's districts and 76.02% of Haryana's are drought-resilient, according to a 2018 study published in Journal of Hydrology

Publication Date: 
27/06/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Irrigation, Droughts, Agriculture, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Water Resources
Agriculture

Maharashtra orange farmers in grip of drought as nearly 40-60% crop dries up

Nearly 40-60% of the orange orchards in the Vidarbha region have gone completely dry.

Publication Date: 
26/06/2019
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Orange, Droughts, Farmers, Amravati (D), Agriculture
Water Supply

Chennai to Latur, India struggles for drinking water as reservoirs dry up

India typically witnesses water scarcity during summer months, but the situation this year is particularly grim in western and southern states

Publication Date: 
04/06/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drinking Water Scarcity, Latur (D), Water Supply, Droughts, Monsoons
Natural Disasters

Principles on investment and financing for water-related disaster risk reduction

The High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP), the network to mobilize political will for combating water-related disasters, has developed the “Principles on Investment and Financing for Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction,” acknowledged by the High-Level Panel on Water.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2019
High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP)
Tags:
Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Finance, Floods, Landslides, Droughts, Tsunami
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Moving from crisis management to risk assessment for drought planning using Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardized Groundwater Level Index (SWI): Case study of Marathwada, India

This study focuses on the drought conditions in India, since water problems are worsening in most parts of India especially in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Particularly Latur, a district in Marathwada region, has been confronting severe water shortage due to drying up of a major source of water i.e., Dhanegaon dam.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2019
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Tags:
Droughts, Groundwater, Latur (D), India, Drought Management

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