The IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) is a holistic and comprehensive plan, aimed at building the resilience of vulnerable communities to the effects of recurrent droughts and achieving simultaneous growth and sustainable development in the IGAD region. [...]

The Africa-Arab Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction themed “Towards Disaster Risk Informed and inclusive sustainable development” will take place from 09 to 13 October 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in collaboration with the League of [...]

The National Organizing Committee of the Joint International Grassland and  Rangeland Congress invites abstracts for panels, papers and posters to be presented at this global conference, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 25 to 30 October 2020. For more [...]

This webinar series was organised with support from the European Union. Social Protection Webinar I: Shock-responsive social protection for resilience building2 August 2016  -  10.30 - 12.00 CEST (UTC+2) Social Protection Webinar II: FAO and Cash+: How to maximize the impacts of cash [...]

Evidence continues to signal a rise in world hunger. According to available data, the number of people who suffer from hunger has been growing over the past three years, returning to levels from almost a decade ago. The absolute number [...]