There’s evidence that the intensity and frequency of climate-driven natural disasters and conflicts is increasing. Natural disasters now occur nearly five times as often as 40 years ago. The impact on local economies, on peoples’ livelihoods and lives has similarly [...]

The Mediterranean fruit fly (or medfly), Ceratitis capitata Wied., is considered a major agricultural pest worldwide because of its direct damage to fruit and vegetable production, and restrictions imposed to commercialization of horticultural commodities by countries free of the pest. [...]

Scaling up of Adaptation in the Agricultural Sectors (SAAS) Module 1: Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in the agricultural sectors Webinar 5: Nature-based solutions for agricultural water management and food security Date: Thursday, June 28th, 14:00 – 15:30 CEST (UTC +2) With a rising [...]

In April the REAL Award launched the USAID Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Note Series, a set of five guidance notes that provide pragmatic guidance to assist practitioners in integrating core aspects of resilience measurement into their programs and activities. In this [...]

This webinar was organised with support from the European Union. Disaster risk reduction and management in agriculture webinar series: Building Resilience to Natural Hazards and Climate-related Disasters in the Caribbean  26 June 2018 – 15.00 - 16.30 CEST Share your feedback on the event Speakers:  Daniele Barelli, Subregional [...]