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Guatemalan government adopts local information system for the monitoring and early warning of climate-related seasonal hunger co-designed with CCAFS scientists

In 2018, the Guatemalan Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security (SESAN) adopted an information system that supports the local food security monitoring and early warning in all 340 municipalities of the country. This adoption is an important step towards proactively managing food security and cli...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2018
Subjects:
food security
climate
nutrition
monitoring
information
adoption
government
design
hunger
nutrition security
scientists
food
sciences
implementation
processes
needs
system
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121293
Summary:In 2018, the Guatemalan Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security (SESAN) adopted an information system that supports the local food security monitoring and early warning in all 340 municipalities of the country. This adoption is an important step towards proactively managing food security and climate risks. CCAFS/Bioversity science and evidence on information preferences, decision-making processes and users needs supported the participatory co-design process of the system from developing the idea through prototyping to implementation.

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