Search Results - "humanitarian"

Assessment of the impact of Fadama package of intervention on resilience of participants versus non-participants under civil strife and conflict in northern Nigeria by CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…The region is characterized by 2.03m IDPs and 1.64 million returnees, 3.7 million people in need of humanitarian support, or 14 percent of northeastern Nigeria’s population…”
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Strategy document supported by UKAID and GIZ on gender and inclusion in social protection responses during COVID-19 by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…This document provides key considerations and examples of how gender and social inclusion can be integrated into potential COVID-19 response options/strategies via existing social protection and humanitarian programs.…”
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2025 in review - Budget cuts, research partnerships and resilience by Taiwo, Ibukunoluwa, Pacillo, Grazia

“…Hosted by Bia Carneiro, the conversation explores why climate security matters now more than ever, highlights key research and partnership wins from 2025, and examines how evidence, innovation, and collaboration can better link food, land, and water systems to peacebuilding and humanitarian action.…”
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The nexus between refugee settlements and environmental degradation in the Somali Region, Ethiopia by Mekuria, Wolde, Girma, R., Seid, Abdulkarim, Ruckstuhl, Sandra

“…The rapid growth and prolonged presence of refugee settlements in ecologically fragile landscapes create complex humanitarian, environmental, and social challenges, yet evidence on their spatial impacts is limited. …”
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Cost-benefit analysis of drought risk reduction anticipatory action in the Western Province of Zambia by Matchaya, Greenwell C., Kasoma-Pele, Winnie, Mutenje, Munyaradzi

“…Recurrent droughts in Zambia continue to undermine agricultural production, household incomes, and food security, while increasing dependence on costly humanitarian responses. This technical report applies a cost-benefit analysis to assess the economic viability of selected drought risk reduction anticipatory actions in the Western Province of Zambia, a region highly exposed to rainfall variability and recurrent drought events. …”
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IITA donates 35,930 kilograms ‘Seeds of Renaissance’ to Nigeria_HE Olusegun Obasanjo's Speech by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…#IITA50 donates 35,930 kilograms ‘Seeds of Renaissance’ to Nigeria to address humanitarian crisis “Words cannot adequately convey the depth of our gratitude to IITA and to President Olusegun Obasanjo who is an Ambassador of IITA, for the choice of Borno State as beneficiary of a remarkable intervention. …”
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IITA donates 35,930 kilograms ‘Seeds of Renaissance’ to Nigeria_Dr Kenton Dashiell's Speech by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…#IITA50 donates 35,930 kilograms ‘Seeds of Renaissance’ to Nigeria to address humanitarian crisis “Words cannot adequately convey the depth of our gratitude to IITA and to President Olusegun Obasanjo who is an Ambassador of IITA, for the choice of Borno State as beneficiary of a remarkable intervention. …”
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CGIAR’s critical contribution to SDG 16 - a universe of untapped impacts, partnerships and resources by Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia, Osorio, Diego

“…The development of CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security has revealed CGIAR’s untapped potential to contribute to SDG16 and the Humanitarian Development and Peace (HDP) nexus. Here we explain why CGIAR’s contribution is of such importance, and how it should articulate its contribution to SDG16 followed by specific comments on the One CGIAR strategy.…”
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Food for Peace Reform Act by Glauber, Joseph W., Nabil, Ryan, Smith, Vincent H.

“…Millions are on the verge of starvation as humanitarian crises in Africa — from northern Uganda to Nigeria — intensify. …”
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Pastoralism and resilience south of the Sahara by Little, Peter D., McPeak, John G.

“…The other is recurrent humanitarian crises, especially traced to the most recent drought‐ and conflict‐induced 2011 disaster in the Horn of Africa.…”
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Scaling clean cookstoves in displacement contexts: Reasons for limited success by Singh, Radhika

“…For these reasons, increasing the adoption of “clean” cookstoves among displaced populations has long been a goal of the humanitarian sector. Clean cookstoves run on environmentally and climate friendly sources of fuel such as solar, LPG, or electricity, while traditional cookstoves use firewood or charcoal.…”
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Livelihood corporation for climate resilience: Lessons from refugee host communities in Jordan by Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

“…Resources are strained. And humanitarian aid often stops at the emergency phase. …”
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Cassava improvement in the era of "agrigenomics": the road to nextgeneration breeding. by Rabbi, Ismail Y., Gedil, Melaku A, Ferguson, Morag E., Kulakow, Peter A.

“…Many of these improved varieties have been extensively deployed in SSA and have helped to avert humanitarian crises caused by the viral disease pandemics that devastated local landraces in East and Central Africa.…”
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Launch of theFood Security Simulator – Nigeria (Presentation) by Ecker, Olivier

“…The Food Security Simulator – Nigeria was developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), under the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), with important contributions from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, and Poverty Alleviation Reduction (FMHAPA), and other partners in Nigeria during the validation processes of the tool. …”
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ACLED Conflict Index G5 Sahel (2018-2023) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Following a slightly modified version of ACLED's conflict index methodology, the dataset is generated based on ACLED’s curated dataset for Africa (5 January 2024) and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs's (OCHA) geographic dataset for the Sahel (including P-codes).…”
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Tailored forecasts can predict extreme climate informing proactive interventions in East Africa by Funk, Chris, Harrison, Laura, Segele, Zewdu, Rosenstock, Todd S., Steward, Peter, Anderson, C. Leigh, Coughlan de Perez, Erin, Maxwell, Daniel, Endris, Hussen Seid, Koch, Eunice, Artan, Guleid, Teshome, Fetene, Aura, Stella Maris, Galu, Gideon, Korecha, Diriba, Anderson, Weston, Hoell, Andrew, Damerau, Kerstin, Williams, Emily, Ghosh, Aniruddha, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Hughes, David

“…Abstract This commentary discusses new advances in the predictability of east African rains and highlights the potential for improved early warning systems (EWS), humanitarian relief efforts, and agricultural decision‐making. …”
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The Rural Household Multi Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) tool is adopted as the standard monitoring and evaluation tool by TREE AID by CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…Humanitarian and environmental charity organisation, TREE AID, has adopted the Rural Household Multi Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) as their standard monitoring and evaluation tool to assess the effectiveness and impact of their projects. …”
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Towards a Common Vision for Climate Security in Senegal (workshop report) by Medina, Leonardo, Sarzana, Carolina, Jaquet, Stéphanie, Villa, Victor, Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia

“…This workshop brought together over 35 stakeholders from Senegal's humanitarian, development, climate and peace sectors, including government representatives, NGOs, international organizations, and research institutes, with the goal of appraising climate and insecurity linkages in Senegal and targeting programmatic, evidence-based and policy-related solutions to address them.…”
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Food Security Simulator Nigeria Launch Event Highlights by Ecker, Olivier, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…The Food Security Simulator Nigeria was developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), under the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), with important contributions from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, and Poverty Alleviation Reduction (FMHAPA), and other partners in Nigeria during the validation processes of the tool. …”
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International collaboration for pest management: On stopping an invasive pest of stored maize by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

“…In the future, she hopes to focus on humanitarian science through a career in Entomology. …”
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