The authors analyzed 10 case studies from interventions with a supply-side focus in eight countries (Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia) using the seed security conceptual framework parameters of seed access, availability, and seed quality. They added “information” to these parameters and conclude that much more documentation of...Read More

The article examines a series of practical actions for matching the type of the response more closely to the actual seed security problem.Read More

Humanitarian Actors for Grass Root Initiatives (HAGI) used the sociocultural and demographic details collected using a baseline survey to identify the right combination of activities to support food-insecure households in Rumbek East, South Sudan in meeting their short-term recovery as well as longer-term economic improvement goals.Read More

Using a combination of past data on rainfall trends and their impact of food and nutrition security, and forecasts based on global models, the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) in Ethiopia has developed two likely scenarios for food security and associated recommendations to address nutritional gaps, livelihoods, and conflict management.Read More

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) preparedness and mitigation measures, which take into account an analysis of past hazard events, seasonal weather patterns, and their potential impact on production activities, have resulted in development of an early action plan to address humanitarian crises in the Somali peninsula in the Horn of...Read More