Articles & Stories Agriculture and Food Security Thematic Lead Interview - Issaka Lona Dr. Issaka Lona, Food Security and Agriculture, Weather and Climate, and Water Resources and Hydroclimatic Disasters Thematic Lead for AGRHYMET / SERVIR-West Africa, is profiled. August 21, 2018
Articles & Stories Mainstreaming Gender in Drought Forecasting Vietnam experienced one of its worst droughts in almost a century from 2015 to 2016, affecting over 2 million people in 52 provinces nationwide. Ninh Thuan, a province in south central Vietnam with a population of just over 600,000, was severely affected. August 11, 2018
Articles & Stories Invading Acacia Threatens Unique Northern Kenya Ecosystem The extensive arid and semi-arid lands of northern Kenya are home to a variety of communities. Livelihoods are predominantly livestock based, with limited small-scale crop production. The productivity of the rangelands has been in decline, mainly due to poor management practices. July 31, 2018
Articles & Stories Finding the Ephemeral: Satellite Data Guide Pastoralists to Water The Ferlo region of north-central Senegal is a vast expanse of dry savannah covering over a third of the country's total area. For pastorlists, this makes finding water an annual challenge. July 17, 2018
Articles & Stories Empowering Agricultural Decision Makers Across the Globe with Improved Rainfall Forecasting Data The timing and onset of rainfall is crucial for hundreds of thousands of farmers in the developing world when sowing, fertilizing and harvesting crops. June 20, 2018