Resilient Livelihoods Course

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  • TypeTraining or Development Class
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  • Location Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Date 06-11-2017 - 10-11-2017
Training or Development Class Title
Resilient Livelihoods Course
Event Type
Training or Development Class
Training or Development Class Date
06-11-2017 to 10-11-2017
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Organization Name / Organize By
Indepth Research Services
Organizing/Related Departments
Agriculture
Organization Type
Organization
Training or Development ClassCategory
Both (Technical & Non Technical)
Training or Development ClassLevel
International
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Education/Teaching/Training/Development

Research/Science

Agriculture/Agribusiness

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Location
Nairobi, Kenya

Event: Resilient Livelihoods Course

Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

Event Date: 6th - 10th November 2017.

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INTRODUCTION

The majority of the rural poor rely heavily on their local environments to provide basic necessities like water, food and energy. These vital resources provide the backbone of many rural livelihoods and their stability is key to securing the wellbeing of their entire communities.
Disasters and food insecurity are directly interconnected. They interrupt market access, trade and food supply, reduce income, deplete savings and erode livelihoods. Drought, plant pests and diseases, animal diseases and food contamination have a direct economic impact by reducing farm production, by adversely affecting prices, trade, and market access and by decreasing farm income and employment. Economic crises such as soaring food prices reduce real income, force the poor to sell their assets, decrease food consumption, and reduce their dietary diversity and access to safe and quality food. Disasters create poverty traps that increase the prevalence of food insecurity and malnutrition.
Disaster risk reduction is about protecting people’s livelihoods from shocks, and strengthening their capacity to absorb the impact of, and recover from, disruptive events. It is a necessary ingredient for food and nutrition security. Furthermore it also creates a multiplier effect that accelerates the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal 1: the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.

DURATION

5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is intended for various actors in the Agriculture Extension (Agricultural extension officers, senior agricultural officials and policy makers) working with communities, in governments, funding agencies, Research organizations and non-government organizations among others for Agriculture support activities and other Development programmes.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

  • Understand various terms in food security and risk reduction
  • Improve access to adequate sanitation and knowledge and practices of health and hygiene
  • Improve household food production, consumption and dietary diversity
  • Improve agricultural infrastructure and agricultural practices
  • Improve home-based livelihood opportunities for the rural poor through marketing training and by supporting the establishment and capacity-building
  • Develop and strengthen community-based livelihoods management and disaster preparedness and response mechanisms

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

Threats to food and nutrition security

  • Natural hazards (drought, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes/typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides)
  • Socio-economic crises (e.g. volatility in agricultural commodity markets and soaring food prices)
  • Environmental conditions such as land degradation, desertification and water scarcity
  • Climate change, particularly the expected increase in the frequency and intensity of weather related hazards
  • Food chain emergencies of trans boundary threats

Disaster Risk Reduction for food and nutrition security

  • Critical roles of early warning systems
  • Risk detection, mitigation and prevention measures
  • Importance of mitigation and risk prevention measures
  • Importance of risk preparedness, improved monitoring of emerging threats and communication to food nutrition security

Effects of climate change and disaster risks on:

  • Agricultural productivity
  • Production stability
  • Farmers’ incomes

Approaches and practices for building resilient livelihoods

  • Postharvest Management
  • Livelihoods diversification
  • Crop diversification
  • Integrated pest management
  • Natural resource management

Enabling environment for resilient livelihoods

  • Legal policy framework
  • Institutional structures and coordination
  • Capacity development and local support

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Others Details

Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.

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USD 1100
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