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Title Reducing drought emergencies in the Horn of Africa
Full text https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/reducing-drought-emergencies-in-the-horn-of-africa
Date 2020
Author(s) Thomas, Evan; Jordan, Elizabeth; Linden, Karl; Mogesse, Beshah; Hailu, Tamene; Jirma, Hussein; Thomson, Patrick; Koehler, Johanna; Collins, Greg
Abstract Drought-driven humanitarian emergencies are becoming more frequent in the Horn of Africa where millions of people in this arid region face chronic water and food insecurity. Evidence from the region shows increasing reliance on groundwater supplies, infrastructure and institutional systems in response to decreasing rainfall. Drought emergencies can be mitigated by investing in resilience efforts that make safe water reliably available at strategic groundwater abstraction locations during cycles of water stress. A combination of early warning data, policy reform, asset management and improved rural water supplies and maintenance may enable rapid, responsive, and accountable water governance that is more cost effective than emergency relief and better positioned to absorb and adapt to shocks.
Subject(s) Life Science
Language en
Relation https://edepot.wur.nl/648107
Type of publication Article/Letter to editor
Format text/html
Source Science of the Total Environment 727 (2020) 1; ISSN: 0048-9697
Rights Wageningen University & Research
Identifier 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138772
Repository Wageningen - University of Wageningen
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