Descripción del proyecto
Innovación conjunta en servicios climáticos adaptados a los medios de subsistencia africanos
La seguridad alimentaria es la piedra angular de miles de millones de medios de subsistencia en todo el mundo, especialmente en los entornos rurales y urbanos africanos. Sin embargo, la intensificación de los riesgos meteorológicos y climáticos plantea un reto formidable. Los servicios climáticos y agrícolas existentes suelen funcionar en compartimentos estancos, sin abordar las necesidades interconectadas de las comunidades. El equipo del proyecto SAFE4ALL, financiado con fondos europeos, aborda este problema prestando servicios climáticos a medida en Ghana, Kenia y Zimbabue. Mediante la participación de las comunidades locales, los municipios y las ciudades, pretende aumentar la resiliencia, mejorar la seguridad alimentaria y gestionar la migración. Asimismo, el equipo de SAFE4ALL fomenta la colaboración entre los gobiernos, el mundo académico y la sociedad civil para desarrollar soluciones climáticas escalables. Con un método centrado en el usuario, pretende integrar la información climática con las prácticas agrícolas, promoviendo medios de vida sostenibles y redes de seguridad social.
Objetivo
Agriculture is the foundation of the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide, including African rural and urban households, farming communities, and cities. However, weather and climate risks have increased, creating a need for better access to climate and weather information, soil water management, insurance, and other climate-agricultural services. Although some services exist, they are often separated and follow a top-down information provision that operates on a national scale. SAFE4ALL aims to address the interconnected issues of climate change, food security, ecosystem and disaster management, and migration in Africa by providing user-centred climate services. It will innovate and bundle affordable, and scalable services that include location-specific information to meet the needs of end-users in Kenya, Ghana and Zimbabwe. Three co-creation case studies will be organized in these vulnerable African countries, engaging with small-scale farming communities, municipalities, and cities. SAFE4ALL will coordinate efforts from governments, civil society, academia, and international organizations to mobilize the capacity of end-users, build food security and resilience, promote sustainable agriculture, and provide social safety nets to affected localities. Specific objectives include establishing a collaborative, co-creation, and engagement platform for the prioritization and co-development of needs-based climate services, identifying adaptation challenges, requirements, and enabling factors and complementing policies in adapting to the wider socio-economic environment, and exploring and harnessing existing services to improve the uptake and effectiveness of climate services and develop sustainable business and implementation models for services. The outcomes aim to manage migration to cities by ensuring that communities are better equipped to adapt and cope with the impacts of climate change while enhancing food security in a rapidly changing world.
Ámbito científico
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinador
6708 PB Wageningen
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