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While smallholder farmers are the primary food producers in Southern Africa, contributing to 90 percent of food production in some countries, often systems in the region do...

Botswana is one of the world’s most drought-prone countries, with multiple, multi-year droughts recorded since the 1950s. Drought adversely affects fragile food and agricultural production, disrupts water...

Approximately one-third of the people in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region live in drought-prone areas. Meteorological drought causes substantial socio-economic hardships, decline in public...

WFP has extensive experience integrating climate risk insurance solutions as an element of financial and social protection. This factsheet provides a summary of the evidence on how WFP-supported microinsurance...

While Southern Africa contributes only 1 percent to global carbon emissions, their temperatures are rising at double the global rate and climate impacts such...

This briefing investigates the ‘driving forces’ or ‘trends’ shaping southern African food systems. The analysis is intended to raise awareness of the potential to shape future outcomes in this complex multi-faceted...