Revision as of 13:08, 21 March 2017

General

Name of initiative	R4 Rural Resilience Initiative
LPAA initiative	Yes
NAZCA Initiative	Yes
Website address	http://www.wfp.org/climate-change/initiatives/r4-rural-resilience-initiative
Related initiatives
Starting year	2011
End year
Secretariat	World Food Programme (WFP), Via Cesare Giulio Viola 68, Parco dei Medici, 00148 - Rome - Italy, Tel: +39-06-65131, Mr. Fabio Benidi; e-mail: fabio.bedini.@wfp.org; Ms. Azzurra Massimino, e-mail: azzurra.massimino@wfp.org
Organisational structure
Geographical coverage	Africa
Name of lead organisation	World Food Programme
Type of lead organisation	International organisation
Location/Nationality of lead organisation	Italy

Description

Description	The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4) is a comprehensive risk management approach to help communities be more resilient to climate variability and shocks. Currently active in Senegal and Ethiopia, The World Food Programme (WFP) is also piloting the initiative in Malawi and Zambia. Our vision: 100, 000 insured farmers by 2017.
Objectives	100,000 insured farmers by 2017
Activities	R4 builds on the success of the Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) project in Ethiopia. It gives poor farmers and rural households the option to pay for insurance by contributing their time and labour to local climate adaptation measures, such as crop irrigation and forestry projects.
One or two success stories achieved

Monitoring and Impacts

Function of initiative	Implementation, Funding, Technical dialogue
Activity of initiative	Technical operational implementation (ex-post), Financing, Knowledge dissemination and exchange
Indicators
Goals
Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals
How are you tracking progress of your initiative
Available reporting

Participants

Participants

Number

Names

Members

0

Companies

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Business organisations

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Research and educational organisations

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Non-governmental organisations

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National states

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Governmental actors

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Regional / state / county actors

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City / municipal actors

0

Intergovernmental organisations

0

Financial Institutions

0

Faith based organisations

0

Other members

0

Supporting partners

0

Number of members in the years

Have only national states as participators

No

Theme

Transport	Agriculture	Forestry	Business	Financial institutions	Buildings	Industry	Waste	Cities and subnational governments	Short Term Pollutants	International maritime transport	Energy Supply	Fluorinated gases	Energy efficiency	Renewable energy	Supply chain emission reductions	Adaptation	Other	Resilience	Innovation	Energy Access and Efficiency	Private Finance
No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No

Last update: 13 February 2023 13:26:53

Not only have national states as participators

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 |Website address=http://www.wfp.org/climate-change/initiatives/r4-rural-resilience-initiative
 |Starting year=2011
-|Description=The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4) is a comprehensive risk management approach to help communities be more resilient to climate variability and shocks. Currently active in Senegal and Ethiopia, The World Food Programme (WFP) is also piloting the initiative in Malawi and Zambia. Our vision: 100, 000 insured farmers by 2017.
+|Secretariat=World Food Programme (WFP), Via Cesare Giulio Viola 68,  Parco dei Medici,  00148 - Rome - Italy, Tel: +39-06-65131, Mr. Fabio Benidi; e-mail: fabio.bedini.@wfp.org;
-|Goals=100,000 insured farmers by 2017
+Ms. Azzurra Massimino, e-mail: azzurra.massimino@wfp.org
-|Activities=R4 builds on the success of the Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) project in Ethiopia. It gives poor farmers and rural households the option to pay for insurance by contributing their time and labour to local climate adaptation measures, such as crop irrigation and forestry projects.
-|Participants=WFP and Oxfam America (OA)
 |Geographical coverage=Africa
+|Type of initiative=Implementation
+|Name of lead organisation=World Food Programme
+|Type of lead organisation=International organisation
+|Location/Nationality of lead organisation=Italy
+|LPAA Theme Transport=No
 |LPAA Theme Agriculture=Yes
 |LPAA Theme Forestry=Yes
+|LPAA Theme Business=No
+|LPAA Theme Financial institutions=No
+|LPAA Theme Buildings=No
+|LPAA Theme Industry=No
+|LPAA Theme Waste=No
+|LPAA Theme Cities and subnational governments=No
+|LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants=No
+|LPAA Theme International maritime transport=No
+|LPAA Theme Energy Supply=No
+|LPAA Theme Fluorinated gases=No
+|LPAA Theme Energy efficiency=No
+|LPAA Theme Renewable energy=No
+|LPAA Theme Supply chain emission reductions=No
 |LPAA Theme Adaptation=Yes
+|LPAA Theme Other=No
 |LPAA Theme Resilience=Yes
-|Type of initiative=Implementation
+|LPAA Theme Innovation=No
-|Secretariat=World Food Programme (WFP), Via Cesare Giulio Viola 68,  Parco dei Medici,  00148 - Rome - Italy, Tel: +39-06-65131, e-mail: richard.choularton@wfp.org
+|LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency=No
-|Type of lead organisation=International organisation
+|LPAA Theme Private Finance=No
-|Location/Nationality of lead organisation=Italy
+|Description=The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4) is a comprehensive risk management approach to help communities be more resilient to climate variability and shocks. Currently active in Senegal and Ethiopia, The World Food Programme (WFP) is also piloting the initiative in Malawi and Zambia. Our vision: 100, 000 insured farmers by 2017.
+|Goals=100,000 insured farmers by 2017
+|Activities=R4 builds on the success of the Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) project in Ethiopia. It gives poor farmers and rural households the option to pay for insurance by contributing their time and labour to local climate adaptation measures, such as crop irrigation and forestry projects.
+|Participants=WFP and Oxfam America (OA)
+|Have only national states as participators=No
+|Related initiatives=
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