Difference between revisions of "R4 Rural Resilience Initiative in Ethiopia"
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|LPAA initiative=Yes
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|NAZCA Initiative=Yes
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|Success story text=Since 2014, Binta has participated in the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative which is helping her better manage her natural resources and cope with more frequent droughts. The aim is to ensure food is on the table all year long, while also expanding her sources of income.  
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|Website address=http://www.wfp.org/climate-change/initiatives/r4-rural-resilience-initiative
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The first assessment of the programme in Ethiopia shows that female participants are the ones obtaining the greatest gains in productivity. Now, two recent studies performed in Senegal further show how the programme is strengthening women’s ability to adapt to climate change. R4 helps them strengthen their families’ food security and livelihoods through a combination of risk management activities which reduce the impact of weather uncertainty, and the damage caused by disasters.
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|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.
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|Success story short text=R4 Rural Resilience Initiative: An innovative resilience-building initiative implemented by WFP and Oxfam America is helping farmers like her break out of chronic food insecurity.
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|Goals=100,000 insured farmers by 2017
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|Success story flag=Yes
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|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.
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|Participants=WFP and Oxfam America (OA)
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|Geographical coverage=Africa
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|LPAA Theme Agriculture=Yes
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|LPAA Theme Forestry=Yes
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|LPAA Theme Adaptation=Yes
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|LPAA Theme Resilience=Yes
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|Type of initiative=Implementation
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|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
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|Type of lead organisation=International organisation
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|Location/Nationality of lead organisation=Italy
 
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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, e-mail: richard.choularton@wfp.org
Organisational structure
Geographical coverage Africa
Name of lead organisation
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

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Activity of initiative
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Goals
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How will goals be achieved
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Participants

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Companies 0
Business organisations 0
Research and educational organisations 0
Non-governmental organisations 0
National states 0
Governmental actors 0
Regional / state / county actors 0
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


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
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Not only have national states as participators

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