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    At least 3 kg of food grown in Mozambique’s fields is lost due to inefficient processing, transportation, and storage-World Bank

    A change to hotter conditions is a looming challenge in the agricultural sector in the Southern African region

    AfDB commits $10 billion to fight food insecurity

    AfDB commits $10 billion to fight food insecurity

    Natafim SA expands drip-line manufacturing plant

    Natafim SA expands drip-line manufacturing plant

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    Africa’s Vast Arable Land Underutilised for Cash and Food Crops

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    Macfrut 2023,Turkey to participate in International Blueberry Days

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    AfDB commits $10 billion to fight food insecurity

    AfDB commits $10 billion to fight food insecurity

    Africa’s Vast Arable Land Underutilised for Cash and Food Crops

    Africa’s Vast Arable Land Underutilised for Cash and Food Crops

    Africa’s new agriculture pledge on the cards

    Africa’s new agriculture pledge on the cards

    Agricultural machinery: High demand on the world market

    Agricultural machinery: High demand on the world market

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    Norway pledges to build resilience of small aquaculture farmers in East and Southern Africa

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    Tropical Cyclone Ana: WFP ready to provide food and logistics support for rescue and relief operations

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    Mozambique authorities seek to combat biodiversity devastation by clamping on illicit fishing

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    World Bank, UN launch programme to help Mozambique improve forestry management

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    It is through collective efforts and pursuit of mutual agreements and regional approaches and strategies that SADC can fully address national and intercountry investments on agriculture

    It is through collective efforts and pursuit of mutual agreements and regional approaches and strategies that SADC can fully address national and intercountry investments on agriculture

    Africa’s local ownership drive must balance foreign investment

    President Nyusi reminds investors of the agricultural opportunities available in Mocuba District

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    AWARD targets to improve African smallholders’ livelihoods

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Heatwave: People’s lives and wild animals at risk

Ian by Ian
November 11, 2019
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Peoples’s lives and those of wild animals are feared to be at risk across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region as temperatures are expected to reach above 40° Celcius.

A deadly heatwave is sweeping across the region and it has reportedly killed at least one person in Botswana.

Wild animals are also at risk across the region with Botswana and Zimbabwe having recorded a considerable number of elephant deaths related to heatwave and drought.

Following these deaths, SADC issued an “Extreme Temperature Alert” warning that temperatures above 35°C were expected in the bulk of central SADC.

The SADC Climate Services Centre also warned that maximum temperatures were expected to significantly rise in central parts of the region, reaching heatwave thresholds.

“Parts of central SADC will experience temperatures above 35°C over a consecutive period of three days and occasions where temperatures have a high probability to exceed 40°C thus reaching the threshold for heatwave alert during the forecast period,” said the SADC Climate Services Centre.

According to SADC Climate Services areas expected to experience the heat wave include, extreme south-eastern Angola, north and eastern most parts of Botswana, eastern half of Eswatini, south-western parts of Madagascar, southern Malawi, most of Mozambique, extreme north-eastern Namibia, eastern fringes of South Africa, south and eastern Zambia, northern fringes and southern half of Zimbabwe.

While most of the central parts of the SADC region stretching from southern Angola through eastern Namibia, Botswana, most of Zambia, Zimbabwe, southern Malawi to northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania were put in a heatwave watch category.

Western Madagascar is also in a watch category for a potential heatwave.

The SADC centre also advised that there is a need to adhere to all the advisories provided by local institutions in member states especially in those parts where there is a high probability of heatwave to be experienced.

“Precautions are advised in these areas to avoid heat-related health problems, such as heat stroke amongst others. Users are encouraged to consult the national meteorological and hydro-meteorological services (NMHSs) in the SADC member states interpretation and the relevant national institutions.”

The report by the World Meteorological Organisation ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit held in New York in September reveals severe changes in climate in the last five years, including dramatic changes in temperature, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events.

It also says Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere have also increased to record levels, locking in the warming trend for generations to come.

According to reports 90 per cent of natural disasters experienced in the period, 2015-2019 are related to weather, with developing countries being the most affected due to limited adaptive capacities.

The region is particularly vulnerable due to its heavy dependence on rain-fed agriculture and climate-sensitive resources.

The sensitivity of agriculture to climate-induced water stress is likely to deepen the existing challenges of declining agricultural outputs, declining economic productivity, poverty and food insecurity, with smallholder farmers particularly affected.

Droughts continue to pose a challenge in the region since 2015. The El Niño-induced drought during the 2015/16 season was described as the worst in 35 years.

This has also impacted on the energy sector, with low rainfall received in the 2015/16 season causing large parts of the region to record very low water levels in reservoirs and rivers, affecting energy generation.

Declining water levels in Lake Kariba between Zambia and Zimbabwe is an issue of major concern as this resulted in low hydropower generation.

In October 2015, Tanzania was reportedly forced to switch off all its hydropower plants due to low water levels in the major dams. As a result of the low water levels, hydro-electricity generation fell to 20 per cent of capacity, making it difficult for the dams to operate.

Tanzania, which has significant gas reserves, has since converted its infrastructure in key areas to use mainly natural gas.

Of concern to countries with extensive low-lying coastal areas such as Mozambique is the continued global rise in sea levels. Over the period under review, the rate of global mean sea-level rise amounted to 5 mm per year, compared with 4 mm per year in the decade 2007-2016. This is substantially faster than the average rate since 1993 of 3.2 mm/year.

The main driver for the rise is ice melt from the world glaciers and the ice sheets, rather than thermal expansion.

More than 60 per cent of the Mozambican population lives in low-lying coastal areas. The rise in sea level poses a great risk to their infrastructure, coastal agriculture, key ecosystems and fisheries, in areas already prone to tropical storms from the Mozambique Channel.

Between January and April 2019, the region faced several weather-related phenomena such as tropical cyclones Desmond, Enawo, Idai and Kenneth, which caused extensive flooding in countries such as the Union of Comoros, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Cyclone Idai, recorded as one of the worst tropical storms to ever affect Africa and the southern hemisphere, claimed hundreds of lives and left a trail of destruction, including severe damage to key infrastructure such as roads, bridges, schools and clinics.

Over 800,000 hectares of cropland as well as crops and seed stocks were destroyed by the cyclone, while about 3.3 million people were left in need of immediate humanitarian assistance such as food, shelter, clothing, potable water, sanitation and medical support.

The three largest economic losses on record from wildfires and influenced by droughts, all occurred in the last four years. Wildfires have increased in intensity, particularly forested areas, and especially in the Amazon forests of Brazil.

This has led to massive releases of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, impacting on far-off areas such as southern Africa.

To prepare for future hazards, the 39th SADC Summit called on member states to implement comprehensive multi-year response plans to tackle the recurrent droughts and food insecurity challenges.

In light of the increasing impacts of climate change, the establishment of vibrant disaster-risk strategies is a priority for southern Africa.

According to this, the SADC Secretariat in collaboration with member states is developing a strategy for effective coordination of disaster responses.

Implementation of the SADC Disaster Preparedness and Response Strategy will ensure that mechanisms and adequate resources are available for the effective management of disasters.

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