UN Approach on Resilience Building in the Sahel

CREDIT: OCHA Chad- Pierre Peron

According to SahelNOW, "Too often households and communities do not have the capability to withstand the damaging effects of the multiple climate and market shocks they are facing.

The repeated humanitarian crises in the Sahel are due to a failure of development. A strategy of resilience should therefore directly support those households most vulnerable to humanitarian crises so that they can better absorb shocks, rebuild after a crisis and support a longer-term transformation through education and livelihoods diversification.

An effective resilience program should support improved agricultural productivity with a particular emphasis on women’s role in agriculture, promote resilient behavioral practices, encourage sustainable livelihoods, diversification of revenues, and sustainable natural resource management, scale up coverage of basic social services, strengthen early warning and risk management systems, and extend social protection coverage to vulnerable households."

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