Start of the Workshop and first project

In this workshop, the attendees present three practical examples from the African continent on how anticipatory humanitarian action supports the fight against malnutrition and protects agricultural livelihoods. While sharing the same overall topic the projects differ in their target groups, methods and other points.

Jörg Mühlbach introduces the topics of today's workshop as well as the attendees. 
Anna Lena Huhn (Regional Forecast-based Financing Delegate – Southern Africa German Red Cross) presents today's first project. 

She is explaining the Red Cross' forcast-based financing  project on droughts in Namibia. They were introducing the forecast system in three different African Countries, Huhn is explaining the integration in Namibia more in detail. In Namibia droughts are having the latest humanitarian footprint and causing problems in agriculture, nutrition and water supply. A big amount of the population are effected with about 52% of the Namibian population residing in rural areas with their livelihoods being dependent on farming. 
The research let Huhn to possible early actions. 

1. Provision of short growth season cultivar seeds
2. Promote conservation Agriculture practices that conserve soil moisture and improve water holding capacicty
3. Implement conditional or unconditional cahs transfers (seasonal drought) 
4. Promote small-scale irrigation and other activities such as chicken rearing

Josephien Albrecht