Sentence examples for resilience to droughts from inspiring English sources

There are also fewer power cuts because a diverse energy mix means greater resilience to droughts.

These demands come from a variety of social movements, from farmers' and fishers' groups to trade unions to communities working together on building resilience to droughts, floods and storms.

Turkana's near economic isolation from the rest of Kenya, coupled with conflict between neighbouring tribes of pastoralists and the degradation of pasture, means the region has little resilience to drought, according to Beatrice Teya, who heads the UN Development Programme's (UNDP) disaster risk reduction and recovery team.

Hence, there is a need for an improved drought management policy that would complement pastoral farmers' adaptation practices and improve resilience to drought.

Information from this study can help improve our understanding of juniper resilience to drought and the hydrologic impacts of semi-arid land cover change.

The recent discovery of oil in Turkana is likely to pose a threat to pastoralist resilience to drought if appropriate measures are not put in place (Opiyo 2012).

Five fodder producer groups under the 'Enhanced Community Resilience to Drought through Innovative Market-based Systems Approaches' project were purposively selected for this study.

Policies and development interventions that reduce risks, diminish livelihood constraints, and expand opportunities for increased household resilience to drought are critical complements to the existing pastoral strategies.

They used this as a coping strategy against disasters and calamities, as different herds have different water and pasture requirements and different resilience to drought and diseases.

The livestock species kept include camels, cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys, all of which have different forage and water requirements and variable levels of resilience to drought.

Achieving resilience to drought and other effects of climate change may depend upon continued management, so understanding the combined effects of stressors is important.