Climate risk management in Africa: Learning from practice
Acronyms ACMAD AGRHYMET AUC CILSS CRM CSMT DFID DNM DRAMR ENSO FAO GCOS GDP GIS ICTs IRI MALOF MARA MDGs MEWS MRFC NASFAM NDVI NEPAD NGOs NOAA OAU ORS OHVN OIBM
African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development Centre Régional de Formation et d’Application en Agrométéorologie et Hydrologie Opérationnelle African Union Commission Comité Permanent Inter-États de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel Climate risk management Seasonal Climatic Suitability for Malaria Transmission Department for International Development of the UK Direction Nationale de la Météorologie (Mali) Direction Régionale d’Appui au Monde Rurale El Niño-Southern Oscillation Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Global Climate Observing System Gross domestic product Geographic information system Information and communication technologies International Research Institute for Climate and Society Malaria Outlook Forum (also known as Africa Regional Epidemic Outlook Forum) Pan-African Mapping Malaria Risk in Africa Millennium Development Goals Malaria Early Warning and Response System Malawi Rural Finance Company National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi Normalized Difference Vegetation Index New Partnership for Africa’s Development Non-government organizations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Organisation of African Unity Office de Riz Ségou Organisation de la Haute Vallée du Niger Opportunity International Banking Malawi
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