JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV) – A study conducted by the Resilience and Nutrition Security Programme in Angola (FRESAN) has shown that that over 1.1 million citizens in the Southern Provinces of Huíla, Namibe and Cunene are affected by drought.
This is a as a result of climate change phenomenon said FRESAN coordinator, Matteo Tonini, during a meeting of civil society organisations recently.
Climate change is affecting food production and this has resulted into scourges of hunger.
“The situation is particularly worrying if we take into account climate models for the coming years, which provide for seasonal changes in the precipitation regime, increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, expansion of arid and semi-arid regions and an increase in air temperature and of the sea,” he said.
In line with the European Commission projects, FRESAN signed a financing agreement with the institution to lessen the drought within populations affected by the food crisis at a value of 65 Million Euros.
Meanwhile, the Director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forest Development, Mariana Soma, voiced out that the project in question is on the right track to address the difficulties that are visible in agro-pastoral communities, mainly due to climate changes.
She further said that the subsidies and support of the FRESAN project will be monitored by civil society organizations and this include the way in which funding will take place, in order to implement the project in the context of resilience in the various municipalities.
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