Chengetai Zonke lost much of her maize crop to drought last year. When it came to planting again, she decided to reduce her stake in what has become a recurrent climate change gamble.

At her homestead in Chiware, in Zimbabwe’s northeastern Manicaland Province, the 52-year-old farmer explained why. “I’ve abandoned tilling the bigger fields to avoid the risk of putting more land under crops that may fail due to lack of rain or too much rain,” she told IRIN. “Replanting costs money, which is scarce.”

Date: 27 Febraury 2017

Source: The Washington Post

By: Javiera Quiroga

Date: 27 February 2017

Source:Bloomberg

Landslides close to the Chilean capital Santiago killed three people over the weekend, while cutting off water supplies to millions of homes, the National Emergency Office said.

Another 373 people remain cut off after the rains swept away roads and bridges, said Ricardo Toro, director of Chile’s National Emergency Office.

Date: 27 February 2017

Source: Reliefweb

By: Rhett A. Butler

Date: 21 February 2017

Source: Mongabay

By: Moushumi Das Gupta 

Date: 17 February 2017

Source: The Hindustan times

Date: 2 February 2017

Source: Reuters

Severe droughts gripping Peru have given way to some of the country's most devastating downpours in decades, catching authorities off guard as they scramble to contain the kind of floods that climate change is expected to make more frequent.

Date: 3 February 2017

Source: CIFOR

Mangrove forests that incorporate local communities into their management fare better, a new study finds. Recognizing the importance of gender and community rights in mangrove use and planning prevents the deterioration of these fragile ecosystems.

By: Susan Reidy

Date: 27 January 2017

Source: World Grain 

Date: 20 January 2017

Source: FAO 

FAO Director-General calls for better water management and improved access for small farmers

The pacific island of Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most resource rich countries, hosting nearly 7 percent of global biodiversity and important reserves of gold, copper and hydrocarbons.

The majority of small-scale farmers have no legal access to water