?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F10279%2F&rft.title=The+impacts+of+the+El+Ni%C3%B1o-induced+drought+on+seed+security+in+Southern+Africa%3A+implications+for+humanitarian+response+and+food+security&rft.creator=Mazvimavi%2C+K&rft.creator=Murendo%2C+C&rft.creator=Chivenge%2C+P&rft.subject=El+Nino&rft.subject=Drought&rft.subject=Food+Security&rft.subject=Southern+Africa&rft.subject=Seed+Systems&rft.description=As+part+of+a+strategy+to+address+the+effects+of+the+recent+El+Ni%C3%B1o+and+its+impact+on+the+agriculture+sector%2C+the+Food+and+Agriculture+Organization+of+the+United+Nations+(FAO)+undertook+a+seed+and+other+agricultural+inputs+assessment+in+Madagascar%2C+Malawi%2C+Mozambique%2C+Swaziland%2C+Zambia+and+Zimbabwe%2C+with+funding+support+from+the+United+States+Agency+for+International+Development+(USAID).+South+Africa+was+also+assessed+even+if+it+was+not+one+of+the+focus+countries%2C+to+determine+the+potential+of+seed+and+other+input+(e.g.+fertilizer)+exports+to+other+countries+in+the+region.+The+assessment+was+conducted+by+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)+in+collaboration+with+Southern+African+Development+Community+(SADC)+Seed+Centre%2C+Governments%2C+Non-governmental+Organizations+(Catholic+Relief+Services(CRS)+and+OXFAM))%2C+National+Agricultural+Marketing+Council+of+South+Africa+(NAMAC)%2C+the+Feed+the+Future+Seed+Trade+Project+and+private+sector+actors.+The+objectives+of+the+assessment+were+(i)+to+assess+current+seed+security+situation+in+drought+affected+areas+to+understand+constraints+and+opportunities+for+intervention+(ii)+to+guide+short+and+long-term+field+programming+and+(iii)+to+build+the+capacity+of+national+stakeholders+to+mainstream+seed+security+assessments+in+national+processes...&rft.publisher=ICRISAT&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F10279%2F1%2FFinal%2520Consolidated%2520Seed%2520Security%2520Assessment%2520Report%252028_02_17_KM1%2520Kizito.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mazvimavi%2C+K+and+Murendo%2C+C+and+Chivenge%2C+P++(2017)+The+impacts+of+the+El+Ni%C3%B1o-induced+drought+on+seed+security+in+Southern+Africa%3A+implications+for+humanitarian+response+and+food+security.++Technical+Report.+ICRISAT.+++++