Event: Resilient Livelihoods Course

Venue: Indepth Research Services, Nairobi, Kenya.

Event Date: 12th - 16th February 2018.

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INTRODUCTION
The majority of the rural poor rely heavily on their local environments to provide basic necessities like water, food and energy. These vital resources provide the backbone of many rural livelihoods and their stability is key to securing the well-being of their entire communities.
Disasters and food insecurity are directly interconnected. They interrupt market access, trade and food supply, reduce income, deplete savings and erode livelihoods. Drought, plant pests and diseases, animal diseases and food contamination have a direct economic impact by reducing farm production, by adversely affecting prices, trade, and market access and by decreasing farm income and employment. Economic crises such as soaring food prices reduce real income, force the poor to sell their assets, decrease food consumption, and reduce their dietary diversity and access to safe and quality food. Disasters create poverty traps that increase the prevalence of food insecurity and malnutrition.
Disaster risk reduction is about protecting people’s livelihoods from shocks, and strengthening their capacity to absorb the impact of, and recover from, disruptive events. It is a necessary ingredient for food and nutrition security. Furthermore, it also creates a multiplier effect that accelerates the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal 1: the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.

DURATION
5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is intended for various actors in the Agriculture Extension (Agricultural extension officers, senior agricultural officials and policymakers) working with communities, in governments, funding agencies, Research organizations and non-government organizations among others for Agriculture support activities and other Development programmes.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
• Understand various terms of food security and risk reduction
• Improve access to adequate sanitation and knowledge and practices of health and hygiene
• Improve household food production, consumption and dietary diversity
• Improve agricultural infrastructure and agricultural practices
• Improve home-based livelihood opportunities for the rural poor through marketing training and by supporting the establishment and capacity-building
• Develop and strengthen community-based livelihoods management and disaster preparedness and response mechanism

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
• Threats to food and nutrition security
• Disaster Risk Reduction for food and nutrition security
• Effects of climate change and disaster risks
• Approaches and practices for building resilient livelihoods
• Enabling environment for resilient livelihoods

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For further inquiries, please contact us on Tel: +254 715 077 817, +254 (020) 211 3814, +254 731240802, +254 735331020.
Email outreach@indepthresearch.org

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer. Email: outreach@indepthresearch.org Mob: +254 715 077 817 Tel: 020 211 3814

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank on or before C.O.B. 5th February 2018. Send proof of payment to outreach@indepthresearch.org