Fiona Guy — "We need to know if the rain is going to be a problem" says Joyce Joram Tuppa, a farmer in a village near Dodoma, Tanzania. "Sometimes we don't have anything to eat. This year, we cultivated but there was no rain so we have harvested nothing". Through a 'climate services' initiative WFP is implementing, farmers like Joyce are being trained on how to use climate information that will help them make better decisions to protect their food security and livelihoods.
Climate change is increasing the number of climate disasters that people face. Such disasters trap a large number of people in a cycle of hunger. In many countries, people do not have access to adequate information to decide on what to do about impending floods and droughts. This results in them making poor decisions that can make them go hungry.
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