133 datasets found

This variable is the accumulated liquid and frozen water, including rain and snow, that falls to the Earth's surface. It is the sum of large-scale precipitation (that...

Heavy rainfall events have increased most in the arid southern provinc-es of Nimroz, Helmand and southern Kandahar—and to a lesser extent in the semi-arid western province of...

Over the past thirty years, the risk of spring and summer flooding due to melting of snow and ice has increased most in the eastern part of the Helmand river basin along the...

Whereas drought in rainfed areas is primarily caused by lack of rainfall locally, drought in irrigated areas is in large part linked to climate conditions further upstream....

Over the past thirty years, the impact of increased rainfall-related drought risk on food security and livelihoods has been most severe in the north and center of the country....

Livelihood zones dominated by irrigated crop production are most vulnerable to snowmelt-related flooding, being more likely to be located along rivers and canals at risk of...

Almost all of the zones were heavy rainfall has increased are also dominated by agricultural livelihoods—and are therefore considered “hotspot areas” in terms of negative...

Livelihood zones considered most vulnerable to rainfall-related drought are those relying on rainfed agriculture (particularly cereal production) and pastoralism. Livelihood...

Major negative impacts of increased snowmelt-related floods on food security and livelihoods seem to be concentrated along rivers in the eastern part of the Helmand river...

The threat posed by drought to the sustainability of the country’s irrigated farming is already acutely visible: in 2014, an estimated 31% of the total land normally available...

To identify areas which have experienced more frequent or intense rainfall-related drought, we looked at two climate indicators: change in spring precipitation and change in...

All livelihood zones which primarily revolve around agriculture—rainfed and irrigated crop production, as well as livestock—are considered highly vulnerable to flooding...

Livelihood zones centered on irrigated crop production (all crops except poppy) are most vulnerable to snowmelt-related droughts. Irrigated zones where poppy production is a...