Read the official World Food Programme page:
http://www.wfp.org/disaster-risk-reduction/leap
Download version 2.40 (April 2011)
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| Download manual only (3 MB) |
| Download the LEAP tutorial (2.5 MB) |
Introduction
The Ethiopia Drought Insurance Pilot Project of the World Food Program of the United Nations and the World Bank has shown that
- it is feasible to use market mechanisms to finance drought risk in Ethiopia. As part of the pilot, WFP obtained insurance through a contract with AXA Re, a Paris-based reinsurer using a sophisticated index based on Ethiopia’s historical rainfall and agricultural output
- it is possible to develop objective, timely, and accurate indicators for triggering drought assistance. The Ethiopian agricultural drought index referred to above shows an 80% correlation with the total number of historical food-aid beneficiaries. This suggests that such an index can be used as a relatively good proxy of actual aggregate needs in case of drought. Field visits have indicated that the index has so far correctly captured events on the ground. Moreover, the index is updated on a 10-day basis, which greatly improves the timeliness of information.
The software supporting this programme is called LEAP.
LEAP is being used by the Ethiopian government, WFP and a number of international agencies such as IFAD, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Projectconcern.
Presentations Workshop April 2010 - Addis Ababa - Intercontinental Hotel
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Team
LEAP is being developed by:
Software training and agriculture specialist, Mathewos Hunde, Director of the Early Warning and Response Directorate of DRMFSS (Disaster Risk Management Food Security Sector). Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Coordinator Donor Group, Wout Soer. Productive Safety Net Program, The World Bank Addis Ababa - Ethiopia. Ph: +251 11 5176000
Peter Hoefsloot, agrometeorologist, software developer and consultant to WFP and World Bank. Wellsedijk 27 5325 XN Well, The Netherlands. Ph: +31 73 5992889 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text86225 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sandro Calmanti, climate modeler and analyst at ENEA (Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Lab for Climate Modelling and Impacts. Ph: +39 06 30486652 mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it skype: sandro.calmanti
WFP Project leader Niels Balzer, Policy officer Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Coordination Unit, UN World Food Programme, Rome Ph: +39 06 65132033 mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Dr. Muktar Reshid, Weather Risk Management Pastoral Area Consultant to Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) section, WFP Ethiopia. Ph:+251 911 771147 mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Professionals that have also contributed in earlier phases of LEAP:
Head of Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) Section, Elliot Vhurumuku, United Nations World Food Programme - Ethiopia mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Ulrich Hess Senior Economist, Multilateral Trusteeship and Innovative Financing, Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships, The World Bank. mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Former Project manager William Wiseman Human Development Department, The World Bank, Africa Region, 1818 H Street, Washington, DC 20433, USA Ph: (202) 458 5698 mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Technical support and advice Joanna Syroka UN World Food Programme 2 UN Plaza, DCS-2500 New York NY 10017 mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Senior agrometeorologist René Gommes FAO of the UN, Rome
Risk financing specialist Seonyeon (Sunny) Im formerly Business Planning Unit World Food Programme (Addis Ababa)
Support and graphics Bronwyn Cousins mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
WFP HQ support unit to the project, Giuditta De Simone, mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Teshome Erkineh, Weather Risk Management Lead consultant to Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) section, WFP-Ethiopia, Ph(Office): +251 11 5515188 , Ph( Mobile): +251 913304097
WFP HQ support unit to the project, Vanessa Cardamone, mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Ida Mattfolk, mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Current Livelihood situation in Ethiopia
| Focus On Ethiopia by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in collaboration with other UN agencies and partner NGO |
| Belg season WRSI development by FewsNET |
| Hoefsloot NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index gives indication of vegetation greenness) |
| FewsNet NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) |
Links
| UN WFP - Disaster Risk Reduction |
| UN WFP - Climate Change |
| Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery |
