Communities in the dryland systems of East Africa regularly suffer from the devastating impacts of climate variability and change, commonly manifested through torrential floods and recurrent droughts. More than 50% of the natural disasters recorded in East African region have occurred during the past decade affecting nearly 30 million people. For instance, in Ethiopia as recently as 2017, more than 5.6 million people were categorized as being in either crisis or emergency situations and requiring urgent humanitarian assistance (WFP, 2017). Such communities, already struggling to cope with the impacts of unpredictable weather, will face a daunting task in adapting to future climate change unless they adapt improved landscape management practices.

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恢复撒哈拉以南非洲退化的景观和脆弱的粮食系统：最佳实践综合

东非旱地系统中的社区经常遭受气候变异和变化的破坏性影响，通常表现为洪水泛滥和反复干旱。东非地区 50% 以上的自然灾害发生在过去十年中，影响了近 3000 万人。例如，就在 2017 年，埃塞俄比亚有超过 560 万人被归类为处于危机或紧急情况并需要紧急人道主义援助（粮食计划署，2017 年）。这些社区已经在努力应对不可预测的天气影响，除非他们采用改进的景观管理实践，否则将面临适应未来气候变化的艰巨任务。