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Vulnerability to food insecurity of mountain peoples in developing countries
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Vulnerable mountain population
Africa
Eastern Africa
Middle Africa
Northern Africa
Southern Africa
Western Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Asia
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Western Asia
Oceania
Melanesia
Africa
Eastern Africa
Middle Africa
Northern Africa
Southern Africa
Western Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Asia
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Western Asia
Oceania
Melanesia
For millions of people living in mountainous areas, hunger and the threat of hunger are nothing new. Harsh climates and the difficult, often inaccessible terrain, combined with political and social marginality make mountain peoples vulnerable to food shortages.
As of 2015, one in three mountain people in developing countries was facing hunger and malnutrition.
The 2015 study Mapping the vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity presents a geographic and demographic picture of the world’s mountain areas and assesses the vulnerability to food insecurity of mountain dwellers in developing countries, based on a specially designed model. The final section presents an alternative and complementary approach to assessing hunger by analyzing household surveys.
The results show that the living conditions of mountain dwellers have continued to deteriorate between 2002 and 2015. Global progress and living standard improvements did not appear to have made their way up the mountains and many mountain communities lagged behind the full eradication of poverty and hunger.
This 66-page publication gives voice to the plight of mountain people and sends a message to policy-makers on the importance of including mountain development in their agendas as well as specific measures and investments that could break the cycle of poverty and hunger of mountain communities and slows outmigration from mountain areas.
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