This report explores the seasonal patterns of acute malnutrition and its key drivers in the Goz Beida Region of Chad. The findings reveal a nuanced and complex seasonal pattern of wasting characterized by two different sized peaks, each likely with different drivers. The primary and larger peak is at the start of the rains and a secondary smaller peak occurs prior to the harvest. This report explores the basic, immediate, and underlying drivers of acute malnutrition within the context of Chad and offers recommendations for programming and evaluation to be better grounded in a seasonal perspective.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Feinstein International Center, Individual authors
Topic: Food security
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Central Africa
After decades of failing development aid, the World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda has committed itself to identifying innovative approaches to better address food, nutrition and income insecurity in the Karamoja sub-region (referred to as Karamoja) of northeastern Uganda. For this purpose, Development Pathways was contracted to undertake a situation analysis to uncover the underlying causes of food, nutrition and income insecurity in Karamoja, and to generate ideas for innovative social policy solutions and provide recommendations.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: World Food Programme (WFP)
Topic: Food security, Innovation
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
In spite of their social, economic, and environmental contribution to their communities, pastoralists are often misunderstood and excluded from policy processes affecting them. FAO’s work focuses, among others, on raising awareness of the pastoralists’ contribution to national economies and local development, as well as the rationale of pastoralist land governance and transboundary mobility. FAO’s work includes technical assistance, policy advocacy, capacity building and knowledge sharing.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Climate change, Economy, Environmental services, Food security, Land, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: Global
This report presents findings from a community participatory study conducted to determine the seasonality of malnutrition and factors associated with malnutrition among children and women in Laisamis subcounty, Marsabit County. The study was conducted as part of the Livestock for Health (L4H) project. This project investigates the cost-effectiveness of livestock feeding and nutritional counselling during critical dry periods in reducing the risk of acute malnutrition in children below 5 years of age and in pregnant and lactating women (PLW). The L4H project is based on the observed patterns of increased acute malnutrition, associated with decreased milk consumption, among women and children in pastoralist communities.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Individual authors, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Topic: Food security, Healthcare, Participation
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed these guidelines with the overall objective to protect and improve the productivity of the ruminant livestock species of South Sudan. Focussing on the best use of local feed resources, the guidelines mainly target livestock extension workers promoting livestock feed development good practices to pastoral and agropastoral communities as well as the emerging market-oriented smallholder livestock producers. This document also serves as an important tool for advancing the policy and strategic priority actions of the East Africa Animal Feed Action Plan (FAO and IGAD, 2019) and the draft National Livestock Development Policy of South Sudan.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Food security, Innovation, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
As part of the efforts to find sustainable solutions to complex land tenure issues, multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) create an inclusive forum where actors can discuss problems and propose solutions to improve governance of tenure and provide better access to natural resources. This publication highlights how MSPs at regional, national and local level demonstrate forward thinking, including innovative practices and approaches to respond to the above mentioned social challenges, for the benefit of all.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
n Ecuador, the livestock sector is essential for food security. It is also an important source of employment and income in provinces with a large presence of small and medium-scale farmers. From May 2020 to October 2020, FAO implemented the project to “reduce soil degradation, and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the livestock sector of Ecuador”. The project was implemented seven provinces, distributed in three geographic regions of the country (coastal Ecuador, the Andes and Amazon). The project had an impact on public policies, with the incorporation of climate-smart livestock farming as one of the lines of action for the agricultural sector. In terms of technical aspects, the preparation of online tools to monitor GHG emissions and to calculate climate risk and the adaptation capacity of the sector is noteworthy. One void shown in the project, throughout the consultation process with interested parties, was the lack of connections to the market and the private sector. This was not contemplated in the project design and arose as a recurring issue during the implementation
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Climate change, Food security, Participation
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Latin America
This study, the third of its type published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), adds further evidence that in mountain regions of developing countries, food insecurity, social isolation, environmental degradation, exposure to the risk of disasters and to the impacts of climate change, and limited access to basic services, especially in rural areas, are still prevalent and, under some circumstances, increasing. It also shows the technical challenges for producing more comprehensive and representative assessments based on scientific data, and providing a deeper understanding of the underlying factors of vulnerability of mountain people.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Topic: Food security, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global