This brief summarizes the seasonal patterns of acute malnutrition and its key drivers in the Goz Beida Region of Chad. It reveals a nuanced and complex seasonal pattern of wasting characterized by two different sized peaks with likely different drivers; a primary and larger peak at the start of the rains and a secondary smaller peak prior to the harvest. As well as exploring the basic, immediate, and underlying drivers of acute malnutrition, this briefing paper offers recommendations for programming and evaluation that are grounded in a seasonal perspective.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: , Autores individuales
Topic: Seguridad alimentaria
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Central
The FAO Programme of Work 2020–2021 is the second module of the Eastern Africa Resilience Strategy 2018–2022, and the two should therefore be read in conjunction. The main features of the new Programme of Work were presented and discussed with resource partners in Nairobi in December 2019. While the strategic objective, outcomes and outputs remain unchanged, the new Programme of Work’s activities reflect global evolutions in the humanitarian-development ecosystem, recent and emerging regional threats and risks, particularly Desert Locust and COVID-19, and lessons learned during the past two years.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Topic: Seguridad alimentaria, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Oriental
By means of a Transversal Project, co-funded by the EU and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) coordinates, supports and consolidates the implementation of the EU Land Governance Programme. The European Union Land Governance Programme funds 18 individual country-level projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, all of which address tenure issues, and are implemented alongside various partners, among which are government agencies, civil society organizations, bilateral and multilateral organizations and private contractors. All project activities are carried out within the framework of the VGGT and, in the African context, the African Union Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa (AU Declaration) and its Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa (F&G).
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Topic: Tierra
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: Asia Meridional
FAO and Texas A&M AgriLife are partnering to develop capacities and build resilience contributing to healthy and sustainable animal production. This collaboration functions as a vehicle for the development of innovative tools, resources, and training in support of the One Health approach, which links animal wellbeing to public health and food security.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), Autores individuales
Topic: Seguridad alimentaria, Servicios sociales
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Occidental, África Central, África Oriental
SARS-CoV-2 is an emerging virus currently causing a large epidemic of COVID-19. Countries have asked FAO to provide guidance on how to investigate the potential animal sources(s) of the virus. This summary provides a shorter version of the original paper on rapid qualitative risk assessment for SARS-CoV-2 spillover at animal-human interface, and highlights the key knowledge gaps and recommendations.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Topic: Servicios ambientales, Servicios sociales
Language: English
Type of document: Políticas y legislación
Geographical coverage: Global
South American Camelids (SACs) make several material and non-material contributions to people and are a key component of the Andean biocultural heritage. In this paper, we present three case studies (chakus for vicuña management, llama caravans, and llama nanobodies) to bring attention to the essential role of vicuñas and llamas for Andean communities today, their intercultural linkages with the Western world, and telecoupling interactions.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Autores individuales
Topic: Servicios ambientales, Participación
Language: English
Type of document: Científico
Geographical coverage: Latinoamérica
Although migratory flows from rural areas are a common phenomenon in most developing countries, we possess little information on their dynamics and determinants. In this context, in September 2017, in the framework of the project “Fostering productive investments to create decent farm and non-farm jobs for rural youth in migration-prone areas in Senegal”, FAO and the Senegalese National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) conducted a household survey with the aim of generating information on migration phenomena in rural areas. The survey results described in this study contribute to broadening the available knowledge base on the causes and dynamics of rural migration and aim to inform sectoral economic policies, youth employment and rural development policies.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), Autores individuales
Topic: Cambio climático, Economía, Género y juventud, Servicios sociales
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Occidental
Accurate and reliable knowledge about the economics of pastoralism is yet to be understood and absorbed at the local, regional and national levels, based on reliable data. With Argentina, Chad and Mongolia as pilot cases, this study by CIRAD, commissioned by FAO, funded by IFAD and facilitated by pastoralist associations (Fundación Gran Chaco, Réseau Billital Maroobé, and the National Federation of Pasture User Groups), aimed to fulfil this knowledge gap through a multifunctional assessment of pastoral production systems and their economic contribution. Importantly, incorporating self-consumption of pastoralist households’ productions themselves as an key component of gross revenue shows a significant increase in their contribution to national GDPs. The diversified sources of revenue and the importance of self-consumption also indicate that pastoral systems fulfil a range of functions (income, food security, flexible labor, etc.).
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), Centro de Cooperación Internacional en Investigación Agrícola para el Desarroll (CIRAD)
Topic: Economía
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: Latinoamérica, África Occidental, Asia Central