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La maladie à coronavirus 2019 (covid-19), comme 60 pour cent des maladies infectieuses humaines, est d’origine animale. La pandémie met en évidence le besoin de prévenir et de détecter ce type de maladies, de s’y préparer et d’y répondre dans les régions où la prochaine pandémie pourrait se propager. Le risque est au plus haut lorsqu’il existe une interaction étroite entre faune sauvage et élevage intensif ou production agricole. Il est exacerbé quand l’agriculture empiète sur les écosystèmes naturels ou les met sous pression. Les exploitations familiales, qui ont recours au travail des femmes et des enfants, sont les plus exposées, notamment dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire. Les services médicaux, vétérinaires et de production animale y sont limités et où les systèmes de contrôle de la salubrité des aliments mal équipés pour prévenir et détecter les zoonoses émergentes ou résurgentes et y répondre.

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.  

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.

En dépit de leur contribution sociale, économique et environnementale à leurs communautés, les pasteurs sont souvent mal compris et exclus des processus politiques qui les concernent. La FAO axe notamment son action sur la sensibilisation à leur contribution aux économies nationales et au développement local, ainsi que sur la justification du mode de gouvernance des terres et de la mobilité transfrontière qu’ils pratiquent. Le travail de la FAO inclus l’assistance technique, le plaidoyer politique, le développement des capacités et le partage de connaissances.

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. 

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.

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.