food security

Food insecurity and vulnerability in Nepal: Profiles of seven vulnerable groups - targeting insecurity and vulnerability in Nepal
This report documents the main findings of vulnerable group profiling work in Nepal, carried out by the FAO. It identifies the characteristics and investigates the vulnerability for seven particular livelihood groups in Nepal, namely, the marginal farm households in the Terai, the hills and in the mountains, agricultural labour households in the Terai, porters in the hills and mountains, rural...
Sustainable development at risk: Ignoring the past

This book is about 'sustainable development' and individual and organisational failure to learn from past experience. The words 'sustainable' and 'development' are discussed since they are often written about with no precise definition of what is meant or intended. The literature is replete with conflicting and confused concepts of what constitutes sustainable development. Few organisations...

Sustainable agricultural part of an alternative livelihood for ex-poppy farmers in Myanmar: An example of the Wa Special Region 2

The uplands of Wa Special Region (SR 2) sustain a diverse range of ethnic groups, biodiversity and ecosystems. The highest incidence of poverty and lowest crop production are also found in these upland areas. On the other hand, an additional consequence has been the relocation of Wa communities. Numerous farmers have been relocated from their mountainous highlands to the lowlands in search of...

Food security amidst climate change in Nepal
Climate change will hit hardest on the food security in Nepal through various aspects. Number of food deficient population has increased remarkably in the recent decades due to various reasons. Global predictions show slight increase in the food production with respect to estimated climate change but our food production having based on the rain fed depending on the weather pattern, even small and...
Land use conflicts and armed struggles in the Northern Negros Forest Reserve
This article was primarily based on triangulated historical timeline narratives of longtime residents of Barangays Marcelo and Bagong Silang in the rapid rural appraisal for a community forestry program that BIND began implementing in 1995. The section on the growth of the CPP-NPA was based on talks with former leading CPP cadres in the province who are now working with NGOs. The macro data on...
Mountains of the world: Vulnerable water towers for the 21st century
Mountains as "Water Towers" play an important role for the surrounding lowlands. This is particularly true of the world's semi-arid and arid zones, where the contributions of mountains to total discharge are 50 - 90%. Taking into account the increasing water scarcity in these regions, especially for irrigation and food production, then today's state of knowledge in mountain hydrology...
Integrated planning and management of land resources: Report of the secretary-general- addendum 3 sustainable mountain development*

Mountain ecosystems contain an integrated complex of natural resources that are closely linked in space and time. Those who inhabit the mountains generally depend directly on many of these resources for their livelihoods and tend to utilize and manage them through a combination of land use practices such as agriculture, forestry and livestock production. With these characteristics,...

Improving food security and livelihood of mountain people through development of agriculture
The livelihoods of preponderant majority of the people in the Hindukush Himalayan Region (HKH) countries (Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, China, Myanmar, and Afghanistan) revolve around agriculture. In the HKH countries, while a population of 150 million inhabiting in an area of 3.4 million sq. km gives about 35 people per sq. km, the actual pressure on agricultural land is much...
Water, environment and development in mountain areas and surrounding lowlands
The mountain areas of Africa are scattered throughout the continent and occupy approximately 2,960,997 Km2. Mountain areas of Africa have a high diversity in terms of ecological conditions, resource use, physical constraints to resource use, socio-economic characteristics of resources users, biodiversity and biodiversity and scenic beauty. The immediate challenge for sustainable development of...

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