food security
In May 2004, ADRA Mongolia implemented a thirty-two month project entitled 'Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness in Western Mongolia', with grant funding from Oxfam GB. The project aimed to strengthen the resistance of poor herders and other residents affected by winter disasters in three soums (counties) in Zavkhan Province. This was achieved by improving access to irrigation, hay and...
Bolivia is a country particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In July 2009, a team of Oxfam researchers travelled to three areas of Bolivia (Trinidad in Beni, the Cochabamba valleys and Khapi under Mount Illimani, in La Paz) to take a snapshot of how poor families are experiencing the changing climate, and how they are adapting to it.
Poor women and men...
Bolivia is a country particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In July 2009, a team of Oxfam researchers travelled to three areas of Bolivia (Trinidad in Beni, the Cochabamba valleys and Khapi under Mount Illimani, in La Paz) to take a snapshot of how poor families are experiencing the changing climate, and how they are adapting to it.
Poor women and men throughout...
At a macroeconomic level, the global economic crisis has had less impact on many Pacific countries than on most other developing countries across the world. However, economic growth rates for most countries in the Pacific region are still expected to be low for 2009 and 2010.
The main effects of the economic crisis include declining exports and government revenues, falling...
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the second most important staple food crop after rice and a major food crop of the resource poor people in the hills of Nepal. Prevailing normal maize (non-QPM) is deficient in two essential amino acids, lysine and tryptophan. The majority of hill farm families are suffering from protein malnutrition as their major diet is maize and cannot afford animal...
The Mountain Institute (TMI) received a grant from World Food Programme (WFP1) for a food for enterprise program in March 2008. The project is entitled "Lake to Lake, A Food for Enterprise Project from Rara Lake to Phoksundo Lake in the Mid-West Nepal." This project is being implemented in a partnership with Dolpo Institute (DI) in Nepal's mid-west districts of Mugu, Jumla and Dolpo, across 22...
In 2002 IFPRI and INIBAP/IPGRI undertook an ex ante study to assess the potential impact of genetically modified banana cultivars on households of different socio-economic characteristics. This was done by looking at the uptake of new banana cultivars produced by conventional breeding. Preliminary results suggest that households more dependent on bananas as a basic food stuff are more likely...
The district of Humla lies in the NW corner of Nepal, bordering Tibet, India and Nepali districts of Bajura, Bajhang, Doti and Mugu. ‘Altitude in the region varies between 1,219 and 7,315 metres above sea level. The second largest district in Nepal, Humla district covers an area of 5,655km2, has a population of approximately 34,383 and ranks 4th from poorest in the ranking of the 75...
Sub-Saharan Africa is currently the most food-insecure region in the world. Climate change could aggravate the situation further unless adequate measures are put in place. Dealing with these impacts requires measures that will minimise losses or take advantage of the opportunities presented. This first issue of a new briefing series called "Joto Afrika" presents six articles about how people...
Many types of problems caused by land degradation can be documented worldwide. The main natural resources affected are soils, water, natural vegetation, and wildlife; but cultivated plants are exposed to even greater damage, which poses a threat to food security as well. Soil degradation is one of the most crucial processes of land degradation and environmental change. Over a quarter of the...
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