food security
Humla, situated in the north-western corner of Nepal on the border with China, is one of the poorest and least developed districts of Nepal. Constraints are imposed by low agricultural productivity in mountainous terrain under harsh climatic conditions. Food subsidies and other forms of external support have created a state of dependency, stifling local initiative and reducing reliance on...
A report commissioned by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) as input into the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and its 2004–2005 focus on water and related issues.
Water in the soil is the key to an agricultural revolution, the imperative for ending undernutrition and achieving global food security for our children. The new water paradigm...
This document contains information on the distribution and diversity of ricebean (Vigna umbellata) germplasm in India and Nepal, drawn from the literature, interviews with farmers and scientists, germplasm collection expeditions and field visits. It was produced by a team lead by Mr Resham Gautam of the Nepalese NGO Local Initiatives in Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD),...
Ricebean is an underutilised grain legume grown mainly in marginal hill areas in northern India and Nepal It belongs to the Ceratropis genus, section Angulares, and is believed to be a domesticated form of V. umbellata var. gracilis, a cross-fertile wild type native to Indo-China. It is closely related to adzuki bean, V. angularis.
Although ricebean has high nutritional quality...
This document contains information on farmers’ indigenous knowledge and practices associated with the ricebean (Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi, previously Phaseolus calcaratus) in potential ricebean growing areas of Nepal. Ricebean is a potentially valuable but underutilised multipurpose grain legume for farmers in the marginal hill areas of Nepal. It is a traditional crop that...
A team of Oxfam researchers travelled to the two provinces of Ben Tre and Quang Tri in May 2008 to take a snapshot of how poor families are experiencing the changing climate, and how they might deal with this in the future.
Main findings from the report:
- Poor men and women in Ben Tre and Quang Tri are already experiencing the...
Climate change does not happen in isolation. It interacts with existing problems and challenges – notably deforestation, soil degradation, declining food security, declining fish stocks – and makes them worse. Adaptation has to start with adaptation to the current climate.
The people of Uganda are highly susceptible to present climatic variations and shocks. Building...
The Food Security and Agricultural Projects Analysis Unit (ESAF) of FAO has undertaken a number of pilot studies to develop a methodology for understanding why certain groups of people are vulnerable to becoming food insecure. The studies use the sustainable livelihoods approach adopted for food security analysis and are primarily based on qualitative information collection. The objective of...
This paper serves as a background document to help frame discussion at the Food Security Forum in Rome, April 2008. It focuses on policy and institutional reform issues centered on the links between chronic and transitory crises. The first part of the paper provides an overview of trends and future challenges. The second considers effectiveness of the “humanitarian system” in...
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