The COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching impacts on how people earn a living and meet critical needs. The Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact Survey was launched by CARICOM to rapidly gather data on impacts to livelihoods, food security and access to markets. Prepared by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization, the survey link was shared via social media, email and media.
In order to understand the main impacts of the conflict on the agricultural sector and the people relying on it, Â鶹ÊÓƵ conducted an agriculture and livelihood needs assessment in the southern Fezzan region of Libya.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ endeavors to contribute to a profound understanding of the impacts of climate change to food security with an aim of informing relevant action and enhancing the ability of governments and communities to prepare for or adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.
In 2017, Â鶹ÊÓƵ commissioned a Gender, Risk and Urban Livelihood study in Syria to better understand the changing gender roles in vulnerable and food-insecure urban households due to the conflict, and the protection risks that men and women face when accessing livelihoods. The study informed a number of programmatic entry points for Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Syria relating to the design of safe, gender-responsive urban livelihoods programmes.
To better understand and assess the overall situation of migrants and affected host communities in Libya, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programme of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) collaborated to collect information through a mixed-methods¡¯ approach.
In Senegal, micronutrient deficiencies remain a major public health problem. To cope with this the Government of Senegal has included fortification as a major strategy in its Multisectoral Strategic Plan on Nutrition (PSMN) 2017-2021.
Previous reports published on People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in Ghana show that food and nutrition security is critical to mitigating the socio-economic impact on them and their households. A fifth of HIV-affected households are food insecure whilst a third are on the verge of food insecurity. This study provides information on the food security profile of PLHIV to enable stakeholders better tailor future strategies and interventions to address their needs.
The Ghana School Feeding Programme is a social protection intervention aimed at increasing school enrolment, attendance and retention, reducing hunger and malnutrition, and boosting domestic food production. The number of children who receive school meals has increased from 1,900 in its first year (2005) of implementation to 1.7m (2017), with an equivalent increase in expenditure. The Cost Benefit Analysis shows the need to invest in school feeding, projecting it as an investment and not a cost. The report further makes a case for an increase in the feeding grant.
The Government of Odisha has made remarkable progress and enhancements to the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). As part of this process, the procurement and distribution systems for TPDS have been digitised and automated. In an endeavor to make these systems even more efficient, accountable and transparent at the request of government, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ undertook an assessment of the entire procurement and distribution operations, and this report outlines the results of this assessment.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s SAFE (Safe Access to Fuel and Energy) initiative adopts a multi-faceted approach to meet the energy security of beneficiaries worldwide through sustainable-energy related activities, enhancing lives and protecting both people and the environment. The following publications highlight the aims and facts of the initiative.
Exchange rate movements can have implications for food prices and, consequently, access to food. This guidance note explains why it is important for food security analysts to monitor exchange rates; how to correctly report on exchange rate movements; and how Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s DataViz keeps track of them.
