This series analyses Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s performance in its pursuit to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. It explores Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s progress in four critical areas including: digital transformation, south-south and triangular cooperation, nutrition and QCPR/UN reform. The reports deep dive into key initiatives mentioned in the 2018 and 2019 Annual Performance Report and outline Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s main results, challenges, lessons learned and priorities for the coming years.
A Situation Report is a concise operational document with latest updates on the Â鶹ÊÓƵ's (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) response to an emergency. It gives an overview of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s activities and informs the wider humanitarian community and other interested stakeholders about Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s response.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Nepal and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) have produced the mVAM household survey on the impact of COVID-19 on household food security and vulnerability.
In Nepal, in spite of the COVID-19 lockdown, Â鶹ÊÓƵ conducted a nation-wide phone-based survey to assess the current food security status and impact of COVID-19 on food security and vulnerability. Over 4,416 households from across the 7 provinces were interviewed from 14 to 24 April 2020 to produce the survey report.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ South Sudan Country Office and covered the Food Assistance for Assets project, 2016-2019.?
This decentralized evaluation was?commissioned by the?Â鶹ÊÓƵ Burundi Country Office?and covered the?Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) intervention in Ngozi, Kirundo, Cankuzo and Rutana from 2016 to 2019.? It was carried out in?2020.
This Special Report summarizes the findings of a joint FAO/Â鶹ÊÓƵ Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) that visited the Lao People¡¯s Democratic Republic from 16 November to 5 December 2019 at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The report forecasts harvest yields and projects figures for food insecurity and required food assistance.
This Rapid Assessment measures the impact of COVID-19 on food security and agriculture in Lao PDR during the lockdown period in April 2020. 1,007 telephone interviews were conducted with the help of Â鶹ÊÓƵ field staff, covering all 17 provinces and Vientiane Capital. Findings on agriculture, markets, household access to food, and nutrition draw an image that serves as evidence base for COVID-related response.
Improving the ¡®shock-responsiveness¡¯ of social protection¡ªin other words, its relevance to large-scale natural, economic and political shocks¡ªis an appealing prospect both for governments and for their partners working in social protection and humanitarian assistance. The approach has entered the mainstream in recent years and there are now hundreds of experiences worldwide of adaptations being made to social protection programmes in order to build people's resilience, or to mitigate and respond better to the risk of disasters. Familiarity with the techniques are growing, but some aspects are proving particularly complex. This short publication draws on insights from some recent real-life examples to offer 10 key tips.
The external briefing note outlines Â鶹ÊÓƵ's social protection work and offer to support governments in the design and delivery of large-scale responses to the social and economic impacts of COVID-19.
Technical note on two approaches that establish the costs of reference food baskets: the Fill the Nutrient Gap/Cost of the Diet (FNG/CotD) and the Essential Needs Analysis/Minimum Expenditure Basket (ENA/MEB).
The COVID-19 pandemic has been rapidly evolving across the globe since the beginning of 2020, bringing both direct health impacts and more severe, covert and complex socio-economic ones. To see how food availability and access at urban and rural markets in Cambodia were impacted, this bulletin is essential reading.
During the final quarter of 2019, the initiative focused on finalizing insurance enrolments in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. In Ethiopia, the initiative reached over 28,000 farmers (42 percent women) with weather index insurance. Moreover, under the Satellite Index Insurance for Pastoralists in Ethiopia (SIIPE), 7,816 pastoralists accessed index-based livestock insurance in the Somali region of Ethiopia. In Senegal, a total of 8,206 farmers (52 percent women) were insured for the 2019 agricultural season. In 2019, R4 expanded into Burkina Faso, where the initiative insured 702 farmers (53 percent women). 2019 also marked the expansion of R4 to Mozambique, where in 2020 the initiative will pilot interventions in Tete, Gaza, Nampula and Zambezia provinces. During this quarter, Mozambique¡¯s first Green Climate Fund (GCF) proposal for the expansion of R4 in the country was approved during the 24th Meeting of the GCF Board in Songdo.
With the scale up of cash transfers in refugee settlements to improve dignity and impact benefits to the people we serve, there is a need to intensify financial literacy initiatives. Financial inclusion and financial literacy among refugee settlements and host communities is imperative as most development partners in Uganda are moving to cash transfer programming. Increasing the financial capability of refugees and refugee hosting communities and ensuring that they are better equipped to make sound financial decisions, as well as helping them effectively interact with financial service providers and achieve their financial goals, is why the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in Uganda came together to develop a financial education training toolkit customized to the needs of migrant populations in Uganda building on existing learning and resources developed thus far.
A fact-sheet based on a study aimed at understanding intra-household food consumption patterns within poor households in two locations in Uttar Pradesh, India. Following the first fact-sheet are four additional Information Notes that focus on different gender-centred themes; all aiming at unpacking the food patterns.
Nearly 15 million children between 5-14 years old are out of school in MENA, and 10 million are in school but at risk of dropping out due to poverty and social marginalization, as well as migration, displacement and conflict. This brief provides key messages and actions for governments, Â鶹ÊÓƵ offices and partners to strengthen linkages between school feeding programmes and social protection to maximize the benefits of National School Feeding Programmes (NSFPs) as safety nets in the region.
Cambodia is highly at risk of climate-related disasters, particularly flood and drought. Near real-time flood mapping could be a key component of a flood early warning and monitoring system.
