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ProjectStrengthen Capacity to Sustainably Improve Livelihoods in the Green Growth Economic Corridor through Development of Strategic Mechanisms to Bolster Partnerships and Resource Mobilization under Hand-In-Hand Initiative (HIHI) - TCP/LAO/3805 2025
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No results found.Despite significant economic growth over the past two decades, poverty and malnutrition remain high in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. A Food Systems Assessment carried out in 2021 indicated that the country was faced by a triple burden of undernutrition, emergent overnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. In 2017, despite a significant decrease in the stunting rate for children under five (CU5) years, the rate remained high, at 33 percent. Underweight and wasting remained serious concerns, with 70 percent of children below 12 months suffering from anaemia (Lao Social Indicator Survey [LSIS], 2017), while overweight affected 3.5 percent of CU5 (LSIS, 2017). Maternal malnutrition continued to be a problem, with about 40 percent of women of reproductive age (WRA) being anaemic. Overweight and obesity were also increasing among WRA, reaching 12.8 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively (National Information Platform for Nutrition, 2020). Overall, the burden of malnutrition in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic is a clear threat to achieving the SDGs and the NSEDP 2021–2025 targets. The situation with regard to poverty, malnutrition and inequality has suffered further deterioration as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the exacerbations of climate change. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetUsing traditional governance systems to manage competition over natural resources 2023
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No results found.This case study cover the Gourma region of Mali, south of Timbuktu, where a small population of approximately 350 “desert-adapted” African elephants Loxodonta africana undertake an annual migration circuit spanning over 32 000 square km driven by the widely dispersed natural resources in the region. Their migration primarily responds to the availability of water, food and refuge throughout the year, while avoiding areas of high human activity. Started in 2006, following three years of scientific studies the Mali Elephant Project sought to understand the threats to the elephants as arising from the multiple relationships within the social-ecological system, and then try to shift key factors affecting those relationships so the net result would be a reduction in threat for both humans and wildlife. This case study outlines how this approach translated into action. It describes an iterative, adaptive approach of deepening understanding (ecological and socio-economic surveys), coupled with community engagement and action. -
Poster, bannerThis farmers market was established under the project entitled “Support Economic Growth Through Optimized Agricultural Value Chains in the West Bank”
implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture with financial support from the Government of Canada
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