The FAO Component of the 2009 Consolidated Appeals

Emergency Rehabilitation Division

The FAO Component of the 2009 Consolidated Appeals

Year of publication 2008

Pages 95

Author Emergency Rehabilitation Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This document summarizes FAO’s contributions to the twelve appeals prepared in close consultation with partners for the 2009 CAP. It includes a brief overview of the agriculture and food security requirements, together with highlights of FAO’s responses and funding needs for: the Central African Republic; Chad; Côte d’Ivoire; the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Iraq; Kenya; Somalia; the Sudan; Uganda; West Africa; the West Bank and Gaza Strip; and Zimbabwe. Confl icts and disasters have se verely disrupted agricultural production and markets in these countries and many households are no longer able to meet their basic food needs. Interventions to restore and protect the livelihoods of populations affected by crisis are as important as immediate lifesaving efforts. They not only prevent situations from getting worse, but also lay the foundations for sustainable recovery and development.

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