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Building food system resilience in protracted crises

Evaluation highlights

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2 p.

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) The "Building food system resilience in protracted crises" was a four-year programme addressing the cause-effect relationship between conflict and food insecurity, through a livelihood and resilience-based approach, in Somalia, South Sudan and the Sudan. It supported improved incomes in rural areas by enhancing key agropastoral and farming value chains, as well as improved nutritional practices, natural resources management and local conflict-management capacities. The Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme (FNS-REPRO) was a collaborative initative funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Orgranization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with Wageningen University & Research.

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