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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetImpact of COVID-19 on agriculture, food systems and rural livelihoods in Eastern Africa
Policy and programmatic options
2020Also available in:
No results found.The FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa is a technical hub which supports nine countries in Eastern Africa: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda. It has a core team of professionals with multidisciplinary expertise. It is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing subregional food security, nutrition, agriculture and rural development priorities. COVID-19 hit the Eastern Africa subregion at a particularly critical time when the economies of a number of countries in the subregion were recovering from the impacts of recent droughts and severe flooding and dealing with the worst desert locust invasion in 25 years. In addition, conflict- and climate-induced displacements are prominent in the subregion, with more than 7 million displaced people in camps or settlement situations in only four countries (1.78 million in Ethiopia, 1.67 million in South Sudan, 2.65 million in Somalia and 1.43 million in Uganda). The cumulative effect of these shocks has eroded the resilience of large segments of the population and strained governments and humanitarian agencies (UNHCR, 2020). -
Book (stand-alone)Prospects for quinoa adaptation and utilization in Eastern and Southern Africa
Technological, institutional and policy considerations
2020Also available in:
No results found.Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.), is an emerging crop in the world with great potential to contribute to Africa’s food and nutritional security. The increased popularity of quinoa in the last few years is attributed to the impact of activities carried out within the framework of the International Year of Quinoa (IYQ2013) which helped greatly to raise awareness on the crop’s multiple nutritional benefits and its expanding cultivation globally. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which championed the IYQ2013 has worked with developing countries in Africa, which are grappling with food and nutrition insecurity, to introduce and promote cultivation of quinoa. Production and utilization of quinoa is expected to significantly reduce food and nutrition insecurity and help farming communities adapt to climate change. FAO implemented a Technical Cooperation on quinoa titled “Technical Assistance for the Strengthening of the Food System of Quinoa” (TCP/SFE/3406) implemented in 2014 to 2015. This project was designed to support the institutional capacities of seven countries including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, in the production, evaluation, management, utilization, and marketing of Quinoa under diverse farming systems and agro-ecological zones. The project was implemented and led by the FAO Subregional office for Eastern Africa (SFE). Quinoa evaluation trials that were conducted across multiple sites in the participating countries served as pilot adaptability studies for the crop. This technical paper presents key technological, institutional and policy consideration for the successful introduction, adaptation and utilization of quinoa in Africa. -
ProjectCreating an Enabling Environment and Capacity for School Food and Nutrition in Eastern Africa - TCP/SFE/3604 2020
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No results found.Malnutrition causes devastating effects on the health of children, particularly in terms of their physical and cognitive development. Moreover, childhood undernutrition can lower learning capacity, limit educational outcomes and thus compromise both future employment opportunities and overall health. Ultimately, this can perpetuate a generational cycle of poverty and malnutrition, which has negative consequences both for individuals and for countries. For example, stunting is estimated to cause 1–18 percent of school repetitions and decrease earnings by more than 20 percent in adulthood. It is further estimated that the African economy suffers an 11 percent loss to its gross domestic product due to the effects of stunting. Interestingly, preventing malnutrition in Africa has a 16 dollar return for every dollar spent, highlighting the importance of intervention measures. This is related to the fact that providing healthy, diverse and nutritionally-adequate diets in African schools is essential for increasing school attendance and performance levels, in addition to supporting optimal nutrition for growth and development and providing opportunities for other interventions, such as water sanitation and hygiene (WASH), deworming and reproductive health programmes.
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