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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetPromoting economic inclusion of small-scale farmers through homegrown school feeding in Timor-Leste
Supporting local agrifood systems through stable market linkages in Manufahi municipality
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No results found.Timor-Leste is a small country located in Southeast Asia with a population of over 1.3 million people, of whom over 70 percent live in rural areas. Its territory is exposed to a wide array of natural hazards, including floods, droughts and earthquakes. The most recent estimates indicate that, in 2021, around 48 percent of the population was poor, and that the country had 22.3 percent prevalence of undernourishment between 2020 and 2022, with 45.6 percent of children under 5 years of age stunted in 2021. Climate change is expected to worsen the impacts of extreme weather, ultimately increasing poverty and inequality. In 2022, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste promulgated two decrees that established a solid normative framework to embed the homegrown approach in the Merenda Eskolar school-feeding programme, which is committed to the procurement of locally produced food instead of imported goods. This promising practice factsheet presents FAO’s efforts to operationalize the homegrown school-feeding model at local level in Timor-Leste. FAO implemented a pilot in 18 schools in the municipality of Manufahi, benefiting over 2 400 students. This intervention was part of a multicountry project on economic inclusion and social protection to reduce poverty in the context of COVID-19 implemented from May 2021 to December 2023. Among other objectives, the project aimed to increase the income and food security of vulnerable rural households and smallholders. -
DocumentTimor Leste: Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2015 – 2018 for Cooperation and Partnership between Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and United Nations Food And Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2014
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No results found.In 2012, the UN Secretary-General launched the global Zero Hunger Challenge. This was followed in 2013 by the launch of the Asia-Pacific region’s Zero Hunger Challenge on 29 April 2013 by the UN Deputy Secretary-General and the Executive Secretary of UNESCAP with the participation of Ministers and senior officials of UN Member States in the region, including Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão of Timor-Leste. The National Action Plan for a Hunger and Malnutrition Free Timor-Leste (known by its Tetum acronym PAN-HAM-TIL) was launched in Dili on July 20 2014. The PAN-HAM-TIL has five pillars, i) 100 percent equitable access to adequate, nutrition and affordable food all year round; ii) Zero stunted children less than 2 years of age; iii) All food systems -
ProjectIntegrated Home and School Gardens for Food Security in Myanmar - TCP/MYA/3505 2019
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No results found.Myanmar is undergoing a trend of urbanization, bringing new opportunities and challenges, and changing the underlying causes of malnutrition in urban and peri-urban areas. The current project was designed to explore innovative opportunities to reduce food insecurity and malnutrition in Dala and Hlegu Townships, two rapidly changing peri-urban areas in Yangon. The project aimed at improving the diversity and use of nutrient-rich safe foods through a combination of agriculture and nutrition training and the establishment of hydroponic home and school gardens. Target groups included third and fourth grade schoolchildren in five identified schools, teachers/principals, and women from households with school children as well as from households receiving hydroponic gardens.
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