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ProjectAssistance on Resilience Building and Sustaining Livelihoods of Small Farmers in the Post-COVID-19 era in the Seychelles - TCP/SEY/3801 2025
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No results found.The sudden and severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the abrupt closure of borders at the end of March 2020, have significantly contracted the economy of the Seychelles. The collapse of the prime tourism industry, a major source of foreign exchange, and the discontinuation of imports for approximately 12 weeks have particularly set back the national agricultural sector. The closure of borders disrupted the importation of agricultural inputs, such as fertilizers, seeds, and plant protection products, which are predominantly secured through imports. Consequently, local supplies have dwindled, creating a situation that threatens the continuation of agricultural activities, thereby endangering the livelihoods and incomes of the 575 registered farmers and their families. Each farm typically employs three persons and sustains approximately five individuals from the farm family, meaning that around 4 500 people are directly impacted by these circumstances out of a total national population of 95 000. Furthermore, the decline in national agricultural production threatens the country’s food and nutrition security at a time when food imports are restricted, given that Seychelles imports 80 % by weight of the food it consumes. The assistance provided through this project aims to build resilience among farmers against the post-COVID challenges, ensuring continued local food supply and meeting the needs of the country by maximizing local capacity and capability. -
ProjectPromote Agricultural Value Chains to Strengthen Local Food Systems (Impacted by COVID-19) - TCP/CKI/3802 2024
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No results found.Domestic food production in the Cook Islands has sharply declined over the past decades, leading to increased dependence on imported foodstuffs, with imports rising from NZD 10.3 million in 1986 to NZD 30 million in 2012. This has created a high vulnerability in food security. The per capita consumption of imported food in 2012 was valued at over NZD 2 000 per resident. The decline in local food production, rising trade imbalance and increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) necessitated urgent policies and interventions to develop nutrition-sensitive crop value chains, improve local food production and consumption, and link agriculture to tourism, promote local agricultural products for consumption and export. The economic impacts of COVID-19, although the virus had not reached the Cook Islands, were significant due to declines in tourism, which was a major market for local produce. This was likely to result in a recession and disruption in food supply chains, impacting household incomes and food purchasing power, especially in urban areas reliant on imported foods. -
ProjectEmergency Response to the Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Livelihoods and Food Systems - TCP/RLA/3802 2023
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The pandemic generated by the novel coronavirus (COVID 19 which causes respiratory disease, has resulted in millions of cases worldwide and an exponential increase in cases in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean The health measures taken to contain it are directly affecting food systems because of its impacts on food supply and demand, as well as indirectly through reduced purchasing power and the capacity to produce and distribute food and the need for additional care in the execution of activities This has led to different levels of impact among the population and affected the poor and vulnerable population to a greater extent.
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