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BookletPolicy briefPolicy Brief - Indigenous livestock and poultry to alleviate under-nutrition among women and children in rural farm-households of Sri Lanka 2019
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No results found.Malnutrition among women of reproductive age results in reduced productivity, increased susceptibility to infections, slow recovery from illness, and heightened risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. In Sri Lanka, only 45.7 percent of women have a healthy BMI, with 45.3 percent either overweight or obese. Being underweight and overweight can impact negatively on an unborn child. The causal relationship between nutritional status and food consumption patterns is well established, including the relationship between increased consumption of animal source foods. Promoting the consumption of these foods, specifically, indigenous livestock and poultry, is one channel to improve food and nutrition security in Sri Lanka. At a household level, evidence demonstrates that indigenous livestock and poultry keepers consume more animal source foods, and contribute to food and nutrition security of the household. Furthermore, the keepers of livestock with a market orientation earn additional income from sales and thus contribute to accessibility of more nutritious food. Despite the benefits of rearing indigenous livestock, a secular decline of indigenous animals from the farming systems of Sri Lanka is evident. In this respect, this policy brief examines the benefits of livestock and poultry to alleviate malnutrition and improve the living conditions of rural small-holder farm families and provides recommendations for policy and regulatory reforms. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileDirectives volontaires sur le suivi des forêts 2017L’objectif de ces Directives volontaires est d’aider à la création et à l’exploitation des SSNF. Elles offrent des principes de bonne pratique, des directives et un cadre général. Elles intègrent également une série d’outils d’aide à la décision pour la planification et la mise en œuvre de SSNF à objectifs multiples, adaptés aux pays, fondés sur la science et tenant compte des besoins nationaux en matière d’information et d’établissement de rapports. Ce document est conçu comme une référence tec hnique destinée aux organismes publics chargés de suivre les forêts, aux établissements d’enseignement et de recherche, aux secteurs public et privé, ainsi qu’aux acteurs de la société civile jouant un rôle dans le suivi national des forêts (SNF). Il est important de garder à l’esprit que les circonstances nationales varient en termes de conditions biophysiques (par exemple les types de forêts et les pratiques d’exploitation, ou encore les infrastructures routières), de cadre institutionnel, de difficultés et d’opportunités économiques, de gestion et d’utilisation (développement historique de la gestion et des services forestiers, recherche et éducation en matière forestière, traditions de suivi des forêts), entre autres. Ainsi, on ne peut pas adopter une approche uniforme du SNF. Pour obtenir une mise en œuvre efficace, il convient au contraire de combiner différentes options techniques et opérationnelles adaptées. L’approche du SNF doit être axée sur les objectifs, orientée vers des buts précis et effectivement réalisables, dans le temps et le budget impartis et avec les ressources humaines disponibles.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022
Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable
2022This year’s report should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards in its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. We are now only eight years away from 2030, but the distance to reach many of the SDG 2 targets is growing wider each year. There are indeed efforts to make progress towards SDG 2, yet they are proving insufficient in the face of a more challenging and uncertain context. The intensification of the major drivers behind recent food insecurity and malnutrition trends (i.e. conflict, climate extremes and economic shocks) combined with the high cost of nutritious foods and growing inequalities will continue to challenge food security and nutrition. This will be the case until agrifood systems are transformed, become more resilient and are delivering lower cost nutritious foods and affordable healthy diets for all, sustainably and inclusively.