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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureProgress summary – Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
January to April 2021
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No results found.Cox’s Bazar, a vulnerable district in south-eastern Bangladesh, is a priority area for FAO. The region, which has a Bangladeshi population of 2.65 million people, hosts the largest refugee camp in the world with 884 000 Rohingya who reside in 34 makeshift camps. The area is prone to monsoon landslides and seasonal cyclones. FAO supports 141 400 beneficiaries and provides technical expertise to food security and environment sector partners through an integrated approach. In the transition from an emergency to resiliency response, FAO tailors support to the needs, priorities, and context of the affected populations with a focus on strengthening the connection between livelihoods and the environment. 48 300 people were affected directly by the recent fire. 75 hectares of land inside the camp was impacted. FAO conducted an environmental assessment, developed an environment and disaster risk mitigation advocacy note, and developed land restoration guidelines. As part of the FAO-WFP strategic partnership, 30 000 Rohingya households across 34 camps will be supported to improve their nutritional status, with 2 000 farmers connected to markets through aggregation centres. A new four-year project commenced under the EU-FAO Global Network Against Food Crises Alliance: PROACT: Resilience Strengthening through Agri-Food Systems Transformation in Cox’s Bazar. As part of FAO's Rohingya response, six vegetable cultivation systems were identified through a rapid assessment of homestead vegetable gardening. 259 hectares of degraded forestland restored and maintained. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureCox's Bazar, Bangladesh - Progress summary
May to August 2021
2021Also available in:
No results found.Cox’s Bazar, a vulnerable district in south-eastern Bangladesh, is a priority area for FAO. The district, which has a Bangladeshi population of 2.65 million people, hosts the largest refugee camp in the world with 889 704 Rohingya who reside in 34 makeshift camps. The area is prone to monsoon landslides and seasonal cyclones. FAO supports 142 265 beneficiaries and provides technical expertise to food security and environment sector partners through an integrated approach. In the transition from an emergency to resiliency response, FAO tailors support to the needs, priorities, and context of the affected populations with a focus on strengthening synergies between livelihoods and the environment. Heavy monsoon rains from late July caused floods, waterlogging and landslides across the Rohingya refugee camps and local communities. FAO distributed poultry feed, fish feed, and trained farmers in adopting climate resilient farming practices. In the host community, Humanitarian and environmental interventions inside the refugee camps include flood response, soil analysis for the fire-affected camps, reforestation, disaster risk reduction, and promotion of best practices such as six methods of homestead gardening suitable for camp context. FAO is working to restore socioecological systems throughout Cox’s Bazar. Activities include environmental assessments and restoration, biological land stabilization, watershed management, biodiversity protection, elephant conservation, and promotion of renewable energy for sustainable agriculture. Agricultural transformation activities for local communities include support for food production, agricultural mechanization, Farmer Field Schools, business support for farmers, aquaculture, livestock production, and animal health management. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureCox's Bazar, Bangladesh - Progress summary
February to April 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.This summary progress report provides highlights and key programme achievements of the FAO Cox's Bazar office. Cox’s Bazar, a vulnerable district in south-eastern Bangladesh, is a priority area which is politically sensitive. The region, which has a Bangladeshi population of 2.65 million people, hosts the largest refugee population in the world with 926 561 Rohingya who reside in 33 makeshift camps. The area is prone to seasonal cyclones and monsoons. This is the fourth in a series of regular updates aimed primarily at international donors.
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Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition
2014The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. A stock-taking of where we stand on reducing hunger and malnutrition shows that progress in hunger reduction at the global level and in many countries has continued but that substantial additional effort is needed in others. The 2014 report also presents further insights into the suite of food security indicators introduced in 2013 and analyses in greater depth the dimensions of food security – availability, access, stability and utilization. By measuring food security across these dimensions, the suite of indicators can provide a detailed picture of the food security and nutrition challenges in a country, thus assisting in the design of targeted food security and nutrition interventions. Sustained political commitment at the highest level is a prerequisite for hunger eradication. It entails placing food security and nutrition at the top of the political agenda and creating an enabling environment for improving food security and nutrition. This year’s report examines the diverse experiences of seven countries, with a specific focus on the enabling environment for food security and nutrition that reflects commitment and capacities across four dimensions: policies, programmes and legal frameworks; mobilization of human and financial resources; coordination mechanisms and partnerships; and evidence-based decision-making. -
BookletCorporate general interestRecent developments in biotechnologies relevant to the characterization, sustainable use and conservation of genetic resources for food and agriculture 2022
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No results found.Over the past 15 years, there have been rapid and ever-increasing advances in science and technology, institutional and human capacities and infrastructure in the field of gene sequencing and in the associated bioinformatics (the application of information technology and computer science to the field of molecular biology) and high-performance computing. This publication provides an update on recent developments in biotechnologies relevant to the characterization, sustainable use and conservation of genetic resources for food and agriculture. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms.