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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureCrocodile fence
SWM Community Conservancy Project, KAZA sites (Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe)
2025Also available in:
No results found.This factsheet explains the use and purpose of crocodile fences as a human-wildlife conflict mitigation measure. It is a standard security fence installed in water to create a protected enclave, preventing crocodiles from accessing areas where humans and livestock interact with the water. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureBeehive fence
SWM Community Conservancy Project, KAZA sites (Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe)
2025Also available in:
No results found.The beehive fence is a simple yet innovative barrier where hives are suspended at regular intervals along a connecting wire or cable. When an elephant attempts to enter the protected area, it unintentionally disturbs the cable, causing the hives to sway. This movement agitates the bees, prompting them to buzz loudly and potentially sting. Elephants, known for their strong aversion to bees, are deterred by the sound and the threat of stings. This effectively keeps them away from the fields. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureMobile boma
SWM Community Conservancy Project, KAZA sites (Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe)
2025Also available in:
No results found.A mobile boma is a portable livestock enclosure designed to protect animals from predators during nocturnal hours.Constructed with durable materials, these enclosures can be relocated as herds move, ensuring consistent protection across grazing areas. The design often includes opaque barriers to obstruct predators’ view of the livestock, reducing the likelihood of attacks.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum
2023This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities for meeting the SDG 2 targets. One such megatrend, and the focus of this year’s report, is urbanization. New evidence shows that food purchases in some countries are no longer high only among urban households but also among rural households. Consumption of highly processed foods is also increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries. These changes are affecting people’s food security and nutrition in ways that differ depending on where they live across the rural–urban continuum. This timely and relevant theme is aligned with the United Nations General Assembly-endorsed New Urban Agenda, and the report provides recommendations on the policies, investments and actions needed to address the challenges of agrifood systems transformation under urbanization and to enable opportunities for ensuring access to affordable healthy diets for everyone. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFood loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies 2019
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No results found.This report illustrates the food loss assessment studies undertaken along the maize, sunflower and beans supply chains in Uganda in 2015-16 and 2016-17. They aimed to identify the critical loss points in the selected supply chains, the key stages at which food losses occur, why they occur, the extent and impact of food losses and the economic, social and environmental implications of the food losses. Furthermore, these studies also evaluated the feasibility of potential interventions to reduce food losses and waste. -
Book (series)Technical reportPro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock. The Role of Livestock in Economic Development and Poverty Reduction
PPLPI Working Paper No. 10
2004Also available in:
No results found.This is the tenth of a series of Working Papers prepared for the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The purpose of these papers is to explore issues related to livestock development in the context of poverty alleviation. Livestock is vital to the economies of many developing countries. Animals are a source of food, more specifically protein for human diets, income, employment and possibly foreign exchange. For low income producers, livestock can serve as a store of wealth, provide dra ught power and organic fertiliser for crop production and a means of transport. Consumption of livestock and livestock products in developing countries, though starting from a low base, is growing rapidly.