Ravaged landscapes and climate vulnerability: The challenge in achieving food security and nutrition in post-conflict Timor-Leste

2019 ◽  
pp. 97-132
Author(s):  
Gianna Bonis-Profumo ◽  
Rebecca McLaren ◽  
Jessica Fanzo
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Climate Vulnerability ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

scholarly journals Better together: improving food security and nutrition by linking market and food systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-205
Author(s):  
Martha Cruz Zuniga ◽  
Monty L. Lynn ◽  
Elly Kaganzi Mwesigwa ◽  
Dan Norell ◽  
Vidhya Sriram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

scholarly journals (A343) Rebuilding Post Conflict Food Security in Liberia

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s96-s97
Author(s):  
T.W. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Potable Water ◽  
Food Storage ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Safe Food ◽  
Domestic Food

Liberia's 14 year civil war destroyed domestic agricultural production, veterinary and agricultural education, extension services and domestic food security. These losses severely limited domestic food production, and basic hygiene and sanitation: potable water, abattoirs, cold chain and food storage were greatly diminished. The average Liberian life expectancy fell from 45.8 in 1990 to 41.8 years presently. The population birth and death rate are two of the highest globally with a resulting population growth rate, of 2.7% per annum; this growth rate requires an immediate and concerted focus on domestic food production to alleviate nutritional inadequacy and hunger, trade imbalances and loss of foreign exchange credits. Food supply nationally is presumed adequate because of importation, though domestic production is inadequate. Unequal distribution precludes food security for all Liberians. Value chain augmentation, enhancing food availability across all sectors of Liberian society and ensuring distribution of a safe food supply needs critical development. Infant mortality remains one of the highest in the world (approximately 160/1000 births), much of which is attributed to food insecurity, food contamination and lack of uniformly available potable water. Recreation of Liberia's public health and food security requires redevelopment of disease monitoring and laboratory diagnostic capability to re-establish safe food production and handling practices across all sectors. This will allow determination of endemic disease burden for the principal livestock species: poultry, sheep, goats, cattle and swine. Creation of a national disease surveillance/monitoring system allows for targeted disease intervention, ensuring vaccination for correct serotypes and most critically prevalent diseases. Creation of community level training and support will target intervention of local diseases, but also allow for national prioritization of diseases. Targeting which are most prevalent or most likely to cause production limiting effects will require periodic surveillance, targeted vaccination, and chemotherapeutic intervention and evaluation of therapeutic success.

Food security and nutrition monitoring systems in Africa

Food Policy ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria J. Quinn ◽  
Eileen Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Nutrition Monitoring ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition
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