Building Resilience For Food And Nutrition Security Highlights From The 2020 Conference

Author : Heidi Fritschel,Rajul Pandya-Lorch,Sivan Yosef,Laura Zseleczky
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Building resilience for food and nutrition security: Highlights from the 2020 conference by Heidi Fritschel,Rajul Pandya-Lorch,Sivan Yosef,Laura Zseleczky Pdf

This synopsis presents highlights from the international conference “Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security,” organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and its 2020 Vision Initiative. This global policy consultation was designed to inform, influence, and catalyze action by policymakers, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, educators, researchers, and communities themselves to incorporate resilience into the post-2015 agenda and improve policies, investments, and institutions to strengthen resilience so that food and nutrition security can be achieved for all. Experts and practitioners from the resilience and vulnerability communities, as well as food and nutrition security, agriculture, humanitarian, and related development sectors came together to assess emerging shocks that threaten food and nutrition security, discuss approaches and tools for building resilience, identify knowledge and action gaps, and set priorities for action on this critical issue. For more information on the conference and its associated activities and products, including papers and briefs, lead-up and follow-up events, videos, posters, a collaborative bibliography, and much more, go to: www.2020resilience.ifpri.info | #2020resilience

Author : Fan, Shenggen,Pandya-Lorch, Rajul,Yosef, Sivan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296787

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Resilience for food and nutrition security by Fan, Shenggen,Pandya-Lorch, Rajul,Yosef, Sivan Pdf

Economic shocks including food price shocks, environmental shocks, social shocks, political shocks, health shocks, and many other types of shocks hit poor people and communities around the world, compromising their efforts to improve their well-being. As shocks evolve and become more frequent or intense, they further threaten people’s food and nutrition security and their livelihoods. How do we help people and communities to become more resilient, to not only bounce back from shocks but to also to get ahead of them and improve their well-being so that they are less vulnerable to the next shock? How do we get better at coping with—and even thriving—in the presence of shocks?

Author : Breisinger, Clemens,Ecker, Olivier,Maystadt, Jean-François,Trinh Tan, Jean-François,Al-Riffai, Perrihan,Bouzar, Khalida,Sma, Abdelkarim,Abdelgadir, Mohamed
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896295667

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HOW TO BUILD RESILIENCE TO CONFLICT by Breisinger, Clemens,Ecker, Olivier,Maystadt, Jean-François,Trinh Tan, Jean-François,Al-Riffai, Perrihan,Bouzar, Khalida,Sma, Abdelkarim,Abdelgadir, Mohamed Pdf

This Food Policy Report explains why there is a need to place even higher priority on food security-related policies and programs in conflict-prone countries, and offers insights for policymakers regarding how to do so. To understand the relationship between conflict and food security, this report builds a new conceptual framework of food security and applies it to four case studies on Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. It argues that food security-related policies and programs build resilience to conflict insofar as they are expected not only to help countries and people cope with and recover from conflict but also to contribute to preventing conflicts and support economic development more broadly: by helping countries and people become even better off.

Author : Ecker, Olivier
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Building resilience for food and nutrition security in the context of civil conflict by Ecker, Olivier Pdf

Food and nutrition insecurity is a consequence and a driver of civil conflict. War and civil unrest reduce household incomes and employment opportunities through economic recession; cause losses in people’s purchasing power from price inflation; and restrict food availability, access, and utilization through disruption of infrastructure. In turn, low per capita income and poverty, youth unemployment, and social and economic inequality—often combined with poor governance, population pressure, and rough terrain—are factors driving civil conflict. Recently, food and nutrition insecurity has been identified as another main driver of civil conflict globally and even more so in Arab countries. Specifically, rising international food prices were reported to have significantly increased the incidence of antigovernment demonstrations, riots, and civil conflict in low-income countries in the past.

Author : Breisinger, Clemens Ecker, Olivier,Maystadt, Jean-François,Trinh Tan, Jean-François,Al-Riffai Perrihan,Bouzar, Khalida,Sma, Abdelkarim,Abdelgadir, Mohamed
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Building resilience to conflict through food security policies and programs by Breisinger, Clemens Ecker, Olivier,Maystadt, Jean-François,Trinh Tan, Jean-François,Al-Riffai Perrihan,Bouzar, Khalida,Sma, Abdelkarim,Abdelgadir, Mohamed Pdf

Food insecurity at the national and household level not only is a consequence of conflict but can also cause and drive conflicts. This paper makes the case for an even higher priority for food security–related policies and programs in conflict-prone countries. Such policies and programs have the potential to build resilience to conflict by not only helping countries and people cope with and recover from conflict, but also contributing to preventing conflicts and supporting economic development more broadly—that is, helping countries and people become even better off. Based on this definition and a new conceptual framework, the paper offers several insights from four case studies on Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. First, conflicts are often related to other shocks such as economic crises, price shocks, and natural disasters. Second, increasing subsidies is a favored policy measure in times of crisis; however, such measures do not qualify as resilience building. Third, climate change adaptation should be an integral part of conflict prevention in part because climate change is expected to significantly increase the likelihood of conflict in the future. Fourth, building price information systems, introducing and expanding credit and insurance markets, geographic targeting of social safety nets, and building functioning and effective institutions are key measures for building resilience to conflict. Finally, the paper points to several important knowledge gaps.

Author : International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Highlights of the IFPRI and IFAD partnership by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Pdf

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) were both created in response to the food crises of the 1970s. We have worked together for more than 20 years to catalyze agricultural and rural development and improve food security in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. IFAD and IFPRI have strengthened the productivity and resilience of smallholder farmers and other rural people, with a particular focus on helping expand their access to innovative local farming methods, climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies and financing, and more profitable markets. To further promote rural development and transformation, IFAD and IFPRI have built cutting-edge information systems and tools that deliver sound data and analyses to governments, donors, farmer organizations, and other stakeholders. As a result, the two organizations have fostered evidence-based policy making and investments that promote agricultural growth and rural development.

Author : Babu, Suresh Chandra,Blom, Sylvia
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Strengthening capacity for resilient food systems by Babu, Suresh Chandra,Blom, Sylvia Pdf

In the wake of the food and financial crises of 2007–2008 and 2011, building resilient food systems to achieve food security for all has become one of the top goals of the development agenda. Resilient food systems are those in which “people, communities, countries, and global institutions prevent, anticipate, prepare for, cope with, and recover from shocks and not only bounce back to where they were before the shocks occurred, but become even better off.” Resilient food systems can help countries transition from a relief stage to a development path. However, despite widespread agreement on the importance of food security, we lack a systematic understanding of how to build capacity for resilient food systems as well as which approaches to building capacity work and why. This brief introduces a model that seeks to delineate the key capacity components of a resilient food system. It also develops a typology based on a country’s capacity to create, manage, and utilize human resources for a resilient food system that suggests a systematic method for prioritizing investments in capacity building across countries. Taken together, such a framework facilitates an exploration of what we know and don’t know about developing capacity for resilient food systems.

Author : International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896295759

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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Pdf

This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global, regional, and national levels, and—supported by the latest knowledge and research—explain why. This year’s report is the first to also look forward a year, offering analysis of the potential opportunities and challenges that we will face in achieving food and nutrition security in 2015.

Author : Thomas Bowen,Carlo del Ninno,Colin Andrews,Sarah Coll-Black,Kelly Johnson,Yasuhiro Kawasoe,Adea Kryeziu,Barry Maher,Asha Williams
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781464815751

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Adaptive Social Protection by Thomas Bowen,Carlo del Ninno,Colin Andrews,Sarah Coll-Black,Kelly Johnson,Yasuhiro Kawasoe,Adea Kryeziu,Barry Maher,Asha Williams Pdf

Adaptive social protection (ASP) helps to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to the impacts of large, covariate shocks, such as natural disasters, economic crises, pandemics, conflict, and forced displacement. Through the provision of transfers and services directly to these households, ASP supports their capacity to prepare for, cope with, and adapt to the shocks they face—before, during, and after these shocks occur. Over the long term, by supporting these three capacities, ASP can provide a pathway to a more resilient state for households that may otherwise lack the resources to move out of chronically vulnerable situations. Adaptive Social Protection: Building Resilience to Shocks outlines an organizing framework for the design and implementation of ASP, providing insights into the ways in which social protection systems can be made more capable of building household resilience. By way of its four building blocks—programs, information, finance, and institutional arrangements and partnerships—the framework highlights both the elements of existing social protection systems that are the cornerstones for building household resilience, as well as the additional investments that are central to enhancing their ability to generate these outcomes. In this report, the ASP framework and its building blocks have been elaborated primarily in relation to natural disasters and associated climate change. Nevertheless, many of the priorities identified within each building block are also pertinent to the design and implementation of ASP across other types of shocks, providing a foundation for a structured approach to the advancement of this rapidly evolving and complex agenda.

Author : Clemens Breisinger,Olivier Ecker,Jean-Francois Maystadt,Jean-Francois Trinh Tan,Perrihan Al-Riffai,Khalida Bouzar,Abdelkarim Sma,Mohamed Abdelgadir
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Building resilience to conflict through food security policies and programs: An overview by Clemens Breisinger,Olivier Ecker,Jean-Francois Maystadt,Jean-Francois Trinh Tan,Perrihan Al-Riffai,Khalida Bouzar,Abdelkarim Sma,Mohamed Abdelgadir Pdf

One and a half billion people still live in fragile, conflict affected areas. People in these countries are about twice as likely to be malnourished and to die during infancy as people in other developing countries.2 This outcome is often a direct consequence of conflict: conflict reduces food availability by destroying agricultural assets and infrastructure.

Author : Dufour, Charlotte,Kauffmann, Domitille,Marsland, Neil
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Strengthening the links between resilience and nutrition by Dufour, Charlotte,Kauffmann, Domitille,Marsland, Neil Pdf

Author : Mabiso, Athur,Maystadt, Jean-François,Vandercasteelen, Joachim,Hirvonen, Kalle
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Enhancing resilience for food security in refugee-hosting communities by Mabiso, Athur,Maystadt, Jean-François,Vandercasteelen, Joachim,Hirvonen, Kalle Pdf

Little is known definitively about the actual consequences that refugees have on food security and resilience in hosting communities. This brief (1) demonstrates why the relationship is not as clear?cut as it seems at first blush; (2) overviews the findings of Mabiso and colleagues, who have reviewed the evidence that does exist on food security and resilience for hosting communities in protracted refugee situations and drawn implications for policymakers;3 and (3) highlights key research gaps that offer promising areas for future research.

Author : Babu, Suresh Chandra,Blom, Sylvia
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Capacity development for resilient food systems by Babu, Suresh Chandra,Blom, Sylvia Pdf

Food systems face shocks varying in breadth and duration from a wide array of sources. These shocks can affect all aspects of a country’s food system, threatening the food security of its citizens. Low levels of capacity to address food system shocks are a major development challenge. This paper presents a conceptual framework for assessing the capacity of a food system to become more resilient, regardless of what kind of threat it faces. It suggests that food systems can be categorized into three subsystems: a policy system; markets, trade, and institutions; and a production system. Within each of these systems, three dimensions of capacity are analyzed: individual capacity, organizational capacity, and system capacity. The paper explores examples of building capacity within this framework and identifies key knowledge and research gaps. It also presents a typology as a possible tool for prioritizing investments in capacity building for resilience across countries.

Author : John Michael Ashley
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128110539

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Human Resilience Against Food Insecurity by John Michael Ashley Pdf

Human Resilience against Food Insecurity focuses on the human factors involved in building resilience against food and nutrition insecurity in perpetuity through better managing risks (such as ‘better-spacing’ of children), diversifying the asset portfolio, behavioral change, and communication strategies for to help achieve these goals. The better the coherence and convergence amongst these human factors that promote sustainable food and nutrition security, the lower the need to rectify their absence through post-facto, unsustainable ‘firemen’s work’ of humanitarian assistance and CMAM clinics. The book includes references to countries which are not in the lowest of the categories prescribed in the UNDP Human Development reports, also including minority groups in developed countries, such as the hunter-gatherer Inuit communities of Canada, to provide an inclusive view of the issues and concerns relevant to addressing food insecurity. Includes a global array of case studies Presents stories of success and failure in building resilience against food insecurity with the causative human aspect underlying each Addresses the social and cultural anthropological foundation of combatting food and nutrition insecurity

Author : Fan, Shenggen,Brzeska, Joanna
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Building a resilient global food system by lowering food price spikes and volatility by Fan, Shenggen,Brzeska, Joanna Pdf

Volatility and spikes in global food prices can have large and diverse impacts on the welfare of poor people, particularly their food and nutrition status. Although high and volatile price levels have subsided in recent years, the international community should not become complacent. The complex set of concurrent factors behind the recent food price crises in 2007–2008 and 2011—including diversion of crops for biofuel, extreme weather events, low grain stocks, and panicky trade behaviors—are still present or have the potential to reemerge. An important component of improving the stability of the global food system is to reduce price spikes and volatility that can destabilize future food availability and accessibility. The objective of this brief is to review the latest literature and developments related to actions taken in preventing and managing food price spikes and volatility and to identify future actions to build a more resilient global food system.