While food waste and loss is a global problem, YieldWise focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, where 70 percent of the people rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and many of whom are also part of the world's 1.3 billion who are food insecure. Here, 50 percent of fruits and vegetables, 40 percent of roots and tubers, and 20 percent of cereals—all of which are staple foods—are lost in the post-harvest stage or processes. As such, these vulnerable people are twice-hit.
Improving the quality of milled grains - a call to tackle hidden hunger in Af...Milling and Grain magazine
Today one in nine people – 805 million worldwide, many of whom reside in Africa – still go to bed hungry every night. Many more suffer from micronutrient malnutrition. This ‘hidden hunger’ is of great public health concern. Vitamin A, iron and folate deficiencies are debilitating: vitamin A is critical for preventing childhood blindness and protecting the immune system; iron helps prevent iron deficiency anaemia; and folic acid can prevent life-long neural-tube birth defects. These deficiencies hold entire populations back. Children do not develop fully, parents
While food waste and loss is a global problem, YieldWise focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, where 70 percent of the people rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and many of whom are also part of the world's 1.3 billion who are food insecure. Here, 50 percent of fruits and vegetables, 40 percent of roots and tubers, and 20 percent of cereals—all of which are staple foods—are lost in the post-harvest stage or processes. As such, these vulnerable people are twice-hit.
Improving the quality of milled grains - a call to tackle hidden hunger in Af...Milling and Grain magazine
Today one in nine people – 805 million worldwide, many of whom reside in Africa – still go to bed hungry every night. Many more suffer from micronutrient malnutrition. This ‘hidden hunger’ is of great public health concern. Vitamin A, iron and folate deficiencies are debilitating: vitamin A is critical for preventing childhood blindness and protecting the immune system; iron helps prevent iron deficiency anaemia; and folic acid can prevent life-long neural-tube birth defects. These deficiencies hold entire populations back. Children do not develop fully, parents
Eugenio Diaz Bonilla
SPECIAL EVENT
Funding Food System Transformation in Developing Countries: An example from Ethiopia
UNFSS Side Event -- Co-organized by IFPRI, The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CGIAR
SEP 24, 2021 - 08:00 AM TO 09:30 AM EDT
The 2012 U.S. Farm Bill: History, Problems and Opportunities for Reform. Overheads from two publications on current agricultural policy, and opportunities for reform.
Malnutrition—and particularly protein deficiency—remains a challenge for many poor people across West Africa, compromising or stunting the physical and mental development of millions of children. While overall nutrition has improved across the continent, sufficient protein consumption remains a challenge.
A recent issue of the West Africa Trends newsletter, a trend monitoring report from the African Center for Economic Transformation, investigated the potential for locally produced bushmeat—the common term for the meat of wild animals—to provide protein and improved nutrition for many poor households in the region. Often the primary source of animal protein for many communities, bushmeat’s demand has made the supply unsustainable, endangering the ecosystems where wild animal populations live, and potentially driving some species to extinction. To meet the demand, while mitigating the environmental stress, commercial breeding of grass cutters (cane rats), squirrels, certain types of birds, and insects are being explored. With education, regulation, and the support of the public-private sector, development of innovative breeding methods could generate a sustainable supply of bushmeat and provide poor farmers an opportunity to sell in premium urban markets, where it is considered a delicacy.
The Global Agriculture and Food Security ProgramFrancois Stepman
4 October 2017. InfoPoint Lunchtime conference: Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme.
The presentation provided an overview of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), a funding mechanism that supports underfunded country-led efforts to end hunger and poverty, and has provided over $1.2 billion in grant funding to public sector investments, $250 million in innovative financing for complementary private sector investments, and $13 million to pilot projects reaching smallholder farmers more directly.
Presentation:
Nichola Dyer: Program Manager, Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP)
CIAT’s Partnership with Canada: Pathways to sustainable economic empowerment ...CIAT
CIAT’s work harnesses global expertise and partnerships that empower poor people to provide for their families and that shed light on new solutions to today’s global challenges. In keeping with Canada’s strategy to increase food security, stimulate sustainable economic growth, and secure the future of children and youth, CIAT is working to
advance our mutual aims with longstanding partners, including the Canadian government and institutions.
Presentation hold by Jean-François Maystadt, Researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), as part of the second panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
Smart Food: Diversifying diets and driving commercialization of traditional g...ICRISAT
Food and nutrition insecurity continues to pose a serious challenge in many rural households in developing countries. In Kenya, nutrition insecurity is reflected in the increased prevalence of stunting (26%), wasting (4%), and underweight (11%) among children under five years of age 22 and in micronutrient deficiencies. Poor nutrition and a general lack of health consciousness are the main causes of these unhealthy outcomes.In order to improve nutrition and health consciousness in Kenya, ICRISAT developed nutrition activities along three pathways: (1) production for own consumption, (2) agricultural income, and (3) women’s empowerment.
Fish Talk: Nutrition day special with focus on COVID-19WorldFish
WorldFish webinar focusing on food and nutrition security in conjunction with COVID-19. This webinar was hosted by Shakuntala H.Thilsted, Kendra Byrd, Pamela Marinda, Shaima Arzuman Shahin and Marian Kjellevold.
Small-Scale Cricket Farming in Ban Hathviangkham, LaosThomas Weigel
The End-of-Project Report describes and assesses outcomes and impacts of a small-scale cricket farming project with 16 women in Central Laos, and provides recommendations for the further development of cricket farming for improving livelihoods and food/nutrition security. The report concludes that small-scale cricket farming can be a sustainable livelihoods option in Laos and other countries, where edible insects are part of traditional diets.
Eugenio Diaz Bonilla
SPECIAL EVENT
Funding Food System Transformation in Developing Countries: An example from Ethiopia
UNFSS Side Event -- Co-organized by IFPRI, The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CGIAR
SEP 24, 2021 - 08:00 AM TO 09:30 AM EDT
The 2012 U.S. Farm Bill: History, Problems and Opportunities for Reform. Overheads from two publications on current agricultural policy, and opportunities for reform.
Malnutrition—and particularly protein deficiency—remains a challenge for many poor people across West Africa, compromising or stunting the physical and mental development of millions of children. While overall nutrition has improved across the continent, sufficient protein consumption remains a challenge.
A recent issue of the West Africa Trends newsletter, a trend monitoring report from the African Center for Economic Transformation, investigated the potential for locally produced bushmeat—the common term for the meat of wild animals—to provide protein and improved nutrition for many poor households in the region. Often the primary source of animal protein for many communities, bushmeat’s demand has made the supply unsustainable, endangering the ecosystems where wild animal populations live, and potentially driving some species to extinction. To meet the demand, while mitigating the environmental stress, commercial breeding of grass cutters (cane rats), squirrels, certain types of birds, and insects are being explored. With education, regulation, and the support of the public-private sector, development of innovative breeding methods could generate a sustainable supply of bushmeat and provide poor farmers an opportunity to sell in premium urban markets, where it is considered a delicacy.
The Global Agriculture and Food Security ProgramFrancois Stepman
4 October 2017. InfoPoint Lunchtime conference: Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme.
The presentation provided an overview of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), a funding mechanism that supports underfunded country-led efforts to end hunger and poverty, and has provided over $1.2 billion in grant funding to public sector investments, $250 million in innovative financing for complementary private sector investments, and $13 million to pilot projects reaching smallholder farmers more directly.
Presentation:
Nichola Dyer: Program Manager, Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP)
CIAT’s Partnership with Canada: Pathways to sustainable economic empowerment ...CIAT
CIAT’s work harnesses global expertise and partnerships that empower poor people to provide for their families and that shed light on new solutions to today’s global challenges. In keeping with Canada’s strategy to increase food security, stimulate sustainable economic growth, and secure the future of children and youth, CIAT is working to
advance our mutual aims with longstanding partners, including the Canadian government and institutions.
Presentation hold by Jean-François Maystadt, Researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), as part of the second panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
Smart Food: Diversifying diets and driving commercialization of traditional g...ICRISAT
Food and nutrition insecurity continues to pose a serious challenge in many rural households in developing countries. In Kenya, nutrition insecurity is reflected in the increased prevalence of stunting (26%), wasting (4%), and underweight (11%) among children under five years of age 22 and in micronutrient deficiencies. Poor nutrition and a general lack of health consciousness are the main causes of these unhealthy outcomes.In order to improve nutrition and health consciousness in Kenya, ICRISAT developed nutrition activities along three pathways: (1) production for own consumption, (2) agricultural income, and (3) women’s empowerment.
Fish Talk: Nutrition day special with focus on COVID-19WorldFish
WorldFish webinar focusing on food and nutrition security in conjunction with COVID-19. This webinar was hosted by Shakuntala H.Thilsted, Kendra Byrd, Pamela Marinda, Shaima Arzuman Shahin and Marian Kjellevold.
Small-Scale Cricket Farming in Ban Hathviangkham, LaosThomas Weigel
The End-of-Project Report describes and assesses outcomes and impacts of a small-scale cricket farming project with 16 women in Central Laos, and provides recommendations for the further development of cricket farming for improving livelihoods and food/nutrition security. The report concludes that small-scale cricket farming can be a sustainable livelihoods option in Laos and other countries, where edible insects are part of traditional diets.
Despite positive developments in reducing malnutrition over the last few decades, hundreds of millions of people globally still do not consume adequate amounts of essential vitamins and minerals in their diets to sustain good health and development. This is referred to as “Hidden Hunger”, a major public health problem that is holding back entire communities.
CIAT’s Partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (...CIAT
IFAD and CIAT have a shared vision: a world without poverty and hunger, where natural resources are used economically and sustainability for the benefit of everyone, and where enough food is produced efficiently to sustain good nutrition and food security. Our success in South-South coordination, making markets work for smallholders, transforming subsistence farming systems into ecoefficient
hubs of change, and empowering poor rural women and men through improved incomes speaks for itself.
Conflicts and challenges - Organisations to combat poverty case studyEvie-Anne Davis
A2 geography alevel revision, case study for agencies and organisations helping to combat poverty. includes; the UN in Vietnam, UN & world bank in Brazil (Bolsa Familia project) and WWF helping sustainable living and combatting poverty whilst saving the environment in Thailand.
The Millennium Development Goals set out a mutual commitment between developed and developing countries to make sustained progress towards achieving this vision.
Specifically, the Millennium Development Goals aim to reduce poverty, fight disease and hunger, get girls in school and give more people access to safe water. African countries need to make the most progress if they are to meet these Goals.
The government of Ghana is not an exception with regards to putting in place measures that aim to improve the lives and livelihoods of its citizenry including the welfare of school children. In the context of the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD’s) Comprehensive African Development Programme (CADP), the Government of Ghana (GoG) set-up the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). Its concept of home grown school feeding addresses one of the United Nation’s (UN’s) three pillars to fight hunger (United Nations, 2005). ‘The government of Ghana was of the view that the if the School Feeding Programme was properly funded and implemented, the hunger, education and the food security and poverty landscape in Ghana will change for good (Government of Ghana, 2006). The study investigates the factors determining GSFP caterer’s choice to buy local rice from farmers and farmers’ factors influencing rice farmers to supply to the caterers. Purposive sampling was mainly used to select 120 respondents from GSFP beneficiary communities. The respondents were made of up 80 farmers and 40 GSFP caterers from the four selected districts. The study revealed that 46% % of rice farmers have access to the market created by the Ghana school Feeding Programme and about 48% of this group are able to sell their rice produce to the caterers of GSFP. However majority of the rice farmers are aware of the existence of the programme without any proper rules of engagement except that less than half of the farmers have been linked up with programme with the support of World Food Programme and the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), operating in the Northern Region. The major problem associated with rice farmers accessibility to the GSFP is caterers’ unwillingness to buy from them even though majority of the farmers are aware of the programme and its basic of objective of providing free meals to pupils in basic schools. Farmers indicated they would be willing to sell to the caterers if the prices offered by caterers are good or if they are able to produce enough to meet the demand of caterers on termly basis or the caterer is more willing to pay them in cash when they purchase their rice or other farm produce or better still be willing to pay on time for a period not more than one month when they buy on credit. The probit model was used to analyse the factors influencing rice farmers to supply to the programme on one hand and the factors affecting caterer’s decision to purchase rice from the rice farmers on the other.
Canadian Immigration Tracker March 2024 - Key SlidesAndrew Griffith
Highlights
Permanent Residents decrease along with percentage of TR2PR decline to 52 percent of all Permanent Residents.
March asylum claim data not issued as of May 27 (unusually late). Irregular arrivals remain very small.
Study permit applications experiencing sharp decrease as a result of announced caps over 50 percent compared to February.
Citizenship numbers remain stable.
Slide 3 has the overall numbers and change.
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
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New IFAD-supported project tackles
malnutrition and stunting in northern Laos
Vientiane, 29 April 2016– The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) and the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
signed an agreement yesterday to finance and implement a project that will reduce
extreme poverty and malnutrition for 34,000 poor rural households in northern
Laos.
The US$38.8 million Strategic Support for Food Security and Nutrition project will
ensure increased quality of health and life for poor rural people in 12 districts and
approximately 400 villages in Oudomxai, Phongsaly, Xieng Khouang and Houaphan
provinces. Among project activities, women will be empowered to improve family
diets particularly for infants during the first 1,000 days of life, farmers’ organisations
will be developed and small-scale farmers linked to markets, while farmers
themselves will be encouraged to develop a personalised ‘plan of action’ to generate
profitable agricultural production.
The project is funded by a $30 million grant from the Global Agriculture and Food
Security Program (GAFSP) with an additional $5.4 million from the government,
$500,000 from the private sector and $2.9 million from participants themselves.
The financing agreement was signed yesterday in Vientiane by Hoonae Kim, Director,
Asia and the Pacific Division, IFAD, and Thipphakhone Chanthavongsa, Deputy
Minister of Finance, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
“The project will reduce malnutrition and enhance income and food security in rural
communities by supporting nutrition-sensitive and climate-smart agricultural
practices,” said Kim at the signing ceremony.
In Laos, undernutrition and food insecurity remain stubbornly high with stunting
levels for children under five years of age as high as 61 per cent in some provinces.
Improving women’s nutrition is critical to breaking the intergenerational cycle. This
can be done in part by providing training and building awareness around nutrition.
Communities most prone to undernutrition live in upland areas where household
income mostly comes from agriculture and non-timber forest product extraction.
Since 1980, IFAD has invested a total of $122.4 million in 14 programmes and
projects in Laos with a total cost of $272.8 million including cofinancing, reaching
over 272,875 households.
Note to editors:
To learn more on IFAD’s nutrition work in Laos: https://youtu.be/fmfsE31-yCA
2. To learn more about the Global Agriculture & Food Security Program (GAFSP) in
Laos:http://www.gafspfund.org/content/lao-peoples-democratic-republic
Press release No.: IFAD/25/2016
IFAD invests in rural people, empowering them to reduce poverty, increase food
security, improve nutrition and strengthen resilience. Since 1978, we have provided
about US$17.7 billion in grants and low-interest loans to projects that have reached
some 459 million people. IFAD is an international financial institution and a
specialized United Nations agency based in Rome – the UN’s food and agriculture
hub.
