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Food & Nutrition Security

This topic refers to all issues related to Food Security as defined in the Rome declaration in 1996: "Food security exists - at the individual, family, national and global levels - when all people at all times have physical and economic access to enough safe and nutritious food in order to cover their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life".

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Acute undernutrition - Fisheries and food security - Food accessibility & prices - Food aid - Food availability - Food information systems - Food quality - Food safety - Food Security Governance - Food Social transfers - Food utilisation - Food waste - Livestock and food security - Micro nutrients supplementation - Nutrition monitoring - Nutrition policy - Nutrition programmes - Nutrition sensitive intervention - Obesity

Systèmes appropriés de stockage des semences et des céréales pour les petits agriculteurs, pratiques clés pour les responsables de la mise en œuvre de la RRC

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 27 July 2018

systemes_appropries_de_stockage_des_semences_et_des_grains_pour_les_agriculteurs_a_petite_echelle_pratiques_cles_pour_les_praticiens_de_la_rrc.pdf 2.33 MB

FAO-COOPI-OCHA-UNHABITAT/SAIO/2014. This brief is part of the series, A Field Guide for Disaster Risk Reduction in Southern Africa: Key Practices for DRR Implementers, coordinated by the FAO Sub regional Office for Disaster Risk Reduction/Management for Southern Africa. This series has been...

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
Variétés de semences appropriées pour les petits agriculteurs, pratiques clés pour les responsables de la mise en œuvre de la RRC

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 24 July 2018

varietes_de_semences_appropriees_pour_les_agriculteurs_a_petite_echelle_pratiques_cles_pour_les_praticiens_de_la_rrc.pdf 2.23 MB

FAO-COOPI-OCHA-UNHABITAT/SAIO/2014. Appropriate Seed Varieties for Small-scale Farmers, Key practices for DRR Implementers, presented here provides concise and clear descriptions of the key aspects for the promotion of quality seed of appropriate varieties for use by small-scale farmers, in the...

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
A Community Health Center in Tsihombe Offers a Second Chance for Life for Children, Madagascar

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 19 July 2018

a_community_health_center_in_tsihombe_madagascar-unicef.pdf 399.19 KB

UNICEF/2017.Human Interest Story. Community health center of Nikoly, a town located in Tsihombe District, southern Madagascar- weekly monitoring and treatment of acute malnutrition (SAM). ECHO-/SF/BUD/2017/91007 https://www.unicef.org/madagascar/eng/reallives_20268.html

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
Clean Water: Key in the Battle Against Malnutrition in Southern Madagascar

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 19 July 2018

clean_water-_echo_madagascar.pdf 215.87 KB

UNICEF/2017- Human interest story-Malnutrition. Like other households with children affected by malnutrition, Vaonome’s parents benefit from the provision of a ceramic water filter, water distributions at the local health center, and soap, thanks to the support of the European Union Civil...

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
Social Protection in Madagascar: The Case of Cash Transfers: Capacity to respond to shocks and options for harmonization”, Study of the cash working group.Madagascar

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 19 July 2018

cash-transfert_english_version_v2.pdf 3.61 MB

UNICEF/2017. Celada, Elena. 2017. “Social Protection in Madagascar: The Case of Cash Transfers: Capacity to respond to shocks and options forharmonization”, Study of the cash working group. The report has been prepared as commissioned by the Government of Madagascar (Ministry of Population, Social...

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
Video Enawo Cash Response_Humanitarian Response - Unconditional Cash Transfer_2017, Madagscar

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 19 July 2018

video_enawo_cash_response.pdf 385.89 KB

UNICEF/2017. On March 7, 2017, Cyclone ENAWO in Category 4 hit the northeastern coast of Madagascar. In support of UNICEF interventions, several donors, including the Malagasy private sector, responded to the call to contribute to the humanitarian response to Cyclone Enawo through the unconditional...

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
Madagascar Cash in Emercency Principles

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 19 July 2018

principles_emergency_cash_workshop_final_english.pdf 630.34 KB

UNICEF/2017. MADAGASCAR CASH IN EMERGENCY PRINCIPLES. To improve coordination at technical and strategic levels, an emergency cash group was formed in 2016 under the overall umbrella of the Social Protection Thematic Group which was co-led by UNICEF and the Ministry in charge of social protection...

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
Les principes sur les modalités des transferts monétaires en Urgence à Madagascar

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 19 July 2018

principles_emergency_cash_workshop_final_frenchreduced1.pdf 562.07 KB

UNICEF/2017.Les principes sur les modalités des transferts monétaires en Urgence à Madagascar. Pour améliorer la coordination aux niveaux technique et stratégique, un groupe Cash a été formé en 2016 sous l'égide du Groupe thématique de la protection sociale, dirigé conjointement par l'UNICEF et le...

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
Tackling malnutrition in Madagascar_Video_UNICEF 2016

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 19 July 2018

tackling_malnutrition_in_madagascar.pdf 101.17 KB

UNICEF/2016. Tackling malnutrition in Madagascar. A survey run by UN agencies in Madagascar in early 2016 found that only less than 20% of the crops planted during the current season will be harvested. This is caused by poor rainy seasons over past years and an ongoing dry spell. In southern...

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
How can food reserves best enhance food and nutrition security in developing countries?

Philippe Thomas updated the Debate | 18 July 2018

The use of food reserves is a hot topic on the international agenda and the source of intense debates. Food reserves offer great potential for contributing to meeting one of today's greatest challenges: to end hunger and prevent malnutrition . However, governance - lack of transparency and...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

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