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2020 13 May

ECLAC proposes a basic income to help most vulnerable population overcome the COVID19’s effects

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented a new report on the social challenges of the crisis stemming from COVID-19. In a context of low growth, a significant increase in poverty, extreme poverty and inequality is foreseen in Latin America and...

2020 12 May

Harnessing the power of social media to improve girls’ nutrition knowledge in Indonesia

David Martin | Child nutrition Education Women's nutrition SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published by Nutrition International Ina is a 19-year old girl from Indonesia. Like many young women and girls in the country, Ina didn’t have access to much information about nutrition or dietary practices while she was growing up. As a result of this lack...

2020 07 May

Food insecurity in West Africa could leave 43 million at risk as coronavirus hits

David Martin | COVID19 Food insecurity Humanitarian field Hunger SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Well over 40 million people across West Africa face desperate food shortages in coming months, with COVID-19 restrictions a new factor adding to people’s vulnerability according to the World Food Programme (WFP). Appealing for continued support from the international community for the agency’s global aid effort, WFP spokesperson...

2020 06 May

COVID19 pandemic impact on the future of Southeast Asia’s food security

David Martin | COVID19 Food systems SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

As COVID-19 continues to threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Southeast Asia, additional concerns are being raised about the longer term health of the sub-region’s food systems – a complex matrix involving farmers, fishers, labourers, drivers, cold storage, food processors, retailers,...

2020 04 May

Tackling COVID-19’s effect on food supply chains in Africa

David Martin | COVID19 Food systems SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

FAO and AGRA bring partners together to share knowledge in fight against the global pandemic. With over 60 percent of the African continent’s population in rural areas and dependent on smallholder or family farming, the risk from the COVID-19 pandemic to food supply chains, market access...

2020 30 April

IFAD fund launched to help prevent rural food crisis in wake of COVID-19

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 Food systems Investments SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown threatening the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today committed USD 40 million, and launched an urgent appeal for additional funds, to support farmers and rural communities...

2020 29 April

Power of the people: how community leaders tackle malnutrition in Mali

David Martin | Behaviour change Multi-stakeholder planning SUN Movement Pooled Fund SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

Dedicated local leadership supported by the SUN Movement Pooled Fund is delivering results for communities through multisectoral platforms Following Mali’s constitutional revision in 2017, recognizing the right to food and adequate nutrition as a constitutional right for Malians, strengthened advocacy towards decision-makers at various levels was...

2020 29 April

Latin American and Caribbean countries coordinate to support regular functioning of food systems during COVID19 crisis

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 Food systems SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Ministers and secretaries of agriculture, food, livestock, fisheries and rural development of 26 countries signed a statement detailing their measures so that food is not lacking. 26 Latin American and Caribbean countries expressed their commitment to coordinate the supply of sufficient, safe and nutritious food for...

2020 28 April

Parliamentary Front Against Hunger open letter on COVID-19 and the fight against hunger

David Martin | COVID19 Food systems Parliamentarians Regional initiatives Parliamentarians, SUN Country Network 0

The Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean released an open letter calling not to neglect the fight against hunger and malnutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the text, the more than 500 parliamentarians who are part of this legislative network, which receives...

2020 28 April

COVID-19 and Food Systems: how SMEs in Nigeria can adapt and respond

David Martin | COVID19 Food systems SUN Business Network, SUN Country Network 0

* Originally published by SUN Business Network Forty minutes wait at the carefully marked “social distancing” lines in front of my local Shoprite supermarket in Jabi, Abuja, moving forward as the shop empties to balance the number of shoppers in the store at any time. Finally,...