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Water and the Rural Poor: Interventions for
improving livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
FAO (online)
The document looks at the water resources
that are available in sub-
Saharan Africa and at their potential role
in improving agriculture and the livelihoods
of the rural poor. The report argues
that improvements in agriculture
are one of the options to reduce poverty,
and that interventions should be adapted
to local conditions and populations, as
there is no one-fits-all solution. To this effect for instance, the report
distinguishes 13 types of livelihood zones across sub-
Saharan Africa. This comprehensive report is articulated around 3
broad themes: Water, agriculture and rural livelihoods; Mapping
poverty, water and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa; Interventions
in water to improve livelihoods in rural areas. www.fao.org
Protein-Energy Malnutrition
JC Waterlow FRS with contributions from A Ashworth, AM
Tomkins and SM Grantham McGregor
Reprint with added new material 2007
Hailed on first publication in 1992 as ‘a state-of-the-art publication
on nutrition and PEM for the 90s’ Protein-energy Malnutrition
is a critical, authoritative review of the subject for doctors and
health workers. The reprinted version now presented here is
supplemented by 22 pages of updated new material. The detailed
discussion of treatment, aimed specifically at paediatricians
and health workers, is supported by an analysis of the nature
of severe and fatal cases. An account of how the existence
of malnutrition is characterized in the community by impaired
growth, frequent infections and retardation of mental development
leads to an analysis of the still controversial question of
strategy and methods for prevention. Thus the potential readership
is widened to include public health officials, aid agencies
and medical advisers.
Available from Smith-Gordon priced at £35.
For students and health professionals in the field who work in countries
experiencing PEM the book is available at lower cost of £10.
Contact cvenditti@smith-gordon-publishing.com
See also www.talcuk.org/books/protein-energy-malnutrition.htm
Toolkit for Addressing Nutrition in Emergency Situations
IASC Global Nutrition Cluster
(online)
The Nutrition Cluster Toolkit is intended
as an easy-to-use field guide
that outlines the key basic interventions
for nutritional support to individuals and
groups during an emergency situation.
It provides the what, why, when,
and how for different nutrition interventions,
including basic monitoring benchmarks and expected standards.
The Toolkit offers guidance and support for nutritionists
and humanitarian workers to ensure that basic guidelines are
followed and the basic nutritional needs of populations in emergencies
are met. It is not intended to be an exhaustive resource
for each intervention presented, but rather an overview for interventions
to be considered with references and links to more detailed
technical guidance for each issue.
http://ocha.unog.ch/humanitarianreform
See also detailed description p.64
Impact of Climate Change and Bioenergy on Nutrition
Cohen MJ, Tirado C, Aberman NL,
Thompson B - IFPRI/FAO
(online)
This paper, prepared for the High
Level Conference on World Food Security:
The Challenge of Climate
Change and Bioenergy (Rome, 3-5
June 2008), explores the implications
of climate change and rising bioenergy
demand for nutrition. It examines
the direct nutrition effects of rising
bioenergy demand, as well as its contribution to rising food
prices. The paper begins by describing the current state of
global food insecurity and malnutrition and the causes, consequences
and costs of food insecurity and malnutrition. A number
of factors besides climate change, bioenergy and rising prices
that can contribute to malnutrition in the future are also discussed.
Finally, a chapter on policy implications provides several
options for improving food security and nutrition, as well as for
addressing the links between climate change and bioenergy
demand and nutrition. www.ifpri.org www.fao.org
Climate Change: implication for Food Safety
FAO (online)
The paper aims to identify potential
impacts of anticipated changes in climate
on food safety and their control at
all stages of the food chain. The purpose
is to raise awareness of the issue
and to facilitate international cooperation
in better understanding the changing
food safety situation and in developing
and implementing strategies to
address them. www.fao.org
Feeding the world:
Sustainable Management of
Natural Resources
FAO (online)
www.fao.org
1. Dairy Development for the Resource Poor: A Comparison
of Dairy Policies and Development in South
Asia and East Africa
2. Dairy Development for the Resource Poor: Kenya and
Ethiopia Dairy Development Case Studies.
3. Dairy Development for the Resource Poor: Pakistan
and India Dairy Development Case Studies.
Staal SJ, Pratt AN, Jabbar M
(online 1, 2 and 3)
This study examines dairy development in two key dairy producing
regions in the developing world: East Africa and South Asia.
The aim of the study is to analyse the trends in dairy development
in these two regions and identify their key determinants, to assess
the impact of policy interventions on those trends and to identify
impacts of dairy development, particularly on the poor. The study
is reported in three parts.
www.fao.org
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