Rwanda - increased food Flashcards
What are the 4 components of food security
Ultilsatiin
Stability
Availability
Access
Available
Reliable and consistent source of quality of food
Access
People have sufficient resources to produce/ purchase
Obtain nutritious diet
Stability
People’s ability to access and utilise food
Over time
Utilisation
Knowledge
Basic sanity conditions to chose and prepare and distribute food resulting in good nutrition
What does GAFSP stand for
Global agriculture and food security progremm
Was it GAFSP
That there will need to be at least 50% more food by 2050 to feed everyone.
2010 - medium - long term efforts to impotivr agriculture productivity / increase income / increase food and nutrition in LICs
Has the GAFSP been successful
Yes
By end of 2013 their efforts have helped improve agriculture productive/ increased income and improved food secure in 31 pooper of most malnourished counties globally
What does FAO stand for
Food and Agriculture organisation
What do fao say
The rate of global food production has increased faster than the demand for food from pop increase.
World produces more than one and a half times enough food for everyhone on planet
Enough to feed predicted 2050 population
Storage losses after harvest/ over consumption and wasted mean that 800 million people in developing countries are malnourished
African food losses
2011, FAO states that annual food losses in sub Saharan’s Africa exceeding 30% of the total crop production m.
Extremes losses causing not enough food globally
Name the 2 strategies of increasing food security
Increasing food production
Improving post harvest practices in
What is happening in Rwanda ?
Land husbandry
Water harvesting
Hillside irrigation project
Increase productivity and commercialisation of small farmers.
30 months - project reached 92,000 people’s and yields of maize/ beans were up to 220% abouvenatuonal averages.
What else had the Rwanda project looked at ?
Improved access to nutrition rich vegetables
Training communities in kitchen gardens
Innovation financial products for small holder farmers
Education
Farmers organised into 87 self help groups
1st year = compost making / pest management
Education on cooperative mananahement / book keeping track
