Smartfolder: Humanitarian Assistance

Also see... Humanitarian Assistance / Food Security — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 16:23

 

Eldis Regional and Country Profiles — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-05 15:30

Eldis is an internet based information service: filtering, structuring and presenting development information via the web and email. We maintain an ever-growing library of editorially selected and abstracted online documents, and an organisational directory of development-related internet services. It is possible to search the entire Eldis database as well obtain both Regional and Country-specific information. Country-level data include: health, education, gender, agriculture, trade and finance, governance, environment, poverty, food security and emergencies, Aid and debt. This service is funded by Sida, Norad, SDC and DFID, and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.

World Food Programme (WFP) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-14 15:59

In 1994, WFP became the first United Nations organisation to adopt a mission statement. It is the foundation on which we build our policy, defining the who, what, where and how of our 'mission' to eradicate global hunger and poverty. As the food aid arm of the UN, WFP uses its food to: meet emergency needs support economic & social development The Agency also provides the logistics support necessary to get food aid to the right people at the right time and in the right place. WFP works to put hunger at the centre of the international agenda, promoting policies, strategies and operations that directly benefit the poor and hungry.

Also see... Humanitarian Assistance — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 15:43

 

Global Water Partnership (GWP) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-11 16:47

The World Water Council and the Global Water Partnership jointly developed this website aiming to provide information on the follow-up activities which have been initiated since the publication of "Financing Water for All", the report of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure. The Handbook and a Policy Brief for governments on the practical steps for making national water management strategies needed to support their efforts towards the sustainable economic development required to reach the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), can be downloaded here. The materials available at this site were written for governments on the practical steps for making national water management strategies needed to support their efforts towards the sustainable economic development required to reach the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). {www.gwpforum.org}

Centre for Studies in Food Security — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-01-23 19:13

 

Measuring Impacts of HIV-AIDS on Rural Livelihoods and Food Security — by webadmin — last modified 2006-03-13 13:36

The main purpose of this paper is to examine general patterns of the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihood assets and to propose a set of indicators to measure these impacts. A related objective is to identify indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation efforts. The paper builds on previous work done by FAO on the linkages between the HIV/AIDS epidemic, agriculture, food security and rural development. The paper was developed by C. Shannon Stokes while a Visiting Scientist at FAO (presently Professor of Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University), in close collaboration with staff of the FAO Population and Development Service. We hope the paper will stimulate innovative thinking and inspire new interventions to effectively counteract the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods.

Michigan State University Agricultural Economics — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-01 21:22

Food Security Group of Related Research, Policy Dialogue and Training Projects

Hidden Harvest: Wild Foods and Agricultural Systems. A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography, The — by Sarah Schmidt — last modified 2008-09-05 12:13

Authors: Ian Scoones, Mary Melnyk, Jules N Pretty Published: 1992 - IIED Topic: Agriculture Details: 260 pages (Book/Report) ISBN: 0-905347-93-5 Language: English Series: Hidden Harvest HH This literature review and annotated bibliography of close to 1,000 references is organised into eleven thematic sections, each containing review essays and annotated references. Extensive referencing refers to numbered entries in the bibliography, and there are three different indices. The themes cover 1. Wild foods in agricultural systems; 2. Swidden agriculture and foraging in tropical forest systems; 3. The hidden harvest in pastoral production systems; 4. Wildlife utilisation; 5. Wild foods and food security; 6. The nutritional value of wild foods; 7. Tenure and local institutions for wild food resource management; 8. Socially differentiated use of wild foods; 9. The economic value of wild foods; 10. Biodiversity and the future of agriculture; 11. Non-timber forest products.

Master in Aid for International Development -- Instituto Mora-Mexico — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-06 13:10

 

Department for International Development (DFID) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-06-03 03:09

The DFID is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty.