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Refugees and conflict-affected people: Integrating displaced communities into food systems

Humanitarian interventions that have the greatest likelihood of success involve investing in local agrifood systems and including conflict-affected people in strategies for building, reviving, or strengthening these systems. KEY FINDINGS - More than half of all undernourished people live in countrie...

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Main Authors: Vos, Rob, Jackson, Julius, James, Sally, Sánchez, Marco V.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
Subjects:
land access
refugees
food production
food policies
agricultural policies
agriculture
livelihoods
food security
migration
conflicts
food systems
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143328
Summary:Humanitarian interventions that have the greatest likelihood of success involve investing in local agrifood systems and including conflict-affected people in strategies for building, reviving, or strengthening these systems. KEY FINDINGS - More than half of all undernourished people live in countries affected by conflict. - Food insecurity and dispossession of agricultural assets can both trigger and result from civil strife. - Most conflict-affected countries are overwhelmingly rural, and rural populations are more vulnerable to climate shocks that often compound conflict situations. - Refugee host countries must often decide whether to focus responses on preparing affected populations to return home or helping them become economically self-reliant. - Integrating conflict-affected people into food systems— either in their new homes or the places they fled—can help them rebuild their lives.

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