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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vos, Rob, Jackson, Julius, James, Sally, Sánchez, Marco V.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143328
Descripción
Sumario: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.