Building resilience for food systems in postwar communities case study and lessons from northern Sri Lanka

Prolonged civil wars can have long-lasting adverse effects on food systems, leading to poverty and food insecurity. Overcoming food insecurity and land inequality is particularly difficult because of the highly politicized nature of conflict. This paper builds on the existing literature on food sove...

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Autores principales: Pathmanathan, Hamsha, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Pal, Chandrashri
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146406
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description Prolonged civil wars can have long-lasting adverse effects on food systems, leading to poverty and food insecurity. Overcoming food insecurity and land inequality is particularly difficult because of the highly politicized nature of conflict. This paper builds on the existing literature on food sovereignty to ensure sustainable livelihoods and community ownership of a resilient food system. We identify components of community food security to be strengthened in a post war reconstruction context. We study the impacts of the civil war on food and land administration systems, farmer struggles and current transitional justice process in relation to community food security in the Northern and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka and identify the technological, institutional, organizational, and infrastructural setbacks caused by conflict. It explores how such setbacks could be rectified and a resilient food system could be built in the postwar scenario.
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spelling CGSpace1464062025-11-06T05:44:04Z Building resilience for food systems in postwar communities case study and lessons from northern Sri Lanka Pathmanathan, Hamsha Babu, Suresh Chandra Pal, Chandrashri food sovereignty food security resilience food systems Prolonged civil wars can have long-lasting adverse effects on food systems, leading to poverty and food insecurity. Overcoming food insecurity and land inequality is particularly difficult because of the highly politicized nature of conflict. This paper builds on the existing literature on food sovereignty to ensure sustainable livelihoods and community ownership of a resilient food system. We identify components of community food security to be strengthened in a post war reconstruction context. We study the impacts of the civil war on food and land administration systems, farmer struggles and current transitional justice process in relation to community food security in the Northern and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka and identify the technological, institutional, organizational, and infrastructural setbacks caused by conflict. It explores how such setbacks could be rectified and a resilient food system could be built in the postwar scenario. 2017 2024-06-21T09:06:57Z 2024-06-21T09:06:57Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146406 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296787 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295810 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_07 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151166 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896297975 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Pathmanathan, Hamsha; Babu, Suresh Chandra; and Pal, Chandrashri. 2017. Building Resilience for Food Systems in Postwar Communities Case Study and Lessons from Northern Sri Lanka. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1644. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146406
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Building resilience for food systems in postwar communities case study and lessons from northern Sri Lanka
title Building resilience for food systems in postwar communities case study and lessons from northern Sri Lanka
title_full Building resilience for food systems in postwar communities case study and lessons from northern Sri Lanka
title_fullStr Building resilience for food systems in postwar communities case study and lessons from northern Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed Building resilience for food systems in postwar communities case study and lessons from northern Sri Lanka
title_short Building resilience for food systems in postwar communities case study and lessons from northern Sri Lanka
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topic food sovereignty
food security
resilience
food systems
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