Building resilient communities in Africa to fight famine and food crises: Ugandan farmers fight famine in South Sudan

Earlier this year, South Sudan fell victim to the first famine declared since 2011. Almost six million people are still at risk of starvation. Over 1 million displaced Sudanese are migrating to neighbouring northern Uganda, where they stay in camps for internally displaced people fleeing conflict. Y...

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Autor principal: Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance
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Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89475
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description Earlier this year, South Sudan fell victim to the first famine declared since 2011. Almost six million people are still at risk of starvation. Over 1 million displaced Sudanese are migrating to neighbouring northern Uganda, where they stay in camps for internally displaced people fleeing conflict. Yet, resources to feed the influx of people fleeing South Sudan are scarce. The World Food Programme has reported overwhelming demand for food aid, which has recently been cut due to funding delays. To avoid increasing unrest and migration, a long term food security solution for the region is urgently needed.
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spelling CGSpace894752025-03-13T09:44:00Z Building resilient communities in Africa to fight famine and food crises: Ugandan farmers fight famine in South Sudan Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance phaseolus vulgaris resilience resiliencia frente a impactos y crisis drought tolerance malnutrition malnutrición seeds breeding research Earlier this year, South Sudan fell victim to the first famine declared since 2011. Almost six million people are still at risk of starvation. Over 1 million displaced Sudanese are migrating to neighbouring northern Uganda, where they stay in camps for internally displaced people fleeing conflict. Yet, resources to feed the influx of people fleeing South Sudan are scarce. The World Food Programme has reported overwhelming demand for food aid, which has recently been cut due to funding delays. To avoid increasing unrest and migration, a long term food security solution for the region is urgently needed. 2017 2017-11-22T13:08:21Z 2017-11-22T13:08:21Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89475 en Open Access application/pdf PABRA. 2017. Building resilient communities in Africa to fight famine and food crises: Ugandan farmers fight famine in South Sudan. Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance - PABRA . Uganda. 2 p.
spellingShingle phaseolus vulgaris
resilience
resiliencia frente a impactos y crisis
drought tolerance
malnutrition
malnutrición
seeds
breeding
research
Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance
Building resilient communities in Africa to fight famine and food crises: Ugandan farmers fight famine in South Sudan
title Building resilient communities in Africa to fight famine and food crises: Ugandan farmers fight famine in South Sudan
title_full Building resilient communities in Africa to fight famine and food crises: Ugandan farmers fight famine in South Sudan
title_fullStr Building resilient communities in Africa to fight famine and food crises: Ugandan farmers fight famine in South Sudan
title_full_unstemmed Building resilient communities in Africa to fight famine and food crises: Ugandan farmers fight famine in South Sudan
title_short Building resilient communities in Africa to fight famine and food crises: Ugandan farmers fight famine in South Sudan
title_sort building resilient communities in africa to fight famine and food crises ugandan farmers fight famine in south sudan
topic phaseolus vulgaris
resilience
resiliencia frente a impactos y crisis
drought tolerance
malnutrition
malnutrición
seeds
breeding
research
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