Assessments

Background Introduction Food and nutrition policies and programs form an integral part of the country's development plans. In this respect, in the Country Programme of implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, the Food and Nutrition Council was tasked…

Executive summary "Ethiopia is the headquarters of the African Union, but it is at the forefront of violating the right to freedom of expression and other universally recognised human rights and fundamental freedoms"1. Although in 1991 the overthrown of the Derg and…

INTRODUCTION This is the first issue for 2005 of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan Africa.…

Inter-agency assessment: UNICEF, ACF France, WFP, State Ministry of Agriculture, CHF International, WHO Field work: 26 to 31 March, 2005 Funded by: UNICEF Sudan 1. BACKGROUND According to UN Humanitarian Profile 10, the greater Darfur region that comprises the three Darfur states…

SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS 1. Some 98% of the 2,108 IDP households surveyed reported that they were unwilling to return to the villages of origin. 2. Insecurity (42%), followed closely by the fact that their house was gone (37%), and that…

INTRODUCTION In late-2004 the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, requested assistance from FAO with the development of a so-called national fivims [1], particularly to assist the Ministry of Agriculture and…

Executive Summary Origin & Mandate of the Task Force In response to the Tsunami that struck the Somali coastline on 26 December 2004, a Humanitarian Response Group meeting, chaired by the acting Humanitarian Coordinator, was convened in Nairobi on 28th December…

Executive Summary The eight month period between the first assessment conducted in August 2004 and the findings of this mission are characterised by an overall improvement in the security situation for the civilian population living in the area known as…

Executive Summary Based on recent reports by the Somaliland Authorities on occurrence of drought and malnutrition in Awdal region, an interagency team consisting of UNICEF, WFP, NERAD, Ministry of Livestock, FSAU and OCHA visited the coastal areas of Awdal region…

COSTING METHODOLOGY FOR THE SUDAN JAM INTRODUCTION The Sudan Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) was carried out from April 2004 to February 2005 by eight cluster teams that were co-led by representatives from the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the SPLM, along…