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Food Security Situation in Nepal

Food Security Situation in Nepal. (A paper presented at the 6 th ADRF General Meeting, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand) Bal Gopal Baidya New ERA, Nepal. Commitment to Food Security. More than two-thirds dependent on subsistence rain-fed agriculture.

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Food Security Situation in Nepal

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  1. Food Security Situation in Nepal (A paper presented at the 6th ADRF General Meeting, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand) Bal Gopal Baidya New ERA, Nepal

  2. Commitment to Food Security • More than two-thirds dependent on subsistence rain-fed agriculture. • Food security always an issue. Nepal’s policies and plans reflect it. • Nepal participated in all major international forums relevant to food security and has committed itself to achieve the goals agreed upon.

  3. Commitment to Food Security (Cont’d…) • Nepal’s goals more ambitions than MDGs. • Nepal does not yet have a specific target on hunger reduction.

  4. Food Security Related Targets

  5. Progress in Eliminating Hunger Per Capita Calorie Availability According to FAO Food Balance Sheet

  6. Percentage of Population Below Minimum Level of Dietary Energy Requirement • The food security situation may have become worse now.

  7. Percentage of Underweight Children

  8. Characteristics of Food Insecure Livelihood Categories • Rural households cultivating < 0.5 ha. • Landless rural households who depend on daily wage labor in agriculture • Former bonded laborer Social Categories • Dalits • Disadvantaged ethnic groups Geographical Categories • Mid and far-western hill and mountain areas • Rural areas Other Categories • Female head households • Old age people

  9. Assessment of Policies and Programs • Lacks comprehensive approach. • Policies and programs mainly focused on increased agricultural production and income generation. • Outcomes not significant mainly due to implementation weaknesses. • Public distribution not significant. • No price policy. • Direct income transfer limited as well as inadequate. • No significant effort on eliminating seasonal hunger. • No specific measures to deal with hunger in the aftermath of natural calamities.

  10. Conclusions • Food security is a serious problem. No significant progress in last 10 years. May further worsen due to conflict situation. • Paucity of information as less attention to food security monitoring. • Food security issues being addressed on piecemeal basis rather than comprehensively. • Probably lack of understanding of food security issues on the part of policy makers. • Poverty and food security closely intertwined and needs to be simultaneously addressed. • Resolution of conflict a must to improve food security and reduce poverty.

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