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Is there a food security issue in Syria

Is there a food security issue in Syria. Background and justification. Undernourished population Global: more than 800 million. Arab States: 34 millions. Syria: 3.5 millions . 11 million children under age five are dying each year all around the world (one million in the Arab States).

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Is there a food security issue in Syria

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  1. Is there a food security issue in Syria

  2. Background and justification Undernourished population • Global: more than 800 million. • Arab States: 34 millions. • Syria: 3.5 millions. • 11 million children under age five are dying each year all around the world (one million in the Arab States).

  3. Why • low income gained from rain fed agriculture. • high population growth rates. • unemployment 10% of the total workers in 2000. • unemployed work force raises the actual dependency rate and reduces the per capita income. • international economic changes recently.

  4. FAO definition physical and social economic access for all people to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

  5. Dimensions Availability Accessibility Stability

  6. indicators • income distribution and food supply • food consumption • food intake and anthropometric measurements / Reference nutrient Intakes (RNIs)

  7. global analysis food supply agriculture trade

  8. Per capita food consumption/1965 to 2030 (kcal/person/day)

  9. global child deaths by cause, 2000

  10. national analysis • self-sufficiency in important and strategic food commodities • While production is the pillar for the availability of food security • trade is an essential element for the stability dimension

  11. Per Capita Food Consumption in Syria Compared to Selected High Income Countries 2000.

  12. proportion of the Syrian people who suffer from hunger 2000 - 2015

  13. Conclusions • Average per capita availability of basic food commodities (cereals, fruits, vegetables and poultry meat) increased by high percentages in the last five to six years. • Per capita calories intake remained stable during the same period. • The protein intake increased in between this period by 2.6%, while the fat remained almost stable.

  14. Is there a food security issue in Syria • evidences of food secure families were given by indicators however • Syria still has challenges to achieve food security in many spots of the rural areas where many families not having enough food accession and availability.

  15. food security

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