{"id":2223,"date":"2024-01-08T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T09:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/?post_type=projekter&#038;p=2223"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:43:52","slug":"combatting-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"projekter","link":"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/projects\/combatting-food-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Combatting Food Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-92f16597 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Combatting Food Insecurity<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/nyahok-and-charbiel_southsudan_ellen_eide_oxfamdanmark.jpg\" alt=\"Nyehok og Charbiel, Sydsudan\" class=\"wp-image-2222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/nyahok-and-charbiel_southsudan_ellen_eide_oxfamdanmark.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/nyahok-and-charbiel_southsudan_ellen_eide_oxfamdanmark-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/nyahok-and-charbiel_southsudan_ellen_eide_oxfamdanmark-581x407.jpg 581w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/nyahok-and-charbiel_southsudan_ellen_eide_oxfamdanmark-488x342.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nyahok and Charbiel\u2019s households are among the 150 that received cash assistance through the Norad-funded programme in Akobo, Combatting Food Insecurity. Both women are widows, and Charbiel received additional support due to her child\u2019s disability.<br>Photo: Ellen Eide\/Oxfam Denmark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global Food Insecurity Reaches Record Levels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A perfect storm of global crises (the escalating climate emergency, the war in Ukraine, and the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic) has driven food insecurity to unprecedented heights. Vulnerable populations in developing countries bear the brunt of this crisis, with devastating and far-reaching consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acute Food Insecurity in Six Crisis-Affected Countries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An estimated <strong>30 million people<\/strong> in <strong>Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, South Sudan, Syria, and Uganda<\/strong> faced acute food insecurity in 2023. These countries are grappling with a dangerous combination of challenges that compound existing vulnerabilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-has-large-bullet\">\n<li><strong>Extreme weather events<\/strong> such as prolonged droughts and devastating floods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Organised violence and armed conflict<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rising global prices<\/strong> and disrupted supply chains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These overlapping crises are creating a perfect storm that leaves millions without secure access to food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Price Drops Aren\u2019t Reaching Local Markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While global food prices have declined from their peak in 2022, domestic markets in the most affected countries have seen little to no relief. In fact, in <strong>Syria<\/strong>, the cost of food has <strong>doubled<\/strong> in just one year and is now <strong>thirteen times higher<\/strong> than it was three years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar trends are seen across the other crisis-hit countries, where high inflation and supply disruptions continue to drive up local food prices, leaving families unable to afford even the most basic staples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women and Girls Hit the Hardest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The food crisis is not gender-neutral. <strong>Women and girls are disproportionately affected<\/strong>, both in terms of nutrition and exposure to risk. When food is scarce, women often sacrifice their own meals to feed other household members, a pattern that worsens their already precarious health and economic status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>global gender gap in food insecurity<\/strong> widened from <strong>1.7% in 2019<\/strong> to <strong>over 4% in 2021<\/strong>, illustrating the growing inequity. Alongside women, <strong>displaced populations<\/strong>, <strong>people with disabilities<\/strong>, <strong>poor households<\/strong>, and <strong>children<\/strong> are among those most severely impacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Deepening Nutrition and Protection Crisis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond hunger, the ongoing crisis increases risks of <strong>gender-based violence<\/strong>, <strong>child malnutrition<\/strong>, and <strong>social instability<\/strong>. Food insecurity not only erodes health and dignity but also undermines development gains and the prospects for peace in fragile contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Norad funded project Combatting Food Insecurity among the Most Vulnerable in 6 Countries addresses food security and nutrition needs of 115 000 people in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, South Sudan, Syria and Uganda. The project addresses both the immediate food and nutrition crisis while improving long term food security through climate adaptive food production and livelihood activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project targets especially small-scale food producers, who are essential for increasing local and sustainable food production. The project enables small scale food producers to get access to productive assets, financing and knowledge to increase productivity and improve food production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is designed to benefit especially small-scale food producers and other community members from vulnerable groups who have been most severely affected by the food and nutrition crisis, including women, displacement affected populations, persons with disabilities as well as children and youth. In addition to supporting small scale food producers to adopt climate friendly and adaptive techniques to increase food production, the project also provides cash and supplementary food and nutrition to vulnerable households and children to address their immediate needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By supporting especially women and vulnerable groups, the project contributes to reducing inequalities and closing the food insecurity gender gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project is supported by&nbsp;Norad&nbsp;with 68,9 million NOK (around 6 MEUR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Countries: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, South Sudan, Syria and Uganda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-mobile-reverse has-beige-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a5331a9e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" 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datetime=\"2025-02-08T09:57:00+01:00\">08.02.2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\">Fair Recovery \u2013 Strengthening civil society and media for economic justice<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">While wealthy countries have regained their economic footing, the Global South is grappling with an unprecedented surge in poverty in the wake of COVID-19. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group read-more has-dark-green-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-bb756fb566950cb25e4aee5d02bf7edc is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0d5ccf6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800;text-transform:uppercase\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-outermost-icon-block\"><div class=\"icon-container has-icon-color has-dark-green-color\" style=\"color:#336114;width:28px;transform:rotate(0deg) 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projcts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-combatting-food-insecurity-is-progressing\">Results and Progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This section outlines the progress made under the \u2018Combatting Food Insecurity\u2019 programme. Continuous efforts are improving food security and living conditions for vulnerable individuals. Latest update: January 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cash Assistance in South Sudan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>300 vulnerable households \u2013 a total of 1,753 people \u2013 have received unconditional cash transfers in villages in Akobo East and Nyirol. The support reduces food insecurity during the two months in which the assistance is distributed. Some recipients have reinvested small amounts into income-generating activities, improving their household\u2019s economic stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the token distribution for the second round of cash assistance in Akobo East, reaching 150 vulnerable households (900 people). Conversations with recipients about how they used the first round of cash support showed that most spent the money on food (1\u20132 meals per day), while others invested in livestock or small businesses (e.g., charcoal production).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/sydsudan_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark_elleneide.jpg\" alt=\"En gruppe mennesker under et tr\u00e6, Sydsudan\" class=\"wp-image-2233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/sydsudan_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark_elleneide.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/sydsudan_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark_elleneide-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/sydsudan_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark_elleneide-581x407.jpg 581w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/sydsudan_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark_elleneide-488x342.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Token distribution during cash assistance in Akobo East.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Infrastructure rehabilitation in Syria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The works on rehabilitating the Al-Mayadin Bakery in Syria \u2013 activating a new production line of bread to help improve the overall food security of the targeted area \u2013 is progressing well (selection process started in August 2023) and is expected to be finalized in February 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When finalized the bakery can meet the bread needs of Al-Mayadin sub-district, the surrounding villages, and the internally displaced people (IDPs) affected by the conflict on both sides of the river (expected benefit of 12,200 people daily).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/syria-al-mayadeen-bakery.jpg\" alt=\"En gruppe mennesker i et bageri under opbygning i Syrien\" class=\"wp-image-2234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/syria-al-mayadeen-bakery.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/syria-al-mayadeen-bakery-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/syria-al-mayadeen-bakery-581x407.jpg 581w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/syria-al-mayadeen-bakery-488x342.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oxfam Syria is overseeing the renovation of the Al-Mayadin Bakery, which includes construction work as well as the delivery and installation of a new production line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oxfam selected Al-Mayadin bakery as it can meet the bread needs of Al-Mayadin sub-district, the surrounding villages, and the IDPs affected by the conflict on both sides of the river. The rehabilitation will include civil works and the provision and installation of a new production line. This new line will have the capacity of 10 tons of bread per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Production and marketing capacities in Burkina Faso<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>300 women and youth have been trained on production, conservation, processing and marketing of agropastoral and non-timber forest products (NTFPs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity2.jpg\" alt=\"En gruppe kvinder l\u00e6rer at lave juice i Burkina Faso\" class=\"wp-image-2229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity2-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity2-581x407.jpg 581w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity2-488x342.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A session on processing chata juice in the commune of Rambo, Burkina Faso. Photo: Nacanabo Mohamed, AAAE.<br>Photo: Nacanabo Mohamed, AAAE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The trainings executed in the areas of Rambo, Kossouka, and Ouahigouya, ensures livelihood opportunities to these vulnerable individuals and focused on: shea butter soap processing, bissap and ginger juice production, processing tomato paste, yogurt and bread making. Participants are to receive financial support for their activities related to non-timber forest products in the upcoming period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity.jpg\" alt=\"En gruppe kvinder producerer yoghurt i Burkina Faso\" class=\"wp-image-2228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity-581x407.jpg 581w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/burkina_faso_noradproject_combattingfoodinsecurity-488x342.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of processed products (yogurt) in the Ouahigouy commune, Burkina Faso. Photo: Nassouri Yacouba, DEVSO.<br>Photo: Nassouri Yacouba, DEVSO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Climate Smart Agriculture in Uganda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1,350 individuals in West Nile \u2013 an area hardly hit by climate change (i.e. destruction of crops due to flooding, waterlogging, increased soil erosion, post-harvest losses) \u2013 have been trained on climate resilient agriculture, including organic fertilizer and pesticide production and setting up climate resilient agricultural gardens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trainings are expected to provide increased food production and income of the food producers, reducing the scale of the food insecurity and malnutrition situation and minimize negative coping strategies in the area \u2013 which has been hardly hit by the WFP cut in food assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agricultural input and animals for increased and diversified nutrition in Mali<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>100 economically vulnerable women pastoralists received 3 female and 1 male goats, cattle feed, and other necessary animal inputs. As well as training on feeding and management techniques for small ruminants. The initiative will increase children\u2019s intake of nutritious and diversified food, thus, to combat malnutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mali-demostration-partique-pre-germination-de-la-pomme-de-terre-dans-le-jardin-de-hawa-commune-de-bourem_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark.jpg\" alt=\"En gruppe kvinder dyrker jorden i Mali\" class=\"wp-image-2232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mali-demostration-partique-pre-germination-de-la-pomme-de-terre-dans-le-jardin-de-hawa-commune-de-bourem_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mali-demostration-partique-pre-germination-de-la-pomme-de-terre-dans-le-jardin-de-hawa-commune-de-bourem_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mali-demostration-partique-pre-germination-de-la-pomme-de-terre-dans-le-jardin-de-hawa-commune-de-bourem_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark-581x407.jpg 581w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mali-demostration-partique-pre-germination-de-la-pomme-de-terre-dans-le-jardin-de-hawa-commune-de-bourem_combattingfoodinsecurity_oxfamdenmark-488x342.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amadou Boze (40) works in the vegetable garden with potatoes in Bourem, Mali.<br>Photo: Mahamoudou B. 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