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FOOD SECURITY IN
TIMOR LESTE:Challenges and LessonsLearntCarlos S. Basilio,Team Leader,EC Food Security Program for NGOs in Timor Leste
ChildFund International, Dili, Timor Leste
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EC-Food Security Program,International NGO Coordination
GroupAgencies District Coverage
CARE International Liquica, Bobonaro
ChildFund International Lautem, Manatuto
CONCERN Worldwide Lautem, Manufahi
OXFAM International Covalima, Oecusse
World Neighbors Oecusse
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Food Security in East Timor
41 % live below the poverty line90% suffer food shortages for at least onemonth every year75% of households depend on subsistencefarming for survival.Alternate sources of food are extremely rare,laborious to prepare and contain substancespotentially detrimental to healthwidespread malnutrition among the population,especially the children
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Causes of Food InsecurityLimited production of food from
limited and marginal landsLimited income generated from
farm activities
Limited access to non-farmincome generating activitiesLarge household size
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Limited production from limited marginal lands
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Limited income from limited crop and animal production
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Low income from selling farm products in the marketsbecause of low prices given due to poor product quality
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Low income from selling farm products in themarkets because of low prices given due tolimited demand
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High cost of transport due to bad roads, longdistance from the markets, lack of storage facilities,etc
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Limited access to non-farm
income earning opportunities
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Many household membersto feed
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Food Security Policy
(GoTL)concern for all Timor Lestes farmersneeds to be addressed in a coordinated andholistic fashionintegrated program with a number of interrelated componentsthe goal is to improve the quantity, qualityand reliability of food production systems insubsistence households, principally in theuplands
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Grow good quality seeds
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Select and store seed
properly
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Establish Community SeedCenters
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Encourage genetic
diversityRice Peanut
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Introduce new varietiessweetpotato cassava
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Reduce drudgery of labor
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by appropriate technology
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Use more effective post-harvesthandling and storage practices to
reduce losses
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Harvest rainwater to lessenimpacts of drought
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and extend growing
season
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Establish home gardens for better
nutrition and income generation
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-intensive
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and practices
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Integrate Farm Enterprises
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Related Issues andChallenges
negative spiralproperty regimes
disaster managementnatural resource degradationanimal food securitydomestic violence
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Technical solutions are available but adapting them under Timor Lestes conditions needs equally important institutional,
socio-cultural and policy innovations
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Community Food
SecurityCommunity-BasedLearning and ActionCommunity-BasedLearning and Action
OrganizationalCapacity
Development
OrganizationalCapacity
Development
Adaptive ProjectCo-Management
Adaptive ProjectCo-Management
StrengtheningCommunitiesfor CollectiveAction
Learning andSharing
AgriculturalInnovations
DevelopingDryland
AgriculturalSystems