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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