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DocumentImplementing and championing a hunger and malnutrition free Timor-Leste- TCP/TIM/3503 2017FAO support was requested to strengthen the institutions and mechanisms required to implement the National Action Plan (PAN-HAM-TIL) so that Timor-Leste can reach the Zero Hunger Challenge and capacity building was sought for the role of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries as Chair of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries Council for Food Security and Nutrition (CONSAN-CPLP).
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DocumentTimor-Leste and FAO: Achievements and Success Stories 2011
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No results found.As one of Asia’s smallest and poorest nations, Timor-Leste is relying on international assistance to help build the capacity of the nation. While 90 percent of Timor-Leste’s one million people depend on subsistence farming and fishing to make a living, the country’s infrastructure is poor and its agriculture suffers from frequent drought. The tiny half-island country – the other half belongs to Indonesia – has no industry to speak of and produces hardly anything for export. Annual per capita inc ome is only US$431, and one in three households live below the poverty line. On a more promising note, vast offshore oil and gas fields in the Timor Sea hold great potential for the country. Natural gas could eventually earn as much as US$180 million a year. At present the Petroleum Fund is about US$6 billion. But for now, Timor-Leste is ranked as a lower-middle-income economy. It continues to suffer the after-effects of a decades-long independence struggle that damaged its infrastructure and di splaced thousands of civilians. The country ranks 120th out of 169 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI). FAO has been implementing emergency relief and rehabilitation activities in Timor-Leste since 1999, and established an Emergency Coordination Unit in Dili in 2000. FAO’s emergency activities include food security, bio-security, strengthening animal health services, nutrition, post-harvest management practices, forestry, fisheries and capacity development. Timor-Leste also benefits f rom FAO’s Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP), a global programme launched in 2008 to assist countries reeling from the rapidly rising prices of food commodities. Total FAO support to Timor-Leste amounts to US$38.5 million through 34 emergency and technical assistance national projects. In addition, Timor-Leste has been a participant in three regional and global programmes from FAO. -
ProjectPromoting Home and School Gardens in Bangladesh, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal and Timor-Leste - TCP/RAS/3509 2019
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No results found.Nutrition, food security and the elimination of hunger as a meansto achieve overall economic development are priority issues in Asiaand the Pacific, and there is growing recognition of the influence ofnutritional status on schoolchildren’s health, growth and development.One of the easiest ways to ensure access to a healthy diet is foodproduction in home or school gardens, which can further contributeto combatting hunger, poverty and illiteracy. Although many casestudies of school gardens show their contribution to reducing hungerand improving nutrition, a lack of support from national policies orstrategies has limited and scale and expansion of these practices.Therefore, as part of the Zero Hunger Challenge, this project aimedto develop sustainable, practical and replicable models for schoolgarden-based learning and home gardens in Bangladesh, the LaoPeople’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal and Timor-Leste.
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