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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTen ways to make fresh markets food safe
Special edition No. 1
2023Also available in:
No results found.Healthy food provides us the nutrients and energy to develop and grow, be active and healthy, to move, play, work, think and learn. But food, if not treated with care and respect, can also make us ill. Bacteria, viruses and parasites found in food can cause food poisoning. This is why food safety and hygiene are important. Each year, many Bangladeshis fall ill because of food poisoning. Fresh markets are very popular in Bangladesh, providing a range of essential produce at affordable prices, including fruit and vegetables, seafood, and meat. But poor hygiene practices can cause problems. What can be done to improve this? Fresh markets are an important place to start. A survey by FAO in 2018 shows that over 85 percent of households in Dhaka buy their food from fresh markets, and while the pandemic has impacted their popularity due to safety fears, they retain their appeal. This report shares ten priority measures that will make fresh markets safer places to go shopping and purchase food. They focus on practical and easy-to-implement practices, such as wearing masks, hand washing, and performing regular cleaning and safety checks. The below report shares the key actions to take place, as well as the problems that such actions helps to overcome. Implementing such food safety and hygiene practices makes fresh markets attractive; they transform them from sources of contamination and infection to pleasant public spaces and sources of food security and nutrition. In addition safe and clean markets increase incomes for vendors and brings better health to consumers. 1. Separate vegetable, fish, meat, and grocery stalls to prevent cross contamination 2. Prevent COVID spread by reducing over-crowding and implementing proper mask use 3. Provide filtered, clean water so vegetables, fish, poultry and meat can be well cleaned 4. Require hand washing at the entry of the fresh market and in the meat and fish areas 5. Improve waste management and pest control to ensure market hygiene 6. Ensure that areas where slaughter takes place are completely separated from sales areas 7. Raise awareness for the need for pre-slaughter health examination, post-slaughter inspection, and basic food safety practice in meat shops 8. Make sure drains are clean, covered, sloped, and well maintained 9. Require cold storage for perishable items 10. Develop regular monitoring systems -
ProjectEnhancing Sustainability and Resilience to Effects of Climate Change in City Region Food Systems - GCP/INT/275/GER 2022
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No results found.Today, about 55 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68 percent by 2050. The majority of this growth will be in Africa and Southeast Asia. The rapid urbanization and the estimated nine billion world population by 2050 creates enormous challenges to conventional food production and food and nutrition security. At the same time, climate change is posing additional challenges, affecting cities and their surrounding areas. The number of reported climate shocks and stresses (such as droughts, floods, storms, etc.) has almost doubled in the last two decades. An increase in climate change related risks is affecting processes, key infrastructures and stakeholders along the entire food system, in particular, the most vulnerable food system actors. Increasing food prices resulting from disruptions in production and transport directly impact consumers, especially low income groups in city regions that are highly dependent on purchased food. Cities are requesting support to plan interventions to make food systems more sustainable, inclusive and resilient to shocks and stresses, with strong rural urban linkages, including and emphasizing the role of small scale farmers, scaling up resilient and sustainable practices and improving the food system in a holistic manner. The COVID 19 pandemic has added new challenges in meeting the food demands of city region populations, and food chains have been disrupted, worsening already precarious conditions in vulnerable areas. Those traditionally vulnerable have been particularly affected, while new vulnerabilities have also been created. Against this background, the city region food systems (CRFS) programme was established. The programme has been demonstrating its effectiveness in strengthening rural urban linkages and integrating sectors for a more sustainable and resilient food system. The need now is to combine the assessment work based on past and present data with future scenarios on multiple shocks and stresses in the city region contexts. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetMigrant workers and remittances in the context of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa 2020
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No results found.African migrants stimulate economic growth and development in areas of destination, transit and origin through their labour, skills transfer, consumption and investments. Their remittances also make significant contributions to food security, human capital, rural development and overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in areas of origin. The impact of COVID-19 affects migrant workers disproportionally. Often precarious working conditions and overcrowded living and transport arrangements increase their vulnerability to contagion and loss of employment, threatening their health and livelihoods. Those working under informal arrangements, commonly in the agriculture sector, are largely excluded from accessing real-time reliable information, social protection, healthcare and government response measures. Urban-to-rural return migration increases due to lockdowns and job losses in cities. This context poses challenges and opportunities in rural sectors, while many return migrants face stigmatization as potential carriers of the virus. A 23 percent decline in remittances flow into sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as a result of economic downturns, restrictions in movement and challenges sending transfers to SSA, is expected to heavily impact the livelihoods of households and countries that rely on them for food and other basic expenditures, such as health and education.
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