Ravaged landscapes and climate vulnerability: The challenge in achieving food security and nutrition in post-conflict Timor-Leste

Food insecurity and malnutrition are prevalent in post-conflict countries. Climate change poses further challenges to their food production. Timor-Leste is an agrarian society that won independence in 2002 and is struggling to achieve food security and reduce undernutrition as the country modernizes. The economy depends on fossil fuel revenues and oil reserves are dwindling. A review of climate, agricultural, and nutrition data reveals high weather vulnerability, low agricultural productivity, and slow dietary and nutritional progress. But solutions exist. Agricultural sector actions can make important contributions to poverty reduction, food security, dietary diversity, micronutrient sufficiency, and overall nutrition. Agriculture can be made to be more nutrition- and gender-sensitive with a focus on mixed farming systems, biodiversity, climate-smart practices, and access to inputs, training, and technologies for farmers to enable sustainable and healthy rural livelihoods. Ultimately, productivity levels must improve to support the availability of sufficient and nutritious foods

Children, Youth & Women Organizations in Agriculture Climate Action & Sustainability

Guest speakers: Keithlin Caroo, Executive Director at Helen's Daughters, Helen's Daughter - St. Lucia, Mr. Alpha Sennon, Founder of WHYFARM, WhyFarm - Trinidad & TobagoMr. Keithlin Caroo, Executive Director at Helen's Daughters and IICA Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development, shares the experiences of Helen's Daughters, which is a non-profit organisation based in St. Lucia and is now expanding to other islands of the Caribbean including St. Kitts & Nevis, focuses on the economic development of rural women through improved market access, adaptive agricultural techniques, and capacity-building. Helen's Daughters work at a grassroots level providing training, mentorship, micro-investment, access to high-value markets and a structured care-system for rural women farmers, who have largely been unacknowledged and under-supported in the agricultural sector. They also use advocacy to address gender inequalities by seeking opportunities for female farmers, and to put food security and climate resilience in the public and policy agenda. Helen's Daughters advocacy involves leveraging media opportunities and our partnerships with the public and private sectors to position rural women as key actors in driving sustainable development in the Caribbean. Ms. Caroo speaks on the program that Helen's Daughters offer to help empower women in agriculture which includes, the Agri-Apprenticeship Programme, FarmHers Market, Rural Women’s Ag-cademy & Women’s Farmers Academy among others.Mr. Alpha Sennon, Founder of WHYFARM shares the experiences of WHYFARM (We Help You-th Farm), an NGO in Trinidad and Tobago that pioneers Agricultural Educational Entertainment (Agri-Edutaintment) with a mission to promote the importance of sustainable agriculture among youth and children, build their capacity in Agricultural Entrepreneurship, and empower them to contribute to achieving global food and nutrition security by the year 2050. WHYFARM has developed AGRIMAN and PhotosyntheSista, the 1st Food and Nutrition Security Superheroes, that inspires future feeders. Mr. Sennon on strategies for getting childrend and youth more engaged in agriCOOLture, and delves into some of the agricultural educational entertainment that WHYFARM develops including comic and activity books for youth and children which is equally enjoyed by adults, motion comics, Farm visits and Agriman School tours among others

Caribbean Specific Agriculture App to Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

Guest speakers: Mr. Richard Rampersaud, Agribusiness Specialist, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) - Trinidad & Tobago, Ms. Laura MacNeil, Founder of CaribFarm, CaribFarm - CanadaMr. Richard Rampersaud, Agribusiness Specialist at IICA Delegation in Trinidad & Tobago presents the FARMVUE App which digitally record and easily monitor all aspects of a farm. Mr. Rampersaud explains the reason why the app was developed for Caribbean farmers, its vlaue and benefits to farmers, some of the key features of the app as well as the future plans for the app.Ms. Laura MacNeil, Founder of CaribFarm presents the FarmerCommunity App which seeks to provide free and readily accessible information that will support positive and measurable impact in the lives of small-scale farmers throughout the Caribbean. This app is geared towards providing farmers access to sustainable farming methods directly from agriculture experts and other farmer

Does Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Firm Performance of Indian Companies?

corporate social responsibility, financial performance, non-financial performance,