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Oxfam Australia Timor-Leste food security baseline survey report (pdf 1.2mb)

This Oxfam report gives an overview of a Timor-Leste food security baseline survey carried out, providing information on the causes of food insecurity in the country and recommendations for solutions.

Projects include working with farmers to better protect against drought, and utilise their land more effectively to produce more crops. Oxfam is also working to try to minimise the effect of natural disasters such as drought, locusts, and flooding. However, more work needs to be done in this area.

The findings show that the food insecurity in Timor-Leste is a serious problem with 70% of households to be moderately to severely food insecure. The causes of this epidemic are multi-faceted, and while some causes are common to Timor Leste as a whole, many of the root causes vary by region.

 

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