Food Security in Magwe Region

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Description: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The food security situation in the Magway Division has not changed significantly following the drought conditions that affected the area in mid 2009. Levels of food insecurity are similar to those pre-drought. The assessment shows that food consumption of approximately 65% of the sample can be classified as ?Inadequate” and 35% as ?Adequate?. The 2008 November WFP Food Security Profile states that 71% of the sample was either moderately (39%) and / or severely (32%) food insecure. This is more-or- less a similar situation today, post-drought. What is striking is that both surveys identify the same Zones (B & A) as being the most vulnerable..."
Source/publisher: World Food Program (WFP)
2009-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-12-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "This Report summarizes the findings of the Food Security Profiling assessment carried out across the Dry Zone, especially in Magway Division in August 2008. This is the first time a Food Security Prof iling exercises has been conducted in the Dry Zone by the WFP and its Cooperating Partne rs, including OISCA, TDH, REAM, ADRA, and World Vision and the line department for Dryzone Department of Development Affairs. This profile attempts to present a sn apshot of household food security in the Dry Zone; 463 households in 59 villages under WFP project area of 6 townships: Pakokku, Pauk, Yesagyo, Natmauk, Chauk & Yenanchaung were covered under this assessment. It should be noted that the sample size has statistical limitations. However care was taken to ensure that the geographic coverage of the sample was considerable. The Dry Zone area is one of the more critical areas in the Union where the fragile ecosystem (a result of natural and human behaviour) has had adverse effects on household food security. Magway Division includes a vast semi-arid lowland surrounded by Mandalay Division the East and the Rahine Yoma and Chin hills on the West, Bago Division on the South and Sagaing Division in the north. The region also includes two major rivers, Ayeyarwady and Chindwin that flow through the Dry Zone from North to South towards the Delta. Average annual rainfall is low (500 to 1000 mm) compared to 5000 mm in other parts of the country..."
Source/publisher: World Food Program (WFP)
2008-11-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-12-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "...From the data collected, it is clear that markets in Magway sell a variety of food and that most of this food is available / sold in most markets across all townships. A t the current time very few items depict show low availability and do so due to seasonality of the crop. The only exception being petrol. The transport costs incurred in obtaining and selling petrol in markets would drive the costs up thus limiting 2 access and demand for the same. This could be a reason for the lack of availability of petrol in 50% of the sampled markets..."
Source/publisher: World Food Program (WFP)
2010-05-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-12-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "This assessment of the rural Dry Zone reveals the nutrition situation to be a concern, with high rates of wasting and medium rates of stunting, high rates of low birth weight and high rates of undernutrition among mothers; particularly those who are pregnant and/or lactating. The pattern of indicators suggests that flood plains and irrigated areas are best off, and the highlands may be worst, but the situation is far from acceptable in the Dry Zone as a whole. A wide range of likely causes of undernutrition needs addressing. Acute and chronic malnutrition have shared determinants and there is a need to tackle one to tackle the other. Children?s and mother?s nutrition status are associated, and a child?s birth weight is an important determinant of their later nutrition status. This reminds us of the imortance of the 1000 day window of opportunity between a child?s conception and their second birthday, and the need to take a life-cycle approach; paying p articular attention to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. Dietary factors and their determinants seem likely to be particularly important drivers of undernutrition as do deficiencies in water, sanitation, hygiene and the public health environment. An absence of consistent associations between household economic status and nutrition indicators is likely in part because of widespread poverty as well as the focus on data from the current situation. However, analysis of associations revealed only small contributions of any specific explanatory variable to the variance of any of the nutrition outcomes (including indicators of food security) which together with analysis of risk factors reinforces that there is not just two or three important causes of undernutrition in the Dry Zone. Rather,a multi-sector approach is required for malnutrition prevention and nutrition status improvement."
Source/publisher: Save the Children, WFP and the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development
2013-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-12-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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