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March 2, 2012

Community Action for Food Security and Resilience

Deborah HinesWorld Food Programme Catherine ZanevWorld Food Programme

Nearly half of the communities in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador are affected by chronic malnutrition. One example is the Olmedo community, in which 90% of the residents live below the poverty line, and 40% are malnourished. Many small-scale farmers cannot feed their families adequately, as they have little or no access to capital, markets […] ...
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