by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge In the Dominican Republic, almost half (45 per cent) of deaths among children under the age of 5 are related to undernutrition. Not only does undernutrition kill, it also prevents children from growing up to live healthy and productive lives as adults, thus...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Areas in Central America known as ‘dry corridors’ face climate risk of drought, excessive rains and severe flooding. Dry corridors exist in regions of Guatemala and Honduras and the local communities and small holder farmers residing there are...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Although Sri Lanka’s universal health care and free education policies over the last few decades helped the country to achieve most of the related targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Freshwater is one of the most fundamental ecosystems for sustaining life. Globally, rain-fed agriculture is practiced on 83 per cent of cultivated land and supplies more than 60 per cent of the world’s food. However, this resource is under stress due...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Highlighted, Solution
Challenge Although a very high percentage of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) population – approximately 80 per cent – works in agriculture, people still lack a solid understanding of and know-how in agricultural management. This poses...
