Humanitarian Aid to Vulnerable Populations in Angola Who Are Food Insecure Due to Heavy Rainfall
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THE END OF CATTLE’S PARADISE HOW LAND DIVERSION FOR RANCHES ERODED FOOD SECURITY IN THE GAMBOS, ANGOLA Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 9 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded mainly by our membership and public donations. © Amnesty International 2019 Except where otherwise noted, content in this document is licensed under a Creative Commons Cover photo: Girl leading a pair of oxen pulling a traditional cart in the Gambos, (attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives, international 4.0) licence. Angola © Amnesty International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode For more information please visit the permissions page on our website: www.amnesty.org Where material is attributed to a copyright owner other than Amnesty International this material is not subject to the Creative Commons licence. First published in 2019 by Amnesty International Ltd Peter Benenson House, 1 Easton Street London WC1X 0DW, UK Index: AFR 12/1020/2019 Original language: English amnesty.org CONTENTS GLOSSARY 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8 METHODOLOGY 14 THE GAMBOS 16 FOOD INSECURITY IN THE GAMBOS 19 DECLINING MILK PRODUCTION 19 DECLINING FOOD PRODUCTION 23 HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION 24 THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM 26 LAND DISPOSSESSION AND FOOD SECURITY 27 CATTLE ARE OUR LIFE 29 THE SPECIAL STATUS OF TUNDA AND CHIMBOLELA 31 ECONOMIC VALUES OF CATTLE 32 “THE CATTLE ARE OUR BANK, INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY” 32 “THE CATTLE GIVE US EDUCATION” 33 “THE CATTLE ARE OUR TRACTORS” 34 FAILURE TO PREVENT LAND DISPOSSESSION 37 EVIDENCE FROM SATELLITE 38 EVIDENCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT 38 EVIDENCE FROM THE PASTORALISTS 40 1. -
2.3 Angola Road Network
2.3 Angola Road Network Distance Matrix Travel Time Matrix Road Security Weighbridges and Axle Load Limits For more information on government contact details, please see the following link: 4.1 Government Contact List. Page 1 Page 2 Distance Matrix Uige – River Nzadi bridge 18 m-long and 4 m-wide near the locality of Kitela, north of Songo municipality destroyed during civil war and currently under rehabilitation (news 7/10/2016). Road Details Luanda The Government/MPLA is committed to build 1,100 km of roads in addition to 2,834 km of roads built in 2016 and planned rehabilitation of 7,083 km of roads in addition to 10,219 km rehabilitated in 2016. The Government goals will have also the support from the credit line of the R. of China which will benefit inter-municipality links in Luanda, Uige, Malanje, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Benguela, Huambo and Bié provinces. For more information please vitsit the Website of the Ministry of Construction. Zaire Luvo bridge reopened to trucks as of 15/11/2017, this bridge links the municipality of Mbanza Congo with RDC and was closed for 30 days after rehabilitation. Three of the 60 km between MCongo/Luvo require repairs as of 17/11/2017. For more information please visit the Website of Agencia Angola Press. Works of rehabilitation on the road nr, 120 between Mbanza Congo (province Zaire) and the locality of Lukunga (province of Uige) of a distance of 111 km are 60% completed as of 29/9/2017. For more information please visit the Website of Agencia Angola Press. -
Quipungo Na Liderança Da Produção De Milho
Terça, 20 de Junho 2017 15:38 Director: José Ribeiro Director Adjunto: Victor de Carvalho REPORTAGEM Quipungo na liderança da produção de milho Arão Martins | Quipungo 19 de Junho, 2017 O potencial do município do Quipungo, Huíla, na produção e colheita de cereais, faz da região o destino de negociantes, empresários e pessoas singulares na compra do milho, massango e massambala. (/fotos? album=230522) Centenas de toneladas de milho produzidas anualmente no município de Quipungo Fotografia: Arão Martins | Edições Novembro | Huíla Quipungo é um dos 14 municípios da província da Huíla, situa-se a 120 quilómetros a Leste da cidade do Lubango e tem uma extensão territorial calculada em 5.675 quilómetros quadrados e está confinado a Norte com os municípios de Caluquembe, Cacula e Chicomba. A Este com a Matala, a Sul com os Gambos e a Oeste com os municípios do Lubango, Cacula e Chibia. O nome Quipungo, reza a história, veio do vocábulo de origem nhaneka-humbi, (Epungo), que significa grão de milho, e esse elemento foi encontrado num elefante abatido por um caçador de nome Galle Cumena, oriundo da etnia Mungabwe, cujo clã totémico pertence aos Mukwanhama e, que na altura, na sua actividade apaixonante, atingiu as margens do rio Hilinguty, onde fixou sua residência oficial, na zona de Mãe-Mãe, actual Ombala de Yotyipungu. Vieira Muanda é um pequeno empresário famoso, que instalou na localidade de Malipi, (12 quilómetros da sede municipal de Quipungo), um centro de compra de milho denominado “Potchoto Tchepungu”, que traduzido em português significa centro de milho. O centro serve de compra de milho produzido pelos camponeses nas localidades de Tchindumbili, Kavissamba, Nombindji, Tchivava 1 e 2, Matemba, Cavilevi, dentre outras localidades, para ser vendido nas províncias do Huambo, Benguela, Bié, Cuanza Sul e Luanda. -
ANGOLA FOOD SECURITY UPDATE July 2003
ANGOLA FOOD SECURITY UPDATE July 2003 Highlights The food security situation continues to improve in parts of the country, with the overall number of people estimated to need food assistance reduced by four percent in July 2003 relieving pressure on the food aid pipeline. The price of the least-expensive food basket also continues to decline after the main harvest, reflecting an improvement in access to food. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the results of both the latest nutritional surveys as well as the trend analysis on admissions and readmissions to nutritional rehabilitation programs indicate a clear improvement in the nutritional situation of people in the provinces considered at risk (Benguela, Bie, Kuando Kubango). However, the situation in Huambo and Huila Provinces still warrants some concern. Household food stocks are beginning to run out just two months after the main harvest in the Planalto area, especially for the displaced and returnee populations. In response to the current food crisis, relief agencies in Angola have intensified their relief efforts in food insecure areas, particularly in the Planalto. More than 37,000 returnees have been registered for food assistance in Huambo, Benguela, Huila and Kuando Kubango. The current food aid pipeline looks good. Cereal availability has improved following recent donor contributions of maize. Cereal and pulse projections indicate that total requirements will be covered until the end of October 2003. Since the planned number of beneficiaries for June and July 2003 decreased by four percent, it is estimated that the overall availability of commodities will cover local food needs until end of November 2003. -
Angola: Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA)
AAnnggoollaa:: Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacity (SENAC) October 2005 2 Angola: Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) Prepared by Luc Verelst, Consultant and Eric Kenefick, Regional VAM officer WFP Johannesburg October, 2005 © World Food Programme, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Branch (ODAV) This study was prepared under the umbrella of the “Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacity” (SENAC) project. The SENAC project aims to reinforce WFP’s capacity to assess humanitarian needs in the food sector during emergencies and the immediate aftermath through accurate and impartial needs assessments. For any queries on this document or the SENAC project, please contact [email protected] For information on the VAM unit, please visit us at http://vam.wfp.org/ United Nations World Food Programme Headquarters: Via C.G. Viola 68, Parco de’ Medici, 00148, Rome, Italy This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. 3 4 Angola: Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) October 2005 5 6 Acknowledgements The survey design, data collection, analysis and reporting have been made possible by the financial assistance of the SENAC project (WFP-HQ) through funding from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Organization (ECHO). WFP-Angola also wishes to thank the interviewees and the people involved in the data collection, entry, and analysis and reporting. For questions or comments concerning this report please contact: Sonsoles Ruedas – WFP Angola [email protected] Filomena Andrade – WFP Angola [email protected] Jan Delbaere – WFP HQ [email protected] Eric Kenefick – WFP Johannesburg [email protected] 7 Important Notes Due to access constraints in Kuando Kubango province, more than 75% of the selected villages were not reached. -
ANGOLA Prices and Market Situation Report
ANGOLA Prices and Market Situation Report A USAID Funded Activity March, 2005 Decline in maize prices reflects optimistic harvest prospects and a good marketing year ahead in Huambo The overall food supply situation in the areas covered by this survey (Huambo and Luanda) continues to improve, particularly in Huambo province, despite below normal maize and bean production in the 2004/05 agricultural season. In Huambo, FEWS NET monitoring indicates that regional trade, particularly with Huíla, Kuana Sul, and Bié, continues to play a fundamental role in ensuring adequate food supply in major demand centers. Prices have been fairly stable for a province recovering from a bad year. Between January and March 2005, Huambo has seen an encouraging resurgence of small-scale farmers bringing and selling their produce in the markets, raising the hope of a good marketing year ahead and affordable prices for food insecure consumers. On a negative note, the northern province of Uíge has been facing an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever since October 2004, with an escalating death toll only in the last four weeks. Prices and trade timeline Failure to contain the epidemic will Apr Apr - Jun have serious implications to food trade Bad time for traders in Uíge Declining price trends Mar Jun and threatens local livelihoods. Food Apr May Jun prices in Uíge are beginning to rise, an unusual trend at this time of year, Increased market supplies On set of main maize and beans harvest Increased commercial traffic which parallels shrinking household Mar incomes in the coming months. Finally, Farmers begin to release stocks (early start this year) Fuel policy reform continues the government continues to implement Apr its fuel policy reform but the impact on staple food prices has been minimal. -
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha)
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ANGOLA Situation Report Reporting Period: 1 – 15 September 2003 Critical Issues q Fourteen deminers were injured when an anti-tank mine exploded on the Cambaxe – Malanje road in Malanje Municipality. q A meningitis outbreak has been confirmed in Huíla Province and a significant number of cases have been reported in Malanje Province. q Due to the start of the rainy season, humanitarian partners were not able to transport more seeds and tool kits to the interior of Kuanza Sul Province. q A donation of seeds and tools for 8,000 beneficiaries in Lunda Sul was cancelled due to lack of a partner to carry out the distribution. q Most of the seeds and tools for distribution in Moxico Province have yet to arrive. Provincial Update Luanda Province: The Provincial Government transported 2,030 people to Malanje. They are staying in the Katepa transit centre where they are sleeping in the open air and have no access to food, water, sanitation and health assistance. According to provincial authorities, one person died on arrival and no transportation is available for onward travel to areas of origin. Benguela Province: During the reporting period, local authorities closed the Benguela transit centre located in a former military quartering camp and moved the 250 people to the new Capiandalo transit centre approximately five km outside the city centre. An additional 108 demobilised soldiers and their dependents arrived from the former Menga gathering area in Huambo and humanitarian partners report that the people in the new camp are living in substandard conditions. -
Study in Kwanza Sul Province, Angola
James Madison University JMU Scholarly Commons Center for International Stabilization and Global CWD Repository Recovery 12-2005 Community Participation in Mine Action: Study in Kwanza Sul Province, Angola Ruth Bottomley Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-globalcwd Part of the Defense and Security Studies Commons, Peace and Conflict Studies Commons, Public Policy Commons, and the Social Policy Commons Recommended Citation Bottomley, Ruth, "Community Participation in Mine Action: Study in Kwanza Sul Province, Angola" (2005). Global CWD Repository. 155. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-globalcwd/155 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at JMU Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Global CWD Repository by an authorized administrator of JMU Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Norwegian People’s Aid Community Participation in Mine Action Study in Kwanza Sul Province, Angola 26 April – May 16 Report by Ruth Bottomley Cover photograph: Former military and civil defence in Cunjo village plot a map of landmine contamination Table of Contents Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................................................................1 List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................................2 -
Market Chain and Key Actors for Common Bean in Huambo Province
For more information, contact: David Kiala Kilusinga University of Jose Eduardo dos Santos MARKET CHAIN AND KEY ACTORS FOR COMMON BEAN Faculty of Agric. Sciences, Huambo +244925214870 IN HUAMBO PROVINCE, ANGOLA [email protected] by: David K. Kilusinga1, Robertinho Txocanaie1, Adolfo Catuti1, & Cynthia Donovan2 1 University of José Eduardo dos Santos, Huambo, Angola 2 Michigan State University, Michigan INTRODUCTION After the peace process in 2002, Angola is still reconstructing different sectors of its development among which agriculture, the natural reserve industry is the corner stone of economic development. Knowledge on marketing system in general is one of the prerequisites for stable and remunerative process to market keys intervenient. Market organization can enhance assurance to intervenient and create incentives to farmers to increase production. Common beans are a major crops in key zones of the Planalto Region of Angola. The present study is an attempt to identify commercial canals and constraints in “common bean” marketing system in the Province of Huambo, Angola. METHODS Common beans are produced and commercialized in many areas of Huambo province either in large quantity or smaller proportion. Two areas, namely Londuimbali and Bailundu were considered in this study because of high presence of common bean in the markets. It is believed that the two areas produce about two third (2/3) of the common bean of the province. Surveys were conducted in the two localities and questions were administered at random to producers, intermediates, consumers and others interested local people in order to have ideas about growth and constraints of common bean market, distribution of income to marketing agents and state of common bean food security in terms of surplus vs shortage. -
S Angola on Their Way South
Important Bird Areas in Africa and associated islands – Angola ■ ANGOLA W. R. J. DEAN Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni. (ILLUSTRATION: PETE LEONARD) GENERAL INTRODUCTION December to March. A short dry period during the rains, in January or February, occurs in the north-west. The People’s Republic of Angola has a land-surface area of The cold, upwelling Benguela current system influences the 1,246,700 km², and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, climate along the south-western coast, and this region is arid in the Republic of Congo to the north-west, the Democratic Republic of south to semi-arid in the north (at about Benguela). Mean annual Congo (the former Zaïre) to the north, north-east, and east, Zambia temperatures in the region, and on the plateau above 1,600 m, are to the south-east, and Namibia to the south. It is divided into 18 below 19°C. Areas with mean annual temperatures exceeding 25°C (formerly 16) administrative provinces, including the Cabinda occur on the inner margin of the Coast Belt north of the Queve enclave (formerly known as Portuguese Congo) that is separated river and in the Congo Basin (Huntley 1974a). The hottest months from the remainder of the country by a narrow strip of the on the coast are March and April, during the period of heaviest Democratic Republic of Congo and the Congo river. rains, but the hottest months in the interior, September and October, The population density is low, c.8.5 people/km², with a total precede the heaviest rains (Huntley 1974a). -
The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs in Angola: a Model for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance?
James Madison University JMU Scholarly Commons Center for International Stabilization and Global CWD Repository Recovery Summer 8-1996 The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs in Angola: A Model for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance? Toby Lanzer University of Oxford Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-globalcwd Part of the Defense and Security Studies Commons, Peace and Conflict Studies Commons, Public Policy Commons, and the Social Policy Commons Recommended Citation Lanzer, Toby, "The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs in Angola: A Model for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance?" (1996). Global CWD Repository. 1071. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-globalcwd/1071 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at JMU Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Global CWD Repository by an authorized administrator of JMU Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STUDIES ON EMERGENCIES AND DISASTER RELIEF No. 5 The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs in Angola: A Model for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance? by Toby Lanzer Refugee Studies Programme University of Oxford Nordiska Afrikainstitutet 1996 1 Indexing terms Emergency relief Diplomacy Government Unita Internal security Angola ISSN 1400-3120 ISBN 91-7106-385-4 Printed in Sweden by Reprocentralen HSC, Uppsala 1996 2 PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS “Studies on Emergencies and Disaster Relief” is a This report describes the activities of the United series of research reports on topics of relevance to Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs everybody working with relief and development (DHA) in Angola from April 1993 to April 1995. -
Three Monthly Report to Usaid Fund for Displaced Children and Orphans
THREE MONTHLY REPORT TO USAID FUND FOR DISPLACED CHILDREN AND ORPHANS ORGANIZATION: Christian Children´s Fund Richmond, Virginia GRANT REF. NO: HRN-5600-G-00-5018-00 COUNTRY PROGRAMME: Angola GRANT NAME: Province Based War Trauma Team CONTACTS: Mark Schomer, CCF, Richmond, Director Grants and Contracts FAX: 804.756.2782 AUTHOR OF REPORT: Maggie Brown, Representative, Angola FAX: 244.2.323598 DATE OF REPORT: 8.6.96 REF. NO.OF REPORT: ANG/USAID/3/96 PERIOD COVERED: March 1,1996 to May 31,1996 COPIES: Nicholas Jencks USAID Coordinator, Luanda, Angola CDIE Acquisitions, USAID, Washington SOFTWARE: WordPerfect for Windows 5.2 PAGES: 10 1. CUMULATIVE INDICATORS ON PROJECT STATUS Note: Two rows of statistics have been removed from this report. They are: no. of children selected for special intervention and percentage change in children´s behaviour/symptoms. This is because the project is in the process of establishing methodologies for evaluation and those two lines may not remain the same. 1 PROGRESS INDICATORS ACCUMULATED ACHIEVEMENT 1.Number of training Luanda: 2 seminars held x province Benguela: 3 Bié: 2 Huambo: 2 Malange: 0 Uige: 1 2. Number of adult Luanda: 41 participants x province Benguela: 85 Bié: 50 Huambo: 59 Malange: 0 Uige: 21 3. No. of children involved Luanda: To be enumerated Benguela: in global test and general 2697 Bié: 1528 trauma recovery Huambo: 1100 activities following Malange: 0 Uige: training of carers 55 4. Documented follow up Luanda: 22 meetings/visits/ Benguela: 4 training sessions Bié: 4 with govt. depts, community Huambo: 2 leaders/NGOs and churches x Malange: 0 province Uige: 2 5.