1. People on the move: Integration & Opportunities
Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference (DIHAD) 2019
People on the move: Integration & Opportunities
Dominique Burgeon
Director, Emergency and Rehabilitation Division and Strategic Programme Leader – Resilience
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
12 March 2019

2. Why agriculture livelihoods in displacement contexts?
Conflict and hunger driving displacement, exacerbated by climate shocks.
In countries accounting for majority of displaced people:
Up to 8 of 10 people rely on crop production, fishing, livestock and forests for their survival

3. Investing in resilient livelihoods – Providing pathways to a more stable, prosperous future for displaced and host communities

4. Dimitra Clubs
“Today, the Dimitra Club belongs to us. It’s ours and it benefits the entire community!”.

5. Skills training and linking to job markets – Syrian refugees
Providing training in agro-food processing for refugees and host communities in Turkey, Jordan
Linking trainees to labour markets through job fairs and on-the-job training
According to UNHCR, this is the most successful project of its type in terms of people finding work after the intervention – 1/5 participants employed so far
Cash-based assistance to vulnerable families to enable them to access food immediately

6. Supporting returnees, refugees, host communities – Burundi
Caisses de resilience approach
Linking input distribution to training, producers’ associations and village savings and loans associations
Including returnees, displaced and host community members
Contributing to improved social cohesion and enhancing the resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods

7. Building resilience in contexts of displacement – SAFE approach
Combination of interventions needed to address environmental impacts of large-scale population movements
Reducing demand
Introducing fuel-efficient cookstoves
Promoting woodfuel alternatives (e.g. LPG)
Improving supply
Plantations of fast-growing tree species for sustainable woodfuel supply
Forest rehabilitation and management with national and local authorities

8. E.g. Bangladesh Impact of large inflows of refugees:
Heightened social tensions: labour competition; overwhelmed services; land disputes; inflation; safety, security & protection issues
Natural resource base strained: More than 800 tonnes of firewood consumption per day, equivalent to a forest loss of about 6.7 ha per day; +8,000ha severely damaged
Environmental risks: landslides, flash floods, water contamination, monsoon season

9. SAFE Plus Safe Access to Fuel and Energy
FAO partner in SAFE
Multi-sectoral, multi-partner
Components
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) provision
Refugee resilience building
Host community livelihoods support
Reforestation
Government-supported, medium-term response
SAFE Plus Safe Access to Fuel and Energy

10. Investing in resilient livelihoods – Providing pathways to a more stable, prosperous future for displaced and host communities

11. Dominique Burgeon
Director, Emergency and Rehabilitation Division and Strategic Programme Leader – Resilience
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
12 March 2019