Strengthening Resilience: Food Insecurity and Local Responses to Fragmentation of the West Bank, FAO August 2007

Strengthening Resilience: Food Insecurity and Local Responses to Fragmentation of the West Bank is a study that builds on the findings of the UNSCO 2005 Economic Fragmentation and Adaptation in the Rural West Bank and, the 2007 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis conducted jointly by FAO and WFP. The study focuses on both urban food insecurity/resilience and isolated rural areas. It explores trends to identify problem areas and needed interventions; examines vulnerability to food insecurity and the food supply chain; reviews the impact of social safety nets; and, suggests recommendations for improvements in the food security sector.