FIGURE 5.6 How Hydroponics Supports the World Bank Group’s Four FCV Pillars
ANALYSIS OF HYDROPONICS among World Bank Group FCV Pillars
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PREVENTING VIOLENT CONFLICT AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
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REMAINING ENGAGED DURING CONFLICT AND CRISIS SITUATIONS
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HELPING COUNTRIES TRANSITION OUT OF FRAGILITY
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MITIGATING SPILLOVERS OF FCV
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN PRACTICE?
Tackling Tackling risks risks and and grievances grievances early early on, on, and and strengthening strengthening sources sources of of resilience, resilience, before before tensions tensions turn turn into into crises. crises.
Building Building resilience, resilience, protecting protecting essential essential institutions, institutions, and and delivering delivering critical critical services services like like health health or or education. education.
Strengthening Strengthening the the capacity capacity and and legitimacy legitimacy of of institutions, institutions, renewing renewing the social the social contract, contract, and and supporting supporting private private sector sector development. development.
Addressing Addressing spillovers spillovers such such as as forced forced displacement, displacement, as as well well as as shocks shocks resulting resulting from from climate climate and and environmental environmental challenges. challenges.
WHY DOES "CLIMATE IN A BOX" HELP ADDRESS THESE ISSUES? Agriculture and climate change are often the root cause of several conflicts, conflicts and agriculture is also one of the most affected sectors during conflict. Hydroponics may help reduce violent conflict and interpersonal violence through increasing independence among households/communities and less reliance on conventional agriculture.
Supplementing conventional agriculture with hydroponics helps households become more resilient in food security and livelihoods given the uncertainty of outcomes and circumstances in conflict and given climate change.
Hydroponics helps foster a local private sector since it uses a controlled environment less susceptible to disease and pests while increasing livelihoods since food can be grown year-round.
Hydroponics Hydroponics isis specifically specifically suited suited for for the most vulnerable populations given it does not require land, uses less space, can use solar panels, can be implemented using local materials, and uses 90% less water than conventional agriculture.
HOW DOES "CLIMATE IN A BOX" HELP ACHIEVE THESE PILLARS? • Having a household/community hydroponic garden creates a sense of ownership among of ownership among household/community household/community members. •members. Reduces agricultural crimes. Reducesbuild agricultural crimes. •• Helps community. • Helps build community.
• Hydroponics can help FCV contexts be more prepared for and speed up recovery. • Agriculture is the first sector to recover and hydroponics is more recover, productive than conventional agriculture.
• Helps communities develop more stability through controlled environment. • More productive and increased opportunities for scalability than conventional agriculture.
• Displaced communities and migrants can grow a portable garden. • Increases safety for vulnerable communities since it does not require a field and can be grown at home. • Creates resilience and resistance to a variety of shocks.
EXAMPLES OF HYDROPONICS IN FCV COUNTRIES In Djibouti, a pilot project trained 27 Djiboutians on hydroponics to increase food security and develop resilience to shocks. Since Djibouti hosts several In Djibouti, a pilot project trained 27 Djiboutians on hydroponics to increase food security and develop resilience to shocks. Since Djibouti hosts several thousands of refugees, increasing knowledge and applications of hydroponics could make the country more resilient to shocks. thousands of refugees, increasing knowledge and applications of hydroponics could make the country more resilient to shocks. In urban/peri-urban urban/peri-urban areas areas of of The The Gambia, Gambia, idle idle household household women women and and youth youth (especially (especially those those living living with with HIV/AIDS) HIV/AIDS) were were trained trained to to help help increase increase food food In security generating opportunities opportunities for for the the youth youth toto reduce reduce the the temptation temptation ofof illegal illegal immigration. immigration. security and and to to increase increase income income-generating the West Bank Gaza, a pilot project to train women to use hydroponic wicking systems implemented to enhance security at In West Bank andand Gaza, a pilot project to train women to use hydroponic wicking bed bed systems was was implemented to enhance foodfood security at the the household surplus production not consumed the families is often to neighbors, thus these generation for household level.level. The The surplus production that that is notis consumed by theby families is often sold tosoldneighbors, thus these systemssystems enableenable incomeincome generation for small small farmers. farmers. In In Sudan, Sudan, aa project project isis training training vulnerable vulnerable women women IDPs IDPs to to use use hydroponics hydroponics so so they they can can grow grow their their own own food. food. These These women women are are also also being being linked linked with with microfinance institutions institutions and and local local banks savings and and associations, to create a ripplea ripple effect on and increasing societystability. stability. microfinance banks to to set set up up village village savings loan associations, to create effectpeacebuilding on peacebuilding and increasing
Source: World Bank Group 2019. Note: FCV = fragility, conflict, and violence; IDPs = internally displaced persons.
Economic Viability: Costs, Labor, and Profitability Costs As hydroponic systems are scaled up, production costs decrease and profits come sooner. In the pilot in the Kakuma refugee camp (box 5.1), the first year’s investment cost for one household unit to install six circular gardens Understanding Hydroponics
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