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Timor-Leste's crops rely on the rains that come following the annual dry season. This leads to a period of poor food security called the "hungry season" from November to February due to the unpredictable climate. Many households depend on their own production of food because of the erratic climate conditions, such as droughts.
National Health Sector Strategic Plan 2011-2030 (PDF). Dili: Ministry of Health (East Timor). 2011. Needs assessment on quality in Timor-Leste. Step 2 of the Twinning Partnership for Improvement between Timor-Leste and Macao SAR China. Geneva: World Health Organization. 2019. ISBN 978-92-4-151547-4
In 2007, a bad harvest caused a "major food crisis" in Timor-Leste. By November, eleven sub-districts still needed food supplied by international aid. [17] According to data gathered in the 2010 census, 87.7% of urban and 18.9% of rural households have electricity, for an overall average of 36.7%. [18]
In late 1975 East Timor declared its independence but was invaded and occupied by Indonesia later that year, and declared that country's 27th province the following year. In 1999, following the United Nations -sponsored act of self-determination , Indonesia relinquished control of the territory and Timor-Leste became the first new sovereign ...
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Life expectancy in East Timor at birth was at 60.7 in 2007. [1] The fertility rate is at six births per woman. [1] Healthy life expectancy at birth was at 55 years in 2007. [1] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative [2] finds that Timor-Leste is fulfilling 74.9% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of ...
East Timorese architecture and landscaping is a combination of both Portuguese and indigenous Timorese. Many heritage districts, heritage towns, and heritage structures have been retained in Timor-Leste, unlike its Southeast Asian neighbors whose architectural styles have been dreadfully replaced by modern and shanty structures that have destroyed cultural domains.
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