Food & Nutrition Security

This topic refers to all issues related to Food Security as defined in the Rome declaration in 1996: "Food security exists - at the individual, family, national and global levels - when all people at all times have physical and economic access to enough safe and nutritious food in order to cover their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life".

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Acute undernutrition - Fisheries and food security - Food accessibility & prices - Food aid - Food availability - Food information systems - Food quality - Food safety - Food Security Governance - Food Social transfers - Food utilisation - Food waste - Livestock and food security - Micro nutrients supplementation - Nutrition monitoring - Nutrition policy - Nutrition programmes - Nutrition sensitive intervention - Obesity

Story: Speaking up for the next generation of farmers in Niger

Sarah Cummings updated the Information | 9 November 2016

Published on the official EC website in 2016, the story Speaking up for the next generation of farmers in Niger is paired to the project overview of Improved global governance for hunger reduction . The story describes the context, objectives, results and partners. It includes a testimony from...

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The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA 2016) on Climate change, agriculture and food security

Sarah Cummings updated the Information | 9 November 2016

Agriculture, including forestry, fisheries and livestock production, generate around a fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture must both contribute more to combating climate change while bracing to overcome its impacts, according to The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 which...

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Agri-chains and sustainable development: linking local and global dynamics

Sarah Cummings updated the event | 9 November 2016

12 Dec

From 12 December 2016 to 14 December 2016
in (France)

Organised by CIRAD

Organized by the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement - CIRAD, the international scientific conference Agri-Chains and Sustainable Development: linking local and global dynamics will bring together up to 300 delegates, including key actors from...

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Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: the road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 9 November 2016

On 18-20 October 2016, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in partnership with African Union Commission (AUC), convened the 2016 Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) Annual Conference on Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: the road to...

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Survey: Most humanitarians favour the use of drones in disaster zones

Timo Luege updated the Information | 8 November 2016

Drones are one of the most controversial technologies in disaster response operations. To find out what exactly humanitarian aid workers think about the use of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) with funding from EU Humanitarian Aid has now published a...

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The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA 2016) on Climate change, agriculture and food security

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 4 November 2016

Agriculture, including forestry, fisheries and livestock production, generate around a fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture must both contribute more to combating climate change while bracing to overcome its impacts, according to The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 which...

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ICT and digitalisation in livestock keeping in the South

Giorgia MEI created a new event | 4 November 2016

14 Nov

From 14 November 2016
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by Belgian Platform on Tropical Animal Health and Production

The Be-troplive (Belgian Platform on Tropical Animal Health and Production) organizes a s [1]yposium [2]on the 14th November 2016 to debate the use of ICT and digital tools in livestock keeping in the South. The event is public but registration is compulsory. The full programme [3] is available...

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Seminar for Food and Nutrition Security Coordination of the EU Delegations in Eastern and Southern Africa (CODESA)

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 4 November 2016

The Seminar for Food and Nutrition Security Coordination of the EU Delegations in Eastern and Southern Africa (CODESA) on 'Scaling up and delivering' took place in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 10-14 October 2016. Topics discussed included women and gender, land governance, resilience, value chain...

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Seminar for Food and Nutrition Security Coordination of the EU Delegations in Eastern and Southern Africa (CODESA)

Sarah Cummings updated the event | 4 November 2016

10 Oct

From 10 October 2016 to 14 October 2016
in Harare (Zimbabwe)

Organised by EUD Zimabwe, DEVCO Unit C1

The Seminar for Food and Nutrition Security Coordination of the EU Delegations in Eastern and Southern Africa (CODESA) on 'Scaling up and delivering' will be taking place in Harare, Zimbabwe. Topics to be discussed include women and gender, land governance, resilience, value chain development and...

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Annual Action Programme Part 2: Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 4 November 2016

In August 2016, the Annual Action Programme 2016, Part 2: Food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture has been approved under the Global Public Goods and Challenges thematic programme. It consists of the Pro-Resilience action, namely PRO-ACT 2016, which aims at building resilience of...

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