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

Ziway-Shalla Basin in Balance

Tiisetso Mathole updated the Information | 21 April 2021

Ziway Shalla is a closed water basin, located in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia, the country’s most important wetland area. It secures the livelihoods of local communities, a broad spectrum of wildlife and migratory birds. However, this unique ecosystem is currently threatened through overconsumption...

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New Handbook for Parliamentarians - practical guidance on transforming food systems and improving nutrition

Francois Stepman posted Information | 20 April 2021

19 April 2021 . FAO (2021) New Handbook for Parliamentarians - practical guidance on transforming food systems and improving nutrition 72 pp. The online Handbook was produced in collaboration with the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations...

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SENY FAYE commented on an article | 16 April 2021

Améliorer la préservation de la faune et la sécurité alimentaire avec les communautés locales

Oui, la problématique des rapports, interface ''Humains-Nature (faune)'' est plus que jamais d'actualité, surtout en cette période de crise sanitaire avec la Covid-19. Nous devons de l'aborder avec sérieux et efficacité pour faire de sorte que le monde de demain (d'aprés Covid) soit diamétralement...
REPORT: 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19

Francois Stepman posted Information | 12 April 2021

COVID-19 has upended local, national, and global food systems, and put the Sustainable Development Goals further out of reach. But lessons and momentum from the world’s response to the pandemic can contribute to food system change. In the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI researchers and...

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1st wave of consolidated game-changing by the Action Tracks of the UNFSS

Francois Stepman posted Information | 5 April 2021

Action Track 1: Ensure Access to Safe and Nutritious Food for AllPotential Game Changing and Systemic Solutions 65 pp. An Initial Compilation Submitted to the UN Food Systems Summit Secretariat, 19 February 2021 The synthesis report by Action Track 1 including the 1st wave of consolidated game-...

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WEBINAR: Investing in safe trade systems to protect health and market access

Francois Stepman posted Information | 26 March 2021

24 March 2021 " Investing in safe trade systems to protect health and market access " Webinar organized by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF). Please register through this link . This webinar is organized as part of WTO's Aid-for-Trade COVID-19 Stocktaking Event. Recently, the STDF...

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Evidence informed policy-making - designing better food-systems policies

Ariella DE GENNARO created a new event | 12 March 2021

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From 31 March 2021
Organised by DG INTPA Infopoint Virtual Conference

Today's food systems are not shaped in a way to produce food in an environmentally sustainable way and at the same time be able to provide sufficient, safe and nutritious food to a growing world population. A better use of research and knowledge in policy making and programme design is needed for a...

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UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 5 March 2021

foodwaste.pdf 7.34 MB

The fact that substantial amounts of food are produced but not eaten by humans has substantial negative impacts: environmentally, socially and economically. Estimates suggest that 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with food that is not consumed. Reducing food waste at retail,...

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WEBINAR: Second Global Summit on Food Fortification Virtual Series

Francois Stepman posted Information | 3 March 2021

3 March 2021 .12:00-13:30 Central European Time (CET). Second Global Summit on Food Fortification Virtual Series entitled: Transforming Food Systems and Investing in Nutrition for Growth - Staple Food Fortification and the Role of the Private Sector. UN Food Systems Summit (FSS) seeks to define...

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WEBINAR: Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems

Francois Stepman posted Information | 2 March 2021

24 February 2021 . Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture and Food Systems. Organised by FAO elearning Academy, Agreenium (l’alliance de la formation et la recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation, l'environnement et la santé globale) and UN-ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for...

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