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

Farmer field schools help women to lead on climate change

Henrietta Miers posted Information | 7 February 2017

Published on 27 January 2017 by the Interpress Service: News and Views from the Global South, this article considers that discussions around climate change have largely ignored how men and women are affected by climate change differently, instead choosing to highlight the extreme and unpredictable...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
New 'sector' note on agriculture, food security and rural development

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 7 February 2017

agriculture_2017.pdf 1.45 MB

This sector note -which has just been finalized- provides detailed advice and practical examples on how to integrate - or "mainstream"- environment and climate change in agriculture, food security and rural development programmes .

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
3rd International Conference on Global Food Security

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 2 February 2017

08 Oct

From 8 October 2017 to 11 October 2017
in Cape Town International Convention Centre, (South Africa)

Organised by DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, Universities of Pretoria and the Western Cape

The Third International Conference on Global Food Security therefore aims to deliver critical analysis and innovative science that address the biggest threat ever faced by mankind. Discussion sessions will contribute to a better understanding of behavioral, biophysical, economic, institutional,...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Distribution de poisson à prix administrés en Mauritanie: Un exemple de transfert social? (Conférence de midi)

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 2 February 2017

09 Feb

From 9 February 2017
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by DG DEVCO

Depuis 2012, le gouvernement mauritanien, qui entend améliorer la sécurité alimentaire de sa population, organise des distributions de poissons à prix administrés sur l'ensemble de son territoire. Nous verrons comment cette distribution est possible et organisée, et si elle peut être qualifiée de...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Annual Action Programme 2016 part 2 and 2017 part 1 in favour of Bangladesh

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 2 February 2017

Published on 13 December 2016, the Annual Action Programme for Bangladesh aims to contribute to the creation of sustained pathways out of poverty in most vulnerable areas, through simultaneous investments in livelihoods and social security for long-term resilience, adopting a "push-pull" strategy...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Improving nutrition and reducing stunting in Eastern Sudan: EU Action Document

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 2 February 2017

Published on 20 December 2016, this action document/action fiche Improving Nutrition and Reducing Stunting in Eastern Sudan through an Integrated Nutrition and Food Security Approach describes the action which will contribute to the objectives of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Stability and...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Back women's movements for a real chance at equality

Henrietta Miers posted Information | 1 February 2017

Published on 28 January on scidev.net, this article by Henrietta Miers discusses how rural women's movements can bring about transformative change. Featuring the Step Up event with took place in December 2016 at the FAO, the article argues that a new language of ‘transformation’ is emerging...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
3. Le Fonds Bêkou en action / Actions of the Bêkou Trust Fund

Sarah Klonski updated the WIKI page | 27 January 2017

Depuis sa création en juillet 2014, le Fonds Bêkou a permis d’adopter déjà 11 actions - Pour en savoir plus sur les programmes ci-dessous, cliquez sur l'image ou le titre du programme concerné.

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Group: Fonds fiduciaire européen pour la République centrafricaine "Bêkou" / EU Trust Fund for the Central African Republic "Bêkou"
Le programme SÉCURITÉ ALIMENTAIRE

Sarah Klonski updated the WIKI page | 26 January 2017

Programme d’appui à la production alimentaire pour la résilience et la cohésion sociale des communautés affectées par les crises récurrentes Durée de mise en œuvre : 36 mois Coût total : 10,000,000 euros Nombre de bénéficiaires estimé : 300,000 personnes Localités : Bangui, Mpoko, Ombella, Ouaka,...

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Group: Fonds fiduciaire européen pour la République centrafricaine "Bêkou" / EU Trust Fund for the Central African Republic "Bêkou"
Innovation systems: towards effective strategies in support of smallholder farmers

Sarah Cummings updated the Information | 24 January 2017

Published in January 2017 and divided into 18 chapters, the book is a collection of theoretical underpinnings, expert opinions, case studies, reflections and lessons on the state-of-the-art innovation systems thinking and approaches in agriculture. The work charts the way forward for improving...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

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