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

Global Environment Outlook for Business Brochure

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 15 June 2020

geo_for_business.pdf 7.97 MB

The Global Environment Outlook for Business briefs look at the GEO findings through a business lens. Written ‘by business for business’, the briefs bring the science of the GEO to the business community to support them in developing plans, business strategies, technology pathways, mechanisms and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
REPORT: What is holding back investment in agroecological research for Africa?

Francois Stepman posted Information | 12 June 2020

10 June 2020. By Florian Blumer , editor. On 10 June the ‘ Money Flows’ report (157 pages) was published by Biovision, IPES-Food and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) . It looks at what’s holding back investment in agroecological research for Africa. It explores fresh perspectives on why...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Out of the Blue: The Value of Seagrasses to the Environment and to People

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 12 June 2020

out_of_the_blue.pdf 70.05 MB

The importance of seagrasses is highlighted in a new report, Out of the Blue: The Value of Seagrasses to the Environment and to People , released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) together with GRID-Arendal and UNEP’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre ( UNEP-WCMC ) on World...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
18 organizations that support agroecological farming methods around the world.

Francois Stepman posted Information | 12 June 2020

Photo courtesy of Arnaldo Aldana on Unsplash 5 June 2020. Organizations from the United States to Ethiopia are advocating for agroecology and supporting farmers who are implementing agroecological practices on their farms. In celebration of World Environment Day on June 5 and the ongoing work to...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Farm to Fork Strategy adopted – for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system

Susanne Müller posted Information | 11 June 2020

Adopted on 20th May, the Farm to Fork Strategy[1] is at the heart of the Green Deal. It addresses comprehensively the challenges of sustainable food systems and recognizes the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet. The increasing recurrence of droughts,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
COVID-19 emergency response: the African nutrition perspectives

Francois Stepman started a Debate | 2 June 2020

1 June 2020. COVID-19 emergency response : the African nutrition perspectives . Given the unprecedented nature of the crisis, it is empirical to create a better understanding of the potential impacts of COVID-19 and take rapid collective action to pre-empt its impact on food security and food...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Act #ForNature Virtual Preparatory Forum for UNEA-5

Alexa Froger updated the event | 1 June 2020

07 Jun

From 7 June 2020 to 10 June 2020
Organised by UNEP

From 7-10 June, 2020 , the Act #ForNature Global Online Forum will bring together citizens, government and non-governmental organizations, businesses and scientific institutions from around the globe to engage in a series of open and inclusive discussions across a diverse range of topics from...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The European Green Deal: Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies

Francois Stepman posted Information | 20 May 2020

Moving towa rds a more healthy and sustainable EU food system, a corner stone of the European Green Deal and a new EU-wide Biodiversity Strategy. The European Green Deal: Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies A European Green Deal is one of the priorities of the European Commission and on 20 May...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Smallholders and food and nutrition security: evidence from the Food & Business Research programme

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 19 May 2020

This synthesis paper , published in May 2020 by the Dutch Food and Business Knowledge Platform and the Dutch research council NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development, considers the ways in which smallholder agriculture contributes to improved food and nutrition security (FNS) in rural contexts. It...

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Group: Private sector in agricultural innovation and development
COVID-19: aprendiendo a convivir con el virus

Ferdinando DIDONNA posted news | 16 May 2020

News from EUROSAN El COVID-19 se convirtió en una pandemia, pero estas no son nuevas para la humanidad, se pueden rastrear desde la antigüedad hasta nuestros días, por ejemplo: la gripe de 1918, la AH1N1 de 2009, el SARS, entre otros. Cada brote es distinto y lleva su propia complejidad, pero...

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Project: PROGRAMA DE SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA, NUTRICIÓN Y RESILIENCIA EN EL CORREDOR SECO (EUROSAN). EUROPEAID/136444/DH/SER/HN

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