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Presentations of the session 1 (day 1) of the UNICEF International conference against child undernutrition organized in Paris in May 2013.

Established in December 2008 following the G8 Summit of July 2008, the EU Food Facility contributed with EUR 1 billion to the response to the food and financial crisis that stroke the planet from 2007 onwards. Between 2009 and 2011 the facility successfully reached 59 million direct beneficiaries...

Points de vue sur l’actualité : Conférence de Dublin : Relever les défis interdépendants de la faim, de la malnutrition et du changement climatique . Le lien entre la faim, la nutrition et la justice climatique a fait l'objet d'une rencontre de deux jours, organisée par le gouvernement irlandais et...

The analysis reveals that, although the 2012 response was bigger and, in many respects, better than responses to previous crises, there were still significant shortcomings that need to be addressed. The report mentions the difficulties in terms of leadership, the inconsistency of messages on the...

Dans la plupart des pays en développement, le financement du secteur agricole reste une de ses contraintes majeures. Cette étude transversale a pour objectif de (i) tirer les grands enseignements de l’histoire de l’intervention publique et des appuis apportés par les bailleurs de fonds dans le...

Food price instability has dramatic consequences in developing countries where it hits consumers hard and causes food insecurity. The risk it entails for producers is so great that it discourages them from investing. It therefore blocks the road to economic development. In certain cases, price...

This brief is part of the World bank's report on multisectoral approach for improving nutrition . The World Bank - January 2013

This report provides operational guidance to maximize the impact of investments on nutrition outcomes for women and young children. The recommendations in this document build on evidence to date on issues of malnutrition, with the aim of providing concrete guidance on how to mainstream nutrition...

This report draws on examples of agricultural investments in nine developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It examines the trends in agricultural foreign direct investment (FDI) and its economic, social and environmental impacts at national and local levels, as well as the factors...

Briefing n. 23 Prepared by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Head of the 2020 Vision Initiative, IFPRI Isolina Boto, Head of CTA Brussels Office Rural development for a Better World Brussels, 15th June 2011

This document is related to the Brussels briefing on the geopolitics of food organized in February 2011 by CTA in cooperation with the European Commission (DG DEVCO) , Concord , the ACP Secretariat and various media.

This document is related to the Brussels briefing on food waste organized in February 2011 by CTA in cooperation with the European Commission (DG DEVCO) , Concord , the ACP Secretariat and various media.

This document was published during the SUN conference held in Brussels on 14-15 march 2013

Views on recent news: ROSA Food Security Network migrates to the capacity4dev.eu Platform. Within the context of the rationalisation of the European Commission’s communication and knowledge management tools, the ROSA platform migrated into Capacity4Dev, replacing thereby the old Food and Nutrition...

This document was published during the SUN conference held in Brussels on 14-15 march 2013

This document was published during the SUN conference held in Brussels on 14-15 march 2013

This document was published during the SUN Conference held in Brussels on 14-15 march 2013

This document was published during the SUN conference held in Brussels on 14 and 15 March 2013.

As part of its work to promote food security and livelihoods interventions aiming at preventing undernutrition, ACF has produced a set of short practical case studies based on recent and current nutrition-sensitive interventions in different contexts. These first case studies highlight lessons...

As part of its work to promote food security and livelihoods interventions aiming at preventing undernutrition, ACF has produced a set of short practical case studies based on recent and current nutrition-sensitive interventions in different contexts. These first case studies highlight lessons...

Dans le cadre de son travail pour promouvoir la prise en compte de la prévention de la nutrition dans les interventions sur la sécurité alimentaire et les moyens d’existence, ACF a produit une série d’études de cas courts et pratiques basées sur des expériences récentes. Ces études de cas...

This information note provides a review of some tools that contribute to improving smallholder access to agricultural markets : market information system, inventory credit, agricultural commodity exchanges and contract farming. In addition, two risk management tools that have recently emerged are...

This report written by Bill Vorley, Lorenzo Cotula et Man-Kwun Chan studies the role of public policies and market governance in ensuring inclusive sustainable development. It identifies the key policy levers and how these tip commercial investments in favour of either small- or large-scale farming...