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

RESET: South Omo Cluster

Luis Lechiguero created a new Photo album | 31 October 2017

The Resilience Building for Sustainable Livelihoods & Transformation (RESULT) in South Omo cluster, SNNPR, Ethiopia is one of the eight projects under the RESET Programme (Resilience Building in Ethiopia). The contract with VITA (consortium lead) was signed on September 23th, 2016 for a total...

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Group: Social Protection & Resilience Building in Ethiopia
High-level Event to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the VGGT - main messages from Rome

Milena PIROLLI updated the Information | 17 October 2017

“Millions of people around the globe depend on farmland, fisheries and forests for their livelihoods. But the increasing pressures on our precious natural resources carry multiple social, economic and environmental threats. In their most serious expression , they can lead to conflict, displacement...

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Information and Communications Technology for Agriculture and Food Security

patrick herlant updated the Information | 2 October 2017

Increase in the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICTs) has brought significant benefits to the agricultural sector, such as improving households’ agricultural production, generating new job opportunities, and encouraging people to adopt healthier practices and more effective risk...

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Climate change and monitoring weather shocks to increase resilience

patrick herlant updated the Information | 2 October 2017

Agriculture, much of it rainfed, is a mainstay of livelihoods in developing countries; for example, in Africa south of the Sahara , 40-65 percent of the population depends on small-scale agriculture for their primary employment. With agriculture carrying so much economic significance, climate...

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How IFPRI’s Food Security Portal monitors food prices volatility: the "Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System"

patrick herlant updated the Information | 2 October 2017

Food excessive price volatility is a significant concern in developing countries, with potentially negative effects for both producers and consumers. Poor consumers spend a large share of their income on food; for example, according to a 2016 book published by the Center for Development Research (...

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Building long-term food security together: the contribution of the Global Food Security Portal (FSP)

Maria Ketting DEVCO-C1 updated the Information | 28 September 2017

The world’s growing population, scarce natural resources and climate change are all global challenges for food and nutrition security, particularly for developing countries. The global food crisis in 2007-2008 which resulted in very high food prices, showed that there is a need to respond to these...

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Because Women Matter - designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

Milena PIROLLI updated the Information | 13 September 2017

The Unit C1 dealing with rural development, food security and nutrition in the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development published its guide: Because Women Matter - Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives. Women are...

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1.1 The Functional Analysis

Sara Jones updated the WIKI page | 30 August 2017

The functional analysis provides an overall description of the value chain system. It identifies the main actors and stakeholders involved, and expands on some of the main strategic development challenges faced. It allows the multidisciplinary team to elaborate a general common understanding of the...

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Project: Value Chain Analysis for Development (VCA4D)
1.1 The Functional Analysis

Olimpia Orlandoni updated the WIKI page | 29 August 2017

The functional analysis provides an overall description of the value chain system. It identifies the main actors and stakeholders involved, and expands on some of the main strategic development challenges faced. It allows the multidisciplinary team to elaborate a general common understanding of the...

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Project: Value Chain Analysis for Development (VCA4D)
EU Resilience Building programme in Ethiopia (RESET) Strategic Options Paper by Ethiopian Development Research Institute (2017)

Luis Lechiguero uploaded a new Document | 14 August 2017

eu_reset_situation_analysis_-_8_clusters_resilience_strategic_opitions.pdf 970.88 KB

In order to support the ongoing RESET programme implemented by more than 25 NGOs and in close collaboration with the local and regional authorities, the Delegation of the European Union to Ethiopia requested the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) to undertake an in-depth analysis of...

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