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

"Feed Africa: Towards Agro-Allied Industrialization for Inclusive Growth". African Economic Conference 2016

Giorgia MEI updated the event | 1 December 2016

05 Dec

From 5 December 2016 to 7 December 2016
in Abuja (Nigeria)

Organised by African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Despite the overall macroeconomic growth and improved governance enjoyed broadly across the continent, Africa still has the highest rates of both poverty and hunger in the world. Out of about 795 million people suffering from chronic undernourishment globally, 230 million live in Africa; resulting...

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COM(2016) 740 final - Proposal for a new European Consensus on Development - Our World, our Dignity, our Future

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 30 November 2016

On November 22 nd 2016, th e European Commission announced three Communications on a new Consensus for Development, on the building blocks for renewed Partnership with partner countries and on a sustainable European future. In the proposal for a new "European Consensus on Development" presented by...

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“Identifying Critical and Emerging Issues for Food Security and Nutrition: The contribution of science to the global policy debate”.

Giorgia MEI created a new event | 30 November 2016

01 Dec

From 1 December 2016
in Montpellier (France)

Organised by HLPE, Agropolis and Chaire UNESCO

Food security and nutrition (FSN) are influenced by a range of issues, with a wide range of stakeholders concerned, and require an integrated approach, from local to global levels. The HLPE, Agropolis and Chaire UNESCO organize the seminar "“ Identifying Critical and Emerging Issues for Food...

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Food Systems for Sustainable Development: A UN Perspective

Giorgia MEI created a new event | 30 November 2016

16 Nov

From 16 November 2016 to 16 December 2016
Organised by Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies', in the framework of the Climate Change and Agriculture Seminar Series, organizes a discussion on Food Systems for Sustainable Development with three members of the Food and Agriculture's High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security...

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Round Table of GDPRD’s Strategic Initiative Agenda 2030– New Momentum for Rural Transformation

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 30 November 2016

On the 13-14 October 2016 , the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, upon invitation of the Italian Agency for International Development, organised an event titled “ Round Table-The Future Donor Programmes in Rural Development ”. On this occasion, key messages of the Background Paper for...

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European Union Research and innovation for Food and Nutrition Security - Background conference report

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 30 November 2016

Published as background document to the high level conference FOOD 2030: Research and Innovation for tomorrows' nutrition and food systems , this document sets out how EU Research and Innovation (R&I) policy contributes to the major global challenge of ensuring food and nutrition security (FNS...

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Inclusive Agribusiness: The State of Play (Background Working Paper for the GDPRD)

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 30 November 2016

This working paper has been prepared as background for the inclusive agribusiness work stream of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development’s (GDPRD). The paper outlines the concept of inclusive business and its application to the agri-food sector, maps the current state of play and explores...

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"Feed Africa: Towards Agro-Allied Industrialization for Inclusive Growth". African Economic Conference 2016

Giorgia MEI created a new event | 30 November 2016

05 Dec

From 5 December 2016 to 7 December 2016
in Abuja (Nigeria)

Organised by African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Despite the overall macroeconomic growth and improved governance enjoyed broadly across the continent, Africa still has the highest rates of both poverty and hunger in the world. Out of about 795 million people suffering from chronic undernourishment globally, 230 million live in Africa; resulting...

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Webinar on land tenure and property rights in Tanzania

Giorgia MEI created a new event | 30 November 2016

07 Dec

From 7 December 2016
Organised by Global Donor Working Group on Land, USAID LandLinks and the FAO

The Global Donor Working Group on Land , USAID LandLinks and the FAO organize an online event on the 7 th December 2016, in order to update on and discuss about the land tenure situation and property rights in Tanzania. This webinar will be presented by land tenure specialist Dr. Maureen Moriarty-...

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Review of agri-food value chain interventions aimed at enhancing consumption of nutritious food by the poor: Pakistan.

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 29 November 2016

Using the “conceptual framework” of value chain development, this paper provides information on 24 agri-food value chain interventions in Pakistan aiming to increase the consumption of nutrient-dense foods or increase their supply to post-farm gate poor populations. Pakistan has a relatively...

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