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

Snapshots of Food and Nutrition Security in the Pacific Region by Gibson Susumu (SPC)

Laura Tita uploaded a new Document | 26 May 2014

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"Food security issues in the Pacific such as declining agricultural production and productivity, diet change and dependency on food imports, increasing urbanisation, youth unemployment, poverty, malnutrition and environmental degradation, has been recognised and prioritised at the highest Political...

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Programme: Intra-ACP Agricultural Policy
Think.Eat.Save Guidance Version 1.0

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 23 May 2014

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
New “First of its Kind” Tool Helps Avoid Global Food Waste

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 23 May 2014

London, 23 May 2014 – In a world where over 840 million go hungry every day, achieving food security goes beyond increasing global food production. Better food systems and sustainable consumption and production approaches are needed to achieve food security for all. A new tool, the Think.Eat.Save...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Raymond LATASTE commented on information | 23 May 2014

Europe supports 80% of funding for the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund in Myanmar

Wonderful video! It is very interesting, it shows concrete results and impact of the program. Moreover, some images are beautiful. Thank you Jacquetta for this excellent contribution. If other group members have this kind of videos or articles, please publish !

Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Europe supports 80% of funding for the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund in Myanmar

Jacquetta Hayes posted Information | 22 May 2014

The EU and six of its member states are the founder donors and the largest contributor towards the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) in Myanmar. In Myanmar, an estimated 26% of the population live in poverty and 5% live in extreme hardship, with little or no income to spend on...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Ethiopia: pilot joint actions in Nutrition and Health

Lino Molteni posted Information | 20 May 2014

The EU Delegation to Ethiopia shared with us the state of play of joint programming as applied to some sectors, where pilot joint actions are being launched or discussed. You can find here - a roadmap agreed by the EU+ donors in Nutrition. - a discussion paper for the Health sector (More...

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Group: Joint Programming & Joint Implementation
Programme Note for the for the High Level Panel on Small Island Resilience (IFPRI 2020), Ethiopia

Alessia Virone uploaded a new Document | 12 May 2014

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Programme Note for the High-level panel organised by the CTA and the UN-OHRLLS: "Enhancing resilience for food and nutrition security in small-island economies", taking place in the context of the IFPRI/2020 conference: “Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security” Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
The Future of Entomophagy

Vince Chadwick updated the Article | 2 May 2014

Insects are rich in protein and ecologically sustainable to produce, so why are we reluctant to put them in our mouths? According to Marian Peters, chairperson of the Dutch Insect Breeders Association, the answer is partly cultural.

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Les transferts sociaux dans la lutte contre la faim

Raymond LATASTE uploaded a new Document | 30 April 2014

ec_1402_les_transferts_sociaux_fr-web_0.pdf 2.26 MB

Ce document vise à approfondir la compréhension d'un concept et à présenter de bonnes pratiques dans le but de stimuler les discussions autour des détails pratiques de l'aide au regard du concept en question. Le Document de Référence sur « les transferts sociaux dans la lutte contre la faim » a l'...

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Group: Tools and Methods Series
Arnaud DE VANSSAY commented on an article | 24 April 2014

Ancient Practices with Modern Value

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