This section of the portal provides access to FAO's dedicated sites featuring specific initiatives in capacity building support:
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 | The Codex Alimentarius Commission was created in 1963 by FAO and WHO to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. The main purposes of this Programme are protecting health of the consumers and ensuring fair trade practices in the food trade, and promoting coordination of all food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations. |
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 | EasyPol is an FAO on-line, interactive multilingual repository of downloadable resource materials for capacity development in policy making for food, agriculture and rural development. |
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 | The Education for Rural People Tool kit provides education and training materials for rural teachers, technicians, instructors, trainers, parents, researchers, extensionists and others involved in formal and non formal education for rural people. It could also provide tools for self studies. |
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 | FODEPAL is an e-learning international cooperation project for managers, formulators and policy-makers. It aims at promoting food security, sustainable rural development, management of natural resources and international agriculture trade. The project has been developed by the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. |
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 | The EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme aims at enhancing national capacity to generate, manage, and use food security information from different sectors for more effective policies and programmes. The first phase of the Programme supported the technical development of food security information systems. The second phase, which started in April 2005, will adapt these systems to specific country requirements and deliver additional tools. The Programme also aims at strengthening policy making and programme implementation capacity. This website provides access to Food Security related information and resources. |
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 | The Information Management Resource Kit is a partnership-based e-learning initiative to train individuals and support institutions and networks world-wide in the effective management of agricultural information. IMARK consists of a suite of distance learning resources, tools and communities on information management. |
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 | The Participation Website was established in 1999 by the Informal Working Group on Participatory Approaches and Methods to Support Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security (IWG-PA). The objective of the Participation Website is to bring together under one virtual roof, a broad cross-section of stakeholders interested in participatory approaches and methods in support of sustainable rural livelihoods and food security. |
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 | Research and Extension Portal - The Portal provides a gateway to sound information on research, technology, extension and their linkages in order to enable decision-makers, research institutes, extension services and regulatory bodies, to make informed decisions. |
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 | The Right to Food information and knowledge system is a knowledge platform to support the progressive realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the context of national food security. |
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 | The Rural Finance Learning Centre is a website dedicated to providing access to the best materials for capacity building in the field of rural finance. It aims to assist organisations in developing countries to build their capacity to deliver improved financial services which meet the needs of rural households and businesses. |
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 | The Knowledge Forum provides a direct gateway to the Organization's vast expertise and wealth of knowledge through a series of interactive services. It is also an opportunity to learn from and give a voice to the agricultural community regarding a wide range of issues affecting Food Security and Agricultural Production today. Through the Knowledge Forum, FAO uses knowledge exchange and dialogue to help build a world without hunger. |
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