RAP PUBLICATION 2008/09

RAP PUBLICATION: 2008/09

 

REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL MEETING OF THE
ASIA PACIFIC NETWORK FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION ON
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS FOR FOOD SECURITY
– CAN THEY WORK EFFECTIVELY IN ISOLATION?

 

Bangkok, Thailand, 22 to 24 July 2008

 

 

 

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Bangkok, 2008

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

I. OPENING OF THE TECHNICAL MEETING

II. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE WORKSHOP AND PLENARY DISCUSSIONS

Agenda item 1: Review of currently used nutrition interventions

Agenda item 2: Multisectoral dimension of nutrition programmemes constraints and opportunities

Agenda item 3: Agriculture sector vis-à-vis stand-alone nutrition programmemes a perspective

Agenda item 4: Review of the international conference on nutrition (ICN)/World Food Summit (WFS) follow-up activities in the context of MDGs

III. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION

IV. CLOSURE OF THE CONSULTATION

Appendix I: List of participants

Appendix II: Opening address by He Changchui, Assistant Director-General 23 and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific

Appendix III: Timetable

Appendix IV (a) Workshop outputs for agenda 1 and 2 for group 1

Appendix IV (b) Workshop outputs for agenda 1 and 2 for group 2

Appendix V: Country questionnaire

Appendix VI (a) Workshop outputs for agenda 3 for group 1

Appendix VI (b) Workshop outputs for agenda 3 for group 2

Appendix VII (a) Proposed programmeme to showcase the importance of nutrition for group 1

Appendix VII (b) Addressing the food and nutrition needs of rural women in poorer areas of South and South East Asia countries for group 2

Appendix VIII Resolution