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The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 is released
FAO's jointly published The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 (SOFI) is released today - and it shows that one in eight people in the world was suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2010-12. The UN report is published by FAO and its Rome-based partners WFP and IFAD. While the global number of hungry people declined by almost 130 million between 1990-92 and 2010-12, the report says global progress in reducing hunger has slowed and levelled off in the past five years.
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09.10.2012
The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crises
The European Commission takes a step towards putting resilience at the heart of its work on fighting hunger and poverty, with a new communication on resilience.
The communication entitled "The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crises" outlines the measures with which the European Union will help vulnerable populations reduce the impact of future crises and disasters.
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08.10.2012
International Winter School and Forum on Contemporary Agri-food Issues
The Marie Curie Initial Training Network PUREFOOD1 project team will host a winter school and forum in Barcelona from 12-22 November. The forum will be a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary event, with the joint participation of the PUREFOOD research fellows and supervisory team, a diverse group of external Ph.D. students, and respected local and international scholars and practitioners. The forum will create an atmosphere of debate, exchange, and collaboration.
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26.09.2012
Vacancy - Consultancy on Food Security Information Management - Bangladesh
Consultancy on food security information management with the National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme of Bangladesh. Please read the full terms of reference.
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The FSN Forum is supported by the project Coherent food security responses: incorporating right to food into global and regional food security initiatives.
