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The JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION
and ANALYSIS
is issuing a
CALL FOR PAPERS for the
International Year of the Potato
Call for papers on potato (Solanum tuberosum): We are currently seeking original research articles, critical reviews, study reviews, short commentaries and book reviews on all aspects of potato composition, including nutrient composition of cultivated and wild potato varieties, bioactive non-nutrients and anti-nutrients in potatoes; biodiversity and nutrition studies related to potatoes; seasonal and geographic variability in composition; changes in nutrient content from preparation and processing; use of potato data, including nutritional epidemiology, clinical research, agro-biodiversity, food security and food trade.
Papers selected after peer-review will be included in a highly visible, widely distributed Special Issue of the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis in recognition of 2008 as the United Nations International Year of the Potato. To submit a paper, please review the Guide for Authors and submit through the Elsevier on-line system.
UPDATE: The deadline for submission of papers has been extended to
30 May 2008.
For further details, please contact jfca@fao.org
Background to INFOODS
Reliable data on the nutrient composition of foods consumed by people are critical in many areas - health assessment, the formulation of appropriate institutional and therapeutic diets,nutrition education, food and nutrition training,epidemiological research on relationships between diet and disease, plant breeding, nutrition labeling, food regulations, consumer protection, and agricultural goods and products, as well as for a variety of applications in trade, research, development, and assistance.
International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS) was established in 1984 on the basis of the recommendations of an international group convened under the auspices of the United Nations University (UNU). Its goal was to stimulate and coordinate efforts to improve the quality and availability of food analysis data worldwide and to ensure that anyone any where would be able to obtain adequate and reliable food composition data. In furtherance of these purposes INFOODS has provided leadership and administrative framework for the development of standards and guidelines for collection, compilation, and reporting of food component data. It is establishing and coordinating a global network of regional data centers directed toward the generation, compilation and dissemination of accurate and complete data on food composition. It is also the generator and repository of special international data bases and serves as a general and specific resource for persons and organizations interested in food composition data on a worldwide basis. Its Secretariat has developed the necessary software for the electronic storage of food composition data and its interchange among data bases. The INFOODS effort is intrinsically interdisciplinary, depending on the efforts of food scientists, analytical chemists, and nutritionists working together with computer and information scientists.
From its inception as a United Nations University project, INFOODS has recognized FAO's early development and distribution of regional food composition tables, and a representative of FAO has participated in all technical and policy meetings of INFOODS. In March of 1994, FAO and UNU organized an international discussion on "Food Composition for Developing Countries" in Tunis, Tunisia. At this meeting John R. Lupien, Director of the FAO Food and Nutrition Division from 1990 - 1999, renewed FAO's commitment to improving the quality and availability of food composition data in developing countries after an interval of many years.
As part of this new effort, FAO joined UNU in the promotion of the INFOODS project. Priority is currently given to mobilizing resources for improving the quality, quantity and accessibility of food composition data in the developing world. New regional data bases have been prepared and developing countries are now able to interchange data with each other.
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