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May 2018 - A 250 ml GLASS of whole milk from cows CAN PROVIDE a 5-6-year-old child with: ≈ 48% of protein requirements, ≈ 9% of calories and key micro-nutrients.  Milk provides us adults with: calcium, magnesium, selenium, riboflavin, vitamin B12 and vitamin B5. 

May 2015 - Data on food availablity. 

Apr 2015 - One large egg (50gr) provides the daily requirements* of 27% selenium, 25% vitamin B12, 23% choline, 15% riboflavin, 13% protein, 11% phosphorus, 9% vitamin D.  * Based on approximate averages for adult male/female from 5 databases (Australia, Canada, China, EU, USA)

Apr 2015 - This infographic illustrates how soil is formed.

Dec 2014 - El conjunto de países del Sistema de Integración Centroamericana (SICA), los siete centroamericanos más República Dominicana, muestra un promedio de subalimentación (18%) sensiblemente superior al de América Latina y el Caribe (7.9%). En el caso de la desnutrición crónica, si bien se han dado avances, todos los países de la región ...more

Dec 2014 - Los Programas Especiales para la Seguridad Alimentaria (PESA) de Centroamérica fueron implementados durante 15 años por la FAO en conjunto con los ministerios de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación de los países y el apoyo decidido de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) que trascendió períodos de ...more

Oct 2014 - In the past two decades, child and maternal malnutrition has declined almost by half. Child undernutrition still imposes the greatest nutrition-related health burden at global level. 161 million children are stunted due to chronic malnutrition 99 million children are underweight 45% of child deaths are caused by child and maternal malnutrition Iron deficiency ANAEMIA ...more

Oct 2014 - Undernourishment or chronic hunger is the inability of persons to consume enough food sufficient to meet dietary energy requirements.