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Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition
The FSN Forum is an online thematic network for knowledge and resources sharing in Food Security and Nutrition, focusing on policies and strategies. The Forum was launched in October 2007 in an effort to bridge the different communities working in FSN: academics, researchers, development practitioners, policy-makers and others.
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FAO Biotechnology Forum
The FAO Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture was established in March 2000 with the aim of providing quality balanced information on agricultural biotechnology in developing countries and to make a neutral platform available for people to exchange views and experiences on this subject
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AGRIS
AGRIS is the international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology, created in 1974, to facilitate information exchange and to bring together world literature dealing with all aspects of agriculture. AGRIS is a cooperative system in which participating countries input references to the literature produced within their boundaries and, in return, draw on the information provided by the other participants
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Codex Alimentarius
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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Compendium of Food Additive Specifications
Compendium of Food Additive Specifications
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ECOPORT
EcoPort empowers participants to harness the synergy of cooperation to reduce rural poverty
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FAOSTAT
FAOSTAT, the FAO statistical database, is an on-line multilingual database currently containing over 3 million time-series records from over 210 countries and territories covering agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry and food aid
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GeoNetwork
GeoNetwork provides Internet access to interactive maps, satellite imagery and related spatial databases. Its purpose is to improve access to and integrated use of spatial data and information
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GIEWS
To keep the world food supply/demand situation under continuous review, issue reports on the world food situation (See our Publications: Food Outlook, Food Crops and Shortages, etc.), and provide early warnings of impending food crises in individual countries
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International Alliance Against Hunger (IAAH)
The International Alliance Against Hunger was born as a voluntary partnership for combining the strengths of local, national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations, service and religious organizations, the private sector and concerned individuals with the common mission of working to eradicate hunger on our planet
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International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS)
Its goal was to stimulate and coordinate efforts to improve the quality and availability of food analysis data worldwide and to ensure that anyone anywhere would be able to obtain adequate and reliable food composition data
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International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health (IPFSAPH)
The International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health facilitates trade in food and agriculture products and supports the implementation of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement by providing a single access point for authorized official international and national information across the sectors of food safety, animal and plant health
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Microbiological risk assessment series (JEMRA)
In response to requests from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and FAO and WHO Member Countries and the increasing need for risk based scientific advice on microbiological food safety issues, JEMRA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment) aims to develop and optimise the utility of microbiological risk assessment (MRA) as a tool to inform actions and decisions aimed at improving food safety.
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Nutrition Country Profiles
The Nutrition Country Profiles are concise reviews describing the food and nutrition situation in individual countries, with background statistics on food-related factors such as agricultural production, as well as selected health, demographic and economic indicators
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Dairy Outlook List
The Dairy Outlook List is a network to facilitate the exchange of information on developments in the world's dairy industry between list members
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FAO BiotechNews
News and event items relevant to applications of biotechnology in the crop, forestry, animal, fishery and agro-industrial sectors of developing countries, focusing mainly on the activities of FAO, other UN agencies/bodies and the 15 CGIAR research centres, in addition to a few major non-UN inter-governmental organisations (OECD, UPOV, OIE), are welcome
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Food Safety and Quality Update newsletter
Food Safety and Quality Update is the newsletter from FAO's Food Quality and Standards Service aimed at keeping you up-to-date with the activities of the service and informing you of new areas of development
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School Milk List
The School Milk List is a network to facilitate the exchange of information on developments relating to school milk programmes
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