Household food security and community nutrition
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| Households are food secure when they have year-round access to the amount and variety of safe foods their members need to lead active and healthy lives. At the household level, food security refers to the ability of the household to secure, either from its own production or through purchases, ... |
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| National policies and strategies
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| The work under "National policies and strategies" is intended to accelerate progress towards the goal of the WFS of 1996. The current status of this challenge is reminded to us by the Director General in his Foreword to The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2001:
"Progress has been made in ... |
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| Nutrition assessment
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| Valid assessment is the foundation on which effective interventions and programmes can be built to alleviate hunger and reduce the number of undernourished people. In 1996, the Director General urged "member countries to assign a high priority to the collection and provision of basic ... |
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| Nutrition Country Profiles
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| World-wide, there is growing interest in food and nutrition monitoring information systems. FAO's Nutrition Country Profiles offer a valuable tool for guiding and monitoring progress towards the achievement of food security and nutritional well being. The Nutrition Country Profiles (NCP) provide ... |
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| Nutrition information, communication and education
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| The Nutrition Information, Communication and Education Group has three main programme areas: nutrition advocacy and education in schools, nutrition education for the general public, and nutrition education and training. |
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| Nutritional requirements
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| Knowledge of human energy and nutrient requirements is essential for the complete assessment of food supplies and nutritional needs, enabling governments to monitor nutrition programmes, and to plan development activities in general. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ... |
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