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The Coordinating Unit will need to make an inventory of governmental and non-governmental institutions (including universities) likely to provide information and support to the incorporation of nutritional concerns into NFP formulation and to the implementation of its recommendations. This will vary from one country to the other and the following list can only provide indications.
Government Institutions:
- Ministry/Department of Agriculture
- Ministry/Department of Forestry
- Ministry/Department of Rural Development
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Education
Local NGOs
- Universities/ research centres
- NGOs active in rural development (including religious organizations)
- NGOs providing health services
- Natural Resource Management NGOs
United Nations Agencies
- FAO Community Forestry Unit
Food Policy and Nutrition Division
- UNDP Sustainable Development Network
304 E 45th Street
New York, NY 10017 USA
- UNESCO Trees for Life Collaborative Programme
1, rue Miollis
75015 Paris, France
- UNICEF Environment Section
UNICEF House
3 UN Plaza New York, NY 10017 USA
International Governmental and Nongovernmental Organizations
- Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Dévelopment en Cooperation (ORSTOM)
213, rue la Fayette
75480 Paris Cedex 10 France
ORSTOM assists developing countries through research in nutrition and the social sciences among other things. |
- International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
ICRAF House, Limuru Road
Gigiri
PO Box 30677
Nairobi, Kenya
Through research and training ICRAF aims to increase the social, economic and nutritional status of peoples in developing countries. |
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Food Consumption and Nutrition Division
1200 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009 USA
IFPRI's activities include research on the effect of deforestation on nutritional status of children. |
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
The Sustainable Agriculture Programme
3 Endsleigh Street
London WClH ODD UK
This program emphasizes the refinement and application of participatory appraisal methods in the support of environmentally aware agriculture. |
- International Rural Development Centre (IRDC)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Box 7005
S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
IRDC publishes an FTP information letter rural development studies as well as working document'; |
- International Science and Technology Institute
Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring Project (IMPACT)
1129 20th Street, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-3434 USA
The IMPACT project provides funding to activities related to local use of forest resources such as the project on forest use of remote forest groups in Ecuador |
- International Social Science Council (ISSC)
1, rue Miollis
75015 Paris, France
ISSC promotes research in social science with application to major problems in the world. ISSC has a standing committee on Human Dimension of Global Environmental Change. |
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Regent's College
Inner Circle
Regent's Park
London NW1
4NS England
ODI researchers different issues in agricultural development. |
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
1709 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006 USA
An aim of WRI is to help societies meet human needs without destroying natural resources and environmental integrity. One policy research project, in biological resources and institution, includes a focus on forest policy and strategies for sustainable management. |
