Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)

FAO's Approach to Nutrition-sensitive Agricultural Development

Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT

The combined effects of prolonged underinvestment in nutrition and in food and agriculture, together with the recent price instability and the economic downturn and exacerbated by the steady increase in the frequency and severity of natural disasters have led to increased hunger and poverty in developing countries, jeopardizing the progress [...]

Maximizing the contribution of fish to human nutrition

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, David James, Jogeir Toppe, Rohana Subasinghe,Iddya Karunasagar

Hunger and malnutrition are the world’s most devastating problems and are inextricably linked to poverty. A total of 842 million people in 2011-13, or around one in eight people in the world, were estimated to be suffering from chronic hunger, regularly [...]

Nutritional Deficiencies as Driver for Agriculture Value Chain Development: Lessons from the Field

Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Paul Sommers

The search for effective ways to link agricultural resources to resolve nutritional problems has been an on and off challenge for more than 4 decades. Despite the impressive surge in effort over the past few years the fact remains genuine integration at all levels is very challenging. Why? If [...]

Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean to mainstreaming nutrition into agriculture

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Diego Arias Carballo and Barbara Coello

With a population of 590 million, food security is an important challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. Although the average prevalence of undernutrition in the region has decreased during the last decade, the rate of reduction is unequally distributed across countries and [...]

Linking Nutrition and Agrobiodiversity

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Gudrun B. Keding and Bruce Cogill

It is already known that a lack of diversity is a crucial issue, particularly in the developing world where diets consist of starchy staples to a great extent with less nutrient-rich foods such as animal source food, fruits and vegetables being available, accessible or known [...]

New Business Models to Help Eliminate Food and Nutrition Insecurity: Roadmap for Exploration

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT

J.B. Cordaro

This paper will explore the hypothesis that food manufacturers can deliver nutrition solutions to help eliminate global food and nutrition insecurity. The hypothesis will be tested by examining three interrelated aspects of the food and nutrition insecurity problem: (1) the statistics and grim consequences of hunger and malnutrition; (2) [...]

Linking Agricultural Production Practices to Improving Human Nutrition and Health

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Ross M. Welch, Robin D. Graham, Ismail Cakmak

Dysfunctional food systems, never designed to improve human nutrition and health, are the basis of malnutrition in many poverty stricken human populations. Notably, all food systems are dependent on agricultural systems as the primary source of nutrients entering food systems. Thus, agricultural systems [...]

Impact Pathways from Agricultural Research to Improved Nutrition and Health: Literature Analysis and Research Priorities

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Patrick Webb

Investment in agriculture is widely seen as “a critically important opportunity for reducing malnutrition.” (Herforth et al. 2012) There have been repeated calls for the international community to place a higher priority on “unleashing” (IFPRI 2012), “leveraging” (Pell at al. 2011), “reshaping” (Fan and Pandya-Lorch 2012), or “realizing” (IFAD [...]

Monitoring and Evaluating the Food Security and Nutrition Effects of Agricultural Projects

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

F. James Levinson, Anna Herforth

The monitoring and evaluation of agricultural projects for their impact on household food insecurity and nutrition is important given the paucity of data documenting successes and failures in such projects, and because possible adverse effects in such projects need to be identified and addressed rapidly. Recognizing, [...]

Vitamin A: Moving the food-based approach forward

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:00:00 GMT

Ted Greiner

Food-based approaches to combating vitamin A deficiency continue to be largely ignored by governments and donors. This may be partly because the way of viewing them has largely been informed by the community which supports supplementation. Food-based approaches may be perceived as competitive or distracting and are thus slandered, [...]

Enhancing the role of smallholder farmers in achieving sustainable food and nutrition security

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Bader Mahaman Dioula, Hélène Deret, Julien Morel, Etienne du Vachat, Victor Kiaya

One of the agricultural pathways towards sustainable food and nutrition security is through local production of nutritious food, activity in which smallholder farmers play a crucial role. As food consumers, all rural and urban people in developing countries count [...]

Biofortification: Evidence and lessons learned linking agriculture and nutrition

Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Howarth Bouis, Jan Low, Margaret McEwan, Sherry Tanumihardjo

Biofortification, the process of breeding nutrients into food crops, provides a comparatively cost-effective, sustainable, and long-term means of delivering more micronutrients. The biofortification strategy seeks to put the micronutrient-dense trait in those varieties that already have preferred agronomic and consumption traits, such as [...]

Building Effective Nutrition Policy on Demands Strong Scientific Base

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Chunming Chen, Pat Crawford, Omar Dary, Adam Drewnowski, Hanifa Namusoke, Barbara Schneeman, Marilyn Towsend

Science is critically important as the basic driver for the process of nutrition policy-making. The current global nutrition focus is on the dual burden of malnutrition, which includes hunger and malnutrition as well as obesity and non-communicable [...]

Participatory, Agroecological and Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Improved Nutrition: A Case Study in Malawi

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

R. Bezner Kerr, L. Shumba, L. Dakishoni, E. Lupafya, P.R. Berti, L. Classen, S.S. Snapp, M. Katundu

This paper examines a participatory agriculture and nutrition program in northern Malawi that successfully improved child growth, crop diversity, food security through innovative educational strategies and sustainable agriculture. Malawi is a relevant case study, [...]

An analysis of the food system landscape and agricultural value chains for nutrition: A case study from Sierra Leone

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Joyce Njoro

One of the greatest challenges in development is to ensure that all people have access to sufficient and quality food to ensure food and nutrition security. The global agriculture system is the main driver to address this challenge. The global agricultural system is producing enough food, in aggregate, but [...]

Designing Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Activities

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Ladd

Agriculture and nutrition are linked at all stages of the food value chain, from production to markets to final usage by the food consumer. However, agricultural value chain programs and nutrition programs have different goals. The former aims to raise incomes through increased production, improved quality, improved storage and greater [...]

New French Nutritional Recommendations for fatty acids

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Philippe Legrand

The French Food Safety Agency (ANSES) recently published the adult French population reference intakes ‘Apports Nutritionnels Conseillés’ (ANC) for fatty acids. This paper describes the thinking behind the 2010 update of the recommendations for fatty acid intakes for the French population. It presents the recommendations and highlights some of [...]

The role of forests, trees and wild biodiversity for nutrition-sensitive food systems and landscapes

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Bronwen Powell, Amy Ickowitz, Stepha McMullin, Ramni Jamnadass, Christine Padoch, Miguel Pinedo, Vasquez, Terry Sunderland

Many contend that in order to overcome the world’s nutrition problems, nutrition must become a crosscutting issue, with concrete commitment and attention from a wide range of disciplines. From this assertion has grown the promotion of [...]

Prevalence of Obesity: A Public Health Problem Poorly Understood

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMT

Theresa A. Nicklas, Carol E. O’Neil

This review article discusses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) in support of a total diet approach to achieving diet and health goals, especially as they relate to the obesity epidemic. However, some scientists and organizations have identified one food, food group, or nutrient as [...]