Access to seed of locally adapted crops - both landraces and improved varieties - is crucial for farmers to maintain and increase the productivity of basic food crops. Access is defined by three dimensions: physical...

This is a short report of a 'safari' held in conjunction with the International Congress of Nutrition in September 2005, in Futululu, St. Lucia, South Africa. Participants were several members of the International Union of...

This study has its origin in discussions about the analysis and practice of food security in protracted conflicts (de Waal, 1997; Flores, Khwaja and White, 2005; Seddon and Adhikari, 2003). Research in this field has...

One primary use of EWS information is to produce national cereal balance sheets that include an estimate of aggregate food aid requirements. Some EWS are also involved in geographic targeting of food-insecure zones or conducting...

Since February 2004, FAO, through the Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) Somalia, has been developing the Integrated Food Security and Humanitarian Phase Classification (IPC) - a tool for improving analysis and decision making in emergency...

The widely accepted World Food Summit (1996) definition reinforces the multidimensional nature of food security and includes food access, availability, food use and stability. It has enabled policy responses focused on the promotion and recovery...

Humanitarian reform is an issue at the centre of the UN policy agenda; Donors and international agencies are working together to improve the predictability, timeliness and effectiveness of humanitarian response through a range of measures...

This study addresses issues central to the mandate of the Global Donor Platform, drawing on experiences from across the developing world and from a variety of donors in attempting to harmonize their efforts through providing...