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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBiodiversity in Action — #3 2023
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No results found.The loss and erosion of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the Europe and Central Asia region pose a substantial and increasing threat to the availability of and access to healthy, nutritious and diverse diets, particularly among vulnerable and marginalised populations. Being a source of variety in essential foods, nutrients, vitamins, minerals and medicines, biodiversity is a determinant of food security and a sustainable diet. The third issue of Biodiversity in Action illustrates why the health of humans and the environment requires biodiversity and how all dimensions of food security depend on it, highlighting the risks for nutrition and health and the benefits for food and nutritional security. The significant role that rural women play in the nutrition and safeguarding the biodiversity for food and agriculture, the potential of traditional and underutilised species for food security, and the nexus of nutrition, seeds and emergencies are referenced. Finally, the brochure reflects on how the FAO helps Member Nations in the Europe and Central Asia region address food insecurity, reduce all forms of malnutrition and transform agrifood systems to become more inclusive and provide for the sustainable use and protection of biodiversity, promoting nutrition-sensitive value chains and healthy diets while facilitating the One Health approach. -
Book (stand-alone)Improving diets and nutrition: food-based approaches 2014
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No results found.The International Symposium on Food and Nutrition Security: Food-based Approaches for Improving Diets and Raising Levels of Nutrition was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to better document the contribution that food and agriculture can make to improving nutrition. These proceedings are a useful resource for decision and policy makers, programme planners and implementers, and health workers, all of which work to combat hunger and malnutrition . Likewise, they will have appeal for professionals in the field of food security, nutrition, public health, horticulture, agronomy, animal science, food marketing, information, education, communication, food technology and development. They are also designed as a useful complementary source for graduate and postgraduate courses on: public health; human nutrition (including education and communication courses); community nutrition; international nutrition; food and nutrition security policies, i nterventions and programmes; nutrition considerations in agricultural research; and the integration of nutrition into food and agriculture. The publication benefits from the contributions of world-renowned international experts as well as FAO’s Departments and Divisions on the linkages between nutrition and agriculture and on nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food-based approaches. Sadly, Professor Michael Latham, who was one of the founders of the field of international nutrition that deals w ith the nutrition problems of developing countries, and one of the promoters of food-based approaches, died about 4 months after the symposium took place; his contribution to this publication,being one of his last works, is a fitting tribute to his memory. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetHow can value chains be shaped to improve nutrition? 2017This document summarizes the online consultation How can value chains be shaped to improve nutrition? which was held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 27 March to 19 April 2017. The consultation was facilitated by the Working Group on Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains of the Rome-based Agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity International). The aim of the consultation was to identify challenges and opportunities related to nutrition-sensitive value chain (NS VC) development. Participants discussed their experiences related to past or ongoing NSVC experiences on the ground, and were also invited to comment on the discussion paper “Inclusive value chains for sustainable agriculture and scaled up food security and nutrition outcomes” by the Working Group on Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains of the Rome-based Agencies. Over the three weeks of discussion, participants from 25 countries shared 52 contributions.
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