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NEWSLETTER N. 1 |
17th December 2007 |
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From the FSN Forum team Before we here at the FSN
Forum go on our respective holiday break, we would like to take this
opportunity to thank all members and facilitators for their great
participation in the past 2 months. Within such a short period of time
we have grossed to a total of 515 members, discussed 4 topics, contributed
262 papers, over 30 useful web-links, and shared 25 news/events. The purpose of this
newsletter is to act as a reference point for all knowledge and resources
exchanged on the FSN Forum so far. Have a look to see what you might
have missed within the Forum in the past 2 months. We shall continue
updating you with newsletters bi-monthly. We look forward to meet
again in the New Year in hope that together we will make the Forum an
efficient tool for knowledge sharing in FSN, bridge different communities and
actively contribute to FSN security. Warmest season�s
greetings, The FSN Forum Team Huyen Tran, moderator Dominica
Navarro-Ros, editor and translator Selena
Afilani, volunteer Robert
Huffaker, volunteer |
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1. We would also like to thank those who
completed the survey, which will be open to collect feedbacks until January
2008. We invite others to submit feedbacks and suggestions before the
cut-off date of 8th of January 2008.
We will publicly display the plan for 2008 based on the results of this
survey at the end of January for your comments. The results so far of the
survey are available at http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Results__of_the_first_survey.doc
2. Many members have introduced themselves
in the FSN Caf� on the Web-based forum. Here is a document compiling all the
self-introduction messages http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/FSN_cafe_Introductions.doc 3. Summaries, suggestions, e-discussions and
all comments made during the survey are available at http://km.fao.org/fsn/resources/discussion_proceedingssummaries.html 4. Starting from January the plan of
activities for 2008 based on the survey evaluation will be available for all
members to enable any comments. 5. The Forum is closed for winter holidays
until 6th January 2008.
The Web-based forum is open 24/7,
however. During its first two months, the
FSN Forum has hosted the following discussions: 1.
Drawing Lessons from Food Security dnd Nutrition
Research, Analysis dnd Information for Improved Decision Making and Response. This discussion was facilitated by Mr. Mark
Smulders, coordinator of the FAO-FIVIMS Programme. Topic Introduction:
http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Drawing_lessons_from_FSN_research___analysis_full_topic.doc
Discussion proceedings:� http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/FIRST_DISCUSSION_PROCEEDINGS_FSN_FORUM.doc Discussion summary: http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Final_summary_16Oct-16Nov_drawing_lessons_FSN_info.doc 2.
Emerging Topics For The 2nd
International Conference On Poverty, Food And Health, In Lisbon, November 2007. This discussion was
proposed by Ms Sofia Guiomar, from the Institute of Preventive Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. Topic Introduction: http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/The_Institute_of_Preventive_Medicine.doc
Discussion proceedings: http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/summary_topics_for_PFH_2007_conference.doc Discussion summary: http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/summary_topics_for_PFH_2007_conference.doc 3.
Topics on Which Research Is Most Needed. This discussion was facilitated by Mr Andrew
McMillan, former FAO's Director of Field Operations. Topic Introduction:
http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Topics_on_which_research_is_needed.doc
Discussion proceedings: http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/PROCEEDINGS_-_Topics_in_Which_Research_is_Needed.doc;
Discussion summary:
http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/final_summary_topics_on_which_research_is_needed_2.doc 4.
Nutrition Education - Essential But Often Neglected. This discussion was facilitated by Ms Ellen Muehlhoff,
Senior Officer, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, FAO. Topic Introduction: http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Nutrition_education.doc
Discussion proceedings: http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/PROCEEDINGS_-_Nutrition_education_2.doc
Discussion summary: http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Summary_on_Nutrition_Education_2.doc
Note: French and Spanish versions of the Summaries
are also available on the FSN Forum website http://km.fao.org/fsn/resources/discussion_proceedingssummaries.html
22 News and Events have been shared in the FSN
Forum since 16 October 2007 and
are available at http://km.fao.org/fsn/fsn_home.html?no_cache=1 Featured News include: New E-learning Course on Livelihoods
Assessment & Analysis Launch of The State of Food and Agriculture
2007 FAO annual report (SOFA 2007) Latest Electronic Journal of Agricultural and
Development Economics issue Offer of publications - Agricultural
Marketing Group of FAO Urban Agriculture Distance
Learning Courses Food Security Information for Action
Programme Newsletter
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October 2007 New resources contributed by topic Crisis and Food Security "Emergency Food Security��
Assessment Handbook First Edition, WFP http://www.wfp.org/operations/emergency_needs/EFSA_section1.pdf Livelihood Characterisation of
South Sudan: The use of physiographic and agro-climatic layers Food Security and Poverty Global case study livestock
rearing for Health and Economics http://topics.developmentgateway.org/population/rc/ItemDetail.do~1077756 Action Plan 2007 Brief -
Regional Initiative Hunger-Free Latina America and the Caribbean http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Action%20Plan%202007%20ALCSH%20eng.pdf Pobreza e Inseguridad
Alimentaria en pa�ses sin salida al mar en Am�rica Latina y el Caribe: los
casos de Bolivia y Paraguay http://www.rlc.fao.org/prior/segalim/pdf/mediter.pdf Politics and Poverty Reduction
Strategies: Lessons from Latin American HIPCs http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/working_papers/wp262.pdf Poverty, hunger and food
security in Central America and Panama http://www.unicef.org/lac/Pobreza_hambre_y_seg_alim_CA_Panama_ing.pdf Food Security and Agriculture From Agriculture to Nutrition.
Pathways, Synergies and Outcomes http://www.donorplatform.org/content/view/129/117/\ Confronting Agrarian Crisis:
Historical Food Insecurity, the Indian State, and the Green Revolution http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Agrarian%20crissis%20%20Arena.doc MARS-Food Internet Site http://agrifish.jrc.it/marsfood/Default.htm Food Security and Livelihoods Importance of Veterinary
profession for Economic growth and Health http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Importance%20of%20Veterinary.doc Food Security and Rural Development Complementarities between CCTs
and Food Security Programs Alleviating Rural Poverty
through Low-cost and Biological Approaches of Crop Production and Innovative
Market System http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Alleviating%20Rural%20Poverty%20through%20Low.doc Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment/analysis A Comparison of Surveys for Food
Insecurity http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cnstat/Comparison_of_Surveys_for_Food_Insecurity_Paper.pdf Development of a Universally
Applicable Household Food Insecurity Measurement Tool: Process, Current
Status and Outstanding Issues http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/136/5/1449S Is Dietary Diversity an
Indicator of Food Security or Dietary Quality? http://www.ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcndp140.pdf On the Arbitrariness and
Robustness of Multi-Dimensional Poverty Rankings Food variety - a good indicator
of nutritional adequacy of the diet http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v52/n12/pdf/1600662a.pdf An Adapted Version of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Food Insecurity http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/134/8/1923 Measuring Living Standards with
Proxy Variables http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/wp/129.pdf The Concept and Definition of
Hunger and Its Relationship to Food Security http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cnstat/Concept_and_Definition_of_Hunger_Paper.pdf http://www.ifpri.org/2020/dp/vp43.asp The measurement of multidimensional
poverty Commonalities in the Experience
of Household Food Insecurity across Cultures: What Are Measures Missing? Comparison of a Qualitative and
a Quantitative Approach to Developing a Household Food Insecurity Scale for
Bangladesh Composite Indices of Human
Well-Being: Past, Present, and Future The transformation of hunger: the
demand for calories past and present Household Food Insecurity and
Food Expenditure in Bolivia, Burkina Faso and the Philippines "Emergency Food Security��
Assessment Handbook First Edition, WFP Measuring Living Standards with
Proxy Variables An Adapted Version of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Food Insecurity Development and Validation of an
Experience-based Tool to Directly On the Arbitrariness and
Robustness of Multi-Dimentional Poverty Rankings Is Dietary Diversity an
Indicator of Food Security or Dietary Quality? Development of a Universally
Applicable Household Food Insecurity Measurement Tool: Process, Current
Status and Outstanding Issues http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/136/5/1449S A Comparison of Surveys for Food
Insecurity http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cnstat/Comparison_of_Surveys_for_Food_Insecurity_Paper.pdf Household Food Insecurity Access
Scale (HFIAS) for Measurement of Food Access: Indicator Guide VERSION 3 http://www.fantaproject.org/downloads/pdfs/HFIAS_v3_Aug07.pdf Conceptualization and
Instrumentation of Food Insecurity Choosing Outcome Indicators of
Household Food Security http://www.ifpri.org/themes/mp18/techguid/tg07.pdf Dietary Diversity as a Food
Security Indicator http://www.ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcndp136.pdf Household food security Dietary Diversity as a Food Security
Indicator http://www.ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcndp136.pdf Choosing Outcome Indicators of
Household Food Security http://www.ifpri.org/themes/mp18/techguid/tg07.pdf Conceptualization and
Instrumentation of Food Insecurity Household Food Insecurity Access
Scale (HFIAS) for Measurement of Food Access: Indicator Guide VERSION 3 http://www.fantaproject.org/downloads/pdfs/HFIAS_v3_Aug07.pdf Development and Validation of an
Experience-based Tool to Directly http://www.fantaproject.org/downloads/pdfs/Burkina_Faso_Nov2004.pdf Food Security � Other Topics The Economics of Hunger in Latin
America Regional Initiative Hunger-Free
Latina America and the Caribbean brochure http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/ALCSH%20brochure%20eng.pdf Literature review on Policy
Assistance Nutrition - Policies and Strategies Malnutrition to be resolved by
policy makers, not by medical care only http://topics.developmentgateway.org/population/rc/ItemDetail.do~1113622?itemId=1113622 Nutrition assessment/analysis The Transformation of Hunger:
the Demand for Calories Past and Present http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/trevon/TransHung_06-22-07.pdf The Malnutrition Index Based
Agriculture for Health and Economic Growth http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Malnutrition%20based%20agriculture.doc Nutrition � Other topics Nutrition Information and Formal
Schooling as Inputs to Child Nutrition http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Schooling_Child%20Nutrition.pdf The potential impact of reducing
global malnutrition on poverty reduction and economic development http://hec.server101.com/APJCN/Volume14/vol14supp/fullArticles/Hunt.pdf Nutrition bulletin Oct 2007-
Helen Keller International, Cambodia Right to Food National studies on the
implementation of the Right to Food in 7 countries in Latin America & the
Caribbean http://www.rlc.fao.org/iniciativa/infda.htm Capacity Development (Training materials,
information...) Food Security and Nutrition
Training leaflet http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Training_InfoLeaflet(ver4).pdf � |
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