NEWSLETTER N. 2
6th March 2008
From the FSN Forum team

Two months have passed since our first newsletter in December 2007. Today, four months after its launch, our Forum has surpassed 600 members, discussed 8 topics, pooled over 300 resource papers and 35 useful web-links and shared 46 news and events.

The plan proposing new activities for 2008 will be finalized shortly with comments from Forum members. We have been carrying out two newly proposed activities, namely establishing the Forum’s Editorial Board and producing Forum briefs. Eight members have volunteered to take part in the Editorial Board and we are looking forward to receiving more expressions of interest.

With great support from the Editorial Board and contributors to the discussion “Nutrition Education – Important but often neglected”, the first Forum brief on Nutrition Education is being produced. A draft can be found online at: http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/FSN_NE_brief1.pdf

Please receive our sincere thanks for your great participation and support so far.

Warmest regards,

The FSN Forum Team

Kostas Stamoulis, coordinator
Huyen Tran, moderator
Dominica Navarro-Ros, assistant moderator
Christian Ciamarra, volunteer

In this issue:

Forum activities | Featured news and events | New Resources Contributed

Forum Activities

During the last two months, the FSN Forum has hosted the following discussions:

On-going Discussion

Measuring household FSN, with a focus on HIV/AIDS affected households. The discussion was raised by Filippo di Bari, Public Health Nutritionist at Valid International, UK, and facilitated by Amelie Solal-Celigny, Nutrition Consultant at FAO, Rome. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
Topic Introduction
Discussion Proceedings

Closed Discussions

The Way Forward for Small Holder Farmers. This discussion was raised and facilitated by OP Rupela, Principal Scientist (Microbiology) & Coordinator, Learning Systems Unit, ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute from the Semi-Arid Tropics), India, and Subhash Mehta, Devarao Shivaram Trust, Bangalore, India. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
Topic Introduction
Discussion Proceedings
Discussion Summary

Agricultural Biodiversity and FSN. This discussion was raised and facilitated by Luigi Guarino, from the Global Crop Diversity Trust/FAO, Rome. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
Topic Introduction
Discussion Proceedings
Discussion Summary


Note: French and Spanish versions of the summaries will be available soon on the FSN Forum website: http://km.fao.org/fsn/resources/discussion_proceedingssummaries.html

Featured news and events

18 News and Events have been shared in the FSN Forum since 07 January 2008 and are available at:
http://km.fao.org/fsn/news_events0/news.html

Featured News include:

Food Security Information for Action Programme Newsletter (Jan 08)

New webpage: National Reports on Economic Policies for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction

World food Situation portal launched

Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030

Call for papers for the International Year of the Potato

New Resources Contributed by Topic

Crisis and Food Security

Southern Africa Food Security Update

Guatemala Food Security Update

Food Prices and Food Security in Trinidad and Tobago

Food Security - Other Topics

What can 50% of the world's population do when MNCs supported by heads of states make policies which work against the interest and needs of small farm holders - An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton
African Agriculture and The World Bank: Development or Impoverishment?

Nutrition Impact on Food Security Programme

Discussion Proceedings: Indicators Bridging Food Security and Nutrition

Food Security - Policies and Strategies

A Proposed Strategy for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Uzbekistan – Country Study # 12

Agricultural Policy Impact Analysis with Multi-Market Models: A Primer

Food Security and Agriculture

Evaluation of Crop Production Systems Based on Locally Available Biological Inputs

A new index to assess soil quality and sustainability of wheat-based cropping systems

Lessons from Nonchemical Input Treatments Based on Scientific and Traditional Knowledge in a Long-term Experiment

Comparing Conventional and Organic Farming Crop Production Systems: Inputs, Minimal Treatments and Data Needs

Is High Yield Possible With Biological Approaches?

Frequently asked questions on “Farmers’ Producer Company (PC)” an Institutional PC concept

Producer Company (PC)/Institutional PC of, for and by the Farmers

An Assessment of the Impact of Higher Yields for Maize, Soybean and Cassava in Indonesia:
A Multi-Market Model Approach

Organic farming: the Experience of India

The Future of Small Farms: Proceedings of a Research Workshop

Food Security and Livelihoods

FEWS NET’s Approach to Livelihoods-Based Food Security Analysis

Food Security and Rural Development

The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming

Moving Forward, Looking Back: The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Assets, Consumption, and Credit Constraints in the Rural Philippines

Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment/Analysis

Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM): Food Security and Market Monitoring Report

Understanding the Dynamics of Food Insecurity and Vulnerability in Orissa, India

Food Security/Gender

Agency, Education and Networks : Gender and International Migration from Albania

HIV/AIDS and FSN

HIV/AIDS impact on Food Security - One Page Concepts

HIV/AIDS and Food Security-W Africa

HIV/AIDS and Food Security: Kenya and Zambia

Household Food Security

International Workshop: Simple Tools For Measuring Household Access To Food And Dietary Diversity

Nutrition: Other Topics

Improving nutritional status through behavioural change: Lessons from Madagascar

Linking human nutrition and fisheries: Incorporating micronutrient-dense, small indigenous fish species in carp polyculture production in Bangladesh

Essays On Food, Hunger & Nutrition, Primary Health Care And Development By Claudio Schuftan

Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies: Alternative Interventions and Technologies

Nutritional Quality of Organic Versus Conventional Fruits, Vegetables and Grains

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