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Improving food safety and quality along the chain to protect public health, support fair food trade and contribute to food security and economic development
Ensuring food safety is a public health priority, and an essential step to achieving food security. Effective food safety and quality management systems are key not only to safeguarding the health and well-being of people but also to fostering economic development and improving livelihoods by...
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FSN Forum seminar on “Street Food. Culture, Economy, Health and Governance”
The FSN Forum hosted a presentation of the book “Street Food. Culture, Economy, Health and Governance” in FAO, 9 December 2014. This book provides a comprehensive perspective on street food, on its immense cultural diversity and economic significance both in developing and developed countries. Stefano Marras, editor of the publication, presented an overview of the research hereby included and gave a snapshot on street food issues and challenges across Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Please find an interview with Stefano Marras by Max Blanck of the FSN Forum.
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La Contribución de los Insectos a la Seguridad Alimentaria, los Medios de Vida y el Medio Ambiente
La entomofagia es el consumo de insectos por los seres humanos. La entomofagia se practica en muchos países de todo el mundo, pero principalmente en regiones de Asia, África y América Latina. La ingesta de insectos complementa la dieta de aproximadamente 2.000 millones de personas, y se trata de un...
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Meat Atlas - Facts and figures about the animals we eat
This publication sheds light on the impacts of meat and dairy production, and aims to catalyse the debate over the need for better, safer and more sustainable food and farming.
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Carbon incentive for physical activity: Conceptualizing clean development mechanism for food energy
The basic fact is that intense practitioners of yoga consume food only once a day while moderate practitioners of yoga consume food twice a day. With the normal consumption being around three times on a given day, the economic benefit or the reduction in food consumption due to yoga practice is two...
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Formación, herramientas y bases de datos
Investigating the role of bats in emerging zoonoses
With over 1,150 bat species worldwide – representing about twenty percent of the biodiversity of all mammalian species – they carry out important ecological and agricultural functions such pollination and dispersion of seeds. And while many tropical plant species depend entirely on bats for the...
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Showing the Impact of Food Assistance and Nutrition Support in HIV Care
Harvard Medical School, Partners In Health and the World Food Programme invite you to attend “Showing the Impact of Food Assistance and Nutrition Support in HIV Care” to be held at AIDS 2012 on 23/07/2012 (07:00am to 08:30am in Mini Room 5). Speakers include Rwanda’s Minister of Health and members from Partners In Health, USAID TRAction, the World Food Programme, Tufts University, and George Washington University.
Learn more/register at: http://hiv2012.eventbrite.com
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Guía de nutrición de la familia
La Guía de nutrición de la familia es una publicación que puede ayudar en este proceso educativo. Proporciona una síntesis actualizada de la información en nutrición relevante y da muchas sugerencias de cómo compartir esta información cuando se trabaja con grupos de personas. El propósito general de...
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Vincular agricultura, sistemas alimentarios y nutrición: ¿cuál es su punto de vista?
Los sistemas agrícolas y alimentarios se enfrentan al reto de satisfacer la creciente demanda de más alimentos de mayor calidad, pero de una manera sostenible y equitativa que satisfaga las necesidades y preferencias nutricionales de los consumidores. ¿Cómo podemos avanzar para asegurarnos que la agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios están a la altura de esta misión?