Policy documents
Nutrition and food systems - A report by The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
At its 42nd session in October 2015, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare a report on Nutrition and Food Systems, to be presented at CFS 44 in October 2017. This topic is highly relevant to the...
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Trainings, tools and databases
E- learning course: Trade, food security and nutrition
The relationship between trade and food security is attracting increased attention on both the trade and development agendas, with trade recognized as one of the means for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This course addresses the linkages between trade and food security, which...
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Trainings, tools and databases
Infographic: Sustainable forestry for food security and nutrition
Worldwide, 795 million people go hungry every day. This figure could be reduced, benefiting millions of people, through the wider adoption and implementation of sustainable forest management as a key component of integrated landscape management, resulting in better protected ecosystem services, more...
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The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition - Advancing knowledge. Supporting policy-making. Impacting lives.
This new publication presents the work of the FSN Forum, offering an overview of how Forum activities and its vast network of participants around the world help FAO to tackle the root causes of poverty and hunger and support countries, organizations and communities in their efforts to improve lives.
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http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7871e.pdf
Consultation
Agroecological approaches and other innovations for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition - HLPE e-consultation on the Report’s scope, proposed by the HLPE Steering Committee
During its 44th Plenary Session (9-13 October 2017), the CFS requested the HLPE to produce a report on “Agroecological approaches and other innovations for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition”, to be presented at CFS46 Plenary session in October 2019.
As part of its report elaboration process, the HLPE is launching an e-consultation to seek views and comments on the following scope and building blocks of the report, outlined below, as proposed by the HLPE Steering Committee.
Reports and briefs
Conceptualizing Drivers of Policy Change in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Security: The Kaleidoscope Model
The current emphasis in the development community on demonstrating policy impact requires a better understanding of national policymaking processes to recognize opportunities for, and limits to, generating policy change. Consequently, this paper introduces an applied framework, named the...
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Policy documents
HLPE Report - Sustainable forestry for food security and nutrition
This report is an evidence-based, comprehensive analysis of the diverse, direct and indirect, contributions of forests and trees to food security and nutrition. Chapter 1 examines the linkages between forests and food security and nutrition and proposes, for the purpose of this report, a conceptual...
Call for submissions
Call for good practices and lessons learned on food security and nutrition policy implementation in Europe and Central Asia region
FAO’s Project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia” (funded by the Russian Federation), in collaboration with the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition, is pleased to invite you to share best practices and lessons learned on food security and nutrition policy implementation in the region of Europe and Central Asia.
Summaries of consultations
How can value chains be shaped to improve nutrition?
In March 2017 the Working Group on Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains of the Rome-based Agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity International) launched the online consultation How can value chains be shaped to improve nutrition? The consultation was held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and...
Annual Eurasian Food Security Conference
The Annual Eurasian Food Security Conference will take place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on October 03-05, 2017. The Conference is organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security with support from the World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). The topic of the conference is "Catalyzing an Agriculture-Led Transformation for Food Security and Wealth Creation in Eurasia". The Conference is an excellent platform to discuss the current state of food and nutrition security in the region, identify new trends and actions to unleash the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the agriculture and food sectors in the greater Eurasia region. Bringing together public sector food policy experts, representatives of academia and civil society, the Conference provides a great opportunity to strengthen cooperation at local, regional and global levels.
The Conference sessions will cover the following topics:
- Priorities for policy research to improve food security and nutrition in Eurasia;
- Innovative interventions both by the government and private sector that helps boost food and nutrition security at the household and community level;
- The nexus of food security and natural resource management;
- Case studies on food security in Eurasia, etc.
Please visit the conference website for details: http://ecfs2017.org/?page_id=6&lang=en.
The registration is open until September 17, 2017.