Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Trainings, tools and databases

Trainings, tools and databases

Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems in practice

This publication provides a list of food system-based intervention options to improve nutrition and a set concrete entry points for maximizing the impact of each intervention. Developed through leveraging different expertise in FAO, it is a key resource to assist professionals involved in different...

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FAO Policy Portal

FAO is committed to strengthening its engagement and impact at policy level in order to meet the challenges presented by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and within our own strategic framework. The FAO policy portal provides a gateway to FAO policy and governance work on the many critical...

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FAPDA - Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis

FAPDA (Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis) is led by the FAO’s Agricultural Development Economics Division, in collaboration with FAO Regional and Subregional Offices. The FAPDA web-based tool is one of the major components of FAPDA activities. The tool was developed so as to provide an...

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FAO/INFOODS food composition database for pulses

The FAO/INFOODS Global food composition database for pulses (uPulses) provides nutrient values for pulses, a subgroup of legumes that includes dry edible seeds with low fat content. The majority of data are analytical data complemented by data from other published sources covering data on proximates...

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Understanding the Codex Alimentarius

The Codex Alimentarius is a collection of international food standards that have been adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Such standards cover all the main foods and also material used in the further processing of food. Codex provisions concern the hygienic and nutritional; quality of food...

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