UOC/FAO University Specialization in Impact Assessment
The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya's (UOC) Department of Food Systems, Culture and Society and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are partnering to offer a fully accredited, online certificate entitled: “Assessing Impact of Development Programmes on Food Security” starting 24 October 2012. This 4 month joint online UOC/FAO Specialization provides a comprehensive understanding and guidance for assessing the impact of development programmes on food security.
Courses run from 24 October 2012 to 24 February 2013
Certificate fee € 1,100
To register or for more information, please contact UOC directly by phone +34 93 165 42 43 or by email: [email protected] or [email protected]
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Indonesia’s Modern Food Retail Sector: Interaction With Changing Food Consumption and Trade Patterns
Indonesia’s food market has changed in response to a changing and growing economy. The report examines changes in the food consumption pattern and measures the growth of modern food retail chains, packaged food purchases, and food imports in the world’s fourth-most-populous country. The evidence...
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FAO at Rio +20
FAO at the Rio+20 conference from 13 to 22 June will participate in over 30 events that range from food security, agriculture, fisheries, forestry to nutrition, energy and water among many other crosscutting subjects that are essential when discussing sustainable development issues. Food security and good natural resource management must go hand in hand if we want to eradicate hunger and poverty to achieve the Rio vision of sustainable development.
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HLPE Consultation on Land Tenure and International Investments in Agriculture
The HLPE of the CFS has also received the mandate to undertake analysis and formulate policy recommendations on land tenure and international investments in agriculture and seeks you feedback on the scope of the analysis. Have important elements been omitted? Should any of the elements be left out?
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Women in agriculture and food security: How can we turn rhetoric into reality?
Women make significant contributions to the rural economy in developing countries, however their yields are on average around 20-30 percent lower than men’s. According to the latest SOFA Report, these women frequently lack the resources and opportunities to make the most productive use of their time. What are the obstacles that women face, and most importantly what are the policies, programs and projects that can unleash their potential to boost food security and to take part in economic and social development?
التدريب والأدوات وقواعد البيانات
دليل الأسرة التغذوي
نحن بحاجة لأن نأكل جيدا كي نحافظ على حياة صحية ونشيطة، ويعرف معظم الناس أن الإنسان بحاجة إلى إستهلاك الغذاء لتأمين قدرته على مزاولة عمله ونشاطاته ومع ذلك فلا يمتلك الجميع فكرة واضحة عن ماذا يعني أن نأكل جيداً، وكيف نحقق ذلك بموارد محدودة. إن مشكلة الحصول على غذاء جيد عندما تكون الموارد محدودة لهي...
التدريب والأدوات وقواعد البيانات
The urban producer's resource book
A practical guide for working with Low Income Urban and Peri-Urban Producers Organizations The manual is the product of collaboration between FAO, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and several other partners. This collaboration was formally initiated in 1993 when a group of...
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Social protection for food security: setting the track for the High Level Panel of Experts
On behalf of the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) we aim at collecting feedback on the HLPE’s study on Social Protection in the context of Food and Nutrition Security and on how to decrease vulnerability through social and productive safety nets, assessing possible solutions and reviewing existing practices.
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Climate‐responsive Social Protection
In the years ahead, development efforts aiming at reducing vulnerability will increasingly have to factor in climate change, and social protection is no exception. This paper sets out the case for climate‐responsive social protection and proposes a framework with principles, design features, and...
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التقارير والموجزات
Food Prices and Food Security in Trinidad and Tobago
The economy of Trinidad and Tobago is booming, in particular as a consequence of increased energy production and the historical high oil prices. Whilst general inflation has remained relatively low for much of the present economic boom, substantial increases in retail food prices have been observed...
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