New Right to Food website now online!
The new Right to Food website has been launched today on Human Rights Day, 10 December.
In addition to a new design, improved functionalities and user friendly navigation, this website also displays the diverse work of the Right to Food in FAO. The Team’s work at global, national, sub-national and regional level is divided into both Projects and according to activities in the Our Work section making it easier for users to find the information needed. A strong feature of the website is the Publications section, where you will find information on all aspects related to the human right to food – from principle to practice!
All content is available in English, French and Spanish. Click here to vist the page
FSN Forum publication - Online discussions that make a difference
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition
Online discussions that make a difference
This special publication showcases some of the FSN Forum's most significant discussions in recent years, on central topics and trends in food security, nutrition, and beyond. From food security concepts to climate change, and from street foods to global governance, see what happens when you “do knowledge sharing right”!
Just Released: Version 2.0 of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Technical Manual
On the 12 October 2012, the IPC Global Partners ACF, CARE, CILSS, FAO, FEWSNET, FSC, EC-JRC, Oxfam, Save the children, and WFP officially launched Version 2.0 of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Technical Manual.
The IPC Technical Manual Version 2.0* is a comprehensive revision and update of the IPC Technical Manual Version 1.1 and aims at meeting the challenges emerged from the IPC field applications since 2004. The IPC Manual Version 2.0 offers new innovations, such as the IPC analytical framework, prototype tools for analyzing chronic food insecurity situations and clear functions to guide the work of the IPC analysts from the beginning to the end of their work. The IPC Manual Version 2.0 also reconciles key differences in approaches to food security analysis among national governments and international agencies, allowing for greater buy-in and collaboration.
The IPC Technical Manual Version 2.0 is the result of two years of technical consultations and field testing involving hundreds of professionals from different countries and regions. It gathers the inputs of national governments, NGOs, UN agencies, donors, and academic institutions, and it was made possible by the support of several funding agencies, and in particular the European Union.
The IPC Technical Manual Version 2.0 has been released initially in English, with other languages (French, Spanish and Arabic) following as soon as possible thereafter.
Download the IPC Technical Manual V2.0
IPC Version 2.0 Launch Event > Photo Gallery
About IPC > www.ipcinfo.org
Hunger Talks organised by ACF hosted by Birkbeck University
The event HUNGER TALKS is organised by ACF on Friday 19th October and hosted by Birkbeck University.
Click here to find out more.
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 is released
FAO's jointly published The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 (SOFI) is released today - and it shows that one in eight people in the world was suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2010-12. The UN report is published by FAO and its Rome-based partners WFP and IFAD. While the global number of hungry people declined by almost 130 million between 1990-92 and 2010-12, the report says global progress in reducing hunger has slowed and levelled off in the past five years. Director-General José Graziano da Silva presented a joint press conference with the other agencies' leaders at Rome headquarters today. For his reaction and further details, click here.
Leer más:
http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/
Informes y resúmenes
Technological Change and Productivity Growth for Food Security: the case of shifting cultivation and the REDD policy
In many parts of the forest-agriculture frontiers of the tropics, shifting cultivation is practiced as a way of subsistence farming. In particular, widespread poverty and rural population growth are the prevalent causes that aggravate the need for encroaching into the forestland for subsistence...
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Consultas
El papel de la pesca y la acuicultura sostenible en la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición - Consulta elecrónica para establecer las bases del estudio
Reconociendo debidamente el importante papel desempeñado por la pesca y la acuicultura en la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, el Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial (CFS, por sus siglas en inglés) en su 39º período de sesiones (octubre de 2012) pidió al Grupo de Alto Nivel de Expertos (HLPE, por sus siglas en inglés) realizar un estudio sobre el papel de la pesca y la acuicultura sostenibles para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, que se presentará en el Plenario en 2014.
Como parte de su proceso de elaboración del informe, el HLPE lanza ahora una consulta electrónica para recabar opiniones, comentarios y observaciones del público, sobre la relevancia e importancia relativa de algunas cuestiones clave que el informe propone abordar, en línea con la petición del CFS, y que podrían formar las bases del informe.
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]
Informes y resúmenes
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.