Note du Forum FSN sur les discussions en ligne Les légumineuses sont appréciées en raison de leurs bienfaits sur la santé, l’environnement et l’économie. Comment tirer le meilleur parti de leur potentiel? et Les légumineuses: Innovations du champ à la marmite, tenues respectivement du 25 mai au 19...
The report begins by reviewing the evidence to date focussing on the magnitude and geographical distribution of food losses. In the next sections the role of energy in post-harvest losses is discussed. Thereafter, the main entry points within the food value chain where lack of access to energy is...
by Karl von Koerber, Nadine Bader and Claus Leitzmann Working Group Sustainable Nutrition, Mutter-Teresa-Strasse 20, 81829 Munich, Germany Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany 'Wholesome Nutrition' is a concept of sustainable nutrition that was developed at...
Two Important Obstacles to the Success of a Policy ( by Lal Manavado, University of Oslo, Norway ) Other things being equal, a government’s success in achieving an objective depends on the internal harmony among the components of the policy it implements to attain it, and the inter-policy harmony...
Many policies to combat food insecurity have neglected to take into account the territorial dimension of this issue. The nature of food insecurity varies significantly across urban and rural regions as well as across different territories. If policies are to be effective, they must also reflect...
An in-depth analysis carried out by students of the Roma Tre Master in Human Devlopment and Food Secuirty of comments on the technical issues related to malnutrition and the outcome of the political documents.
This issue of the Newsletter of the University of Western Australia includes several articles on pulses, linking to the UN 2016 International Year of Pulses.
The UN E-Government Survey 2016 on “E-Government in Support of Sustainable Development” offers a snapshot of trends in the development of e-government in countries across the globe. According to the Survey more governments are embracing information and communication technologies (ICTs) to deliver...
Nowadays it is generally recognized that the post World War II industrial agriculture and food in Western countries was succesful with regard to profit, but unsuccesful with respect to people and planet. The underlying structure was a linear economy and a poor interpretation of the sustainability...
Between 2013 and 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) undertook a survey of innovative approaches that enable markets to act as incentives in the transition towards sustainable agriculture in...