المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

إن شباب الريف هم المستقبل للأمن الغذائى ولتخفيض الفقر فى الريف، وهم كذلك الحاضر حيث أن تعداد الشباب يتجاوز فى الوقت الحالى أكثر مما كان عليه من قبل، فقد بلغ عدد الشباب بين سن العاشرة والرابعة والعشرين 1.8 مليار شاب، يعيش معظمهم فى الدول الأقل نموًا وفى المناطق الريفية. ومع ذلك، يواجه الشباب فى المناطق الريفية فى الدول النامية تحديات ضخمة استعدادًا للحصول على فرصة للعمل اللائق وخاصة فى قطاع الزراعة. وتزداد هذه التحديات بالنسبة للشباب الذين يقل عمرهم عن 18 سنة. تدعوكم هذه الاستشارة الإلكترونية على الإنترنت للمساعدة فى تحديد الحلول التى يمكنها مجابهة هذه التحديات. وستوفر مساهماتكم المعلومات الضرورية لوضع توصيات السياسات والبرامج التى ستصدر عن اجتماع الخبراء الدوليين "الشباب – غذاء المستقبل: مجابهة التحديات التى يواجهها شباب الريف فى عمر 15 إلى 17 سنة استعدادًا للحصول على فرصة للعمل اللائق" الذى ستعقده منظمة الأغذية والزراعة هذا العام. ويمكن كذلك دعوة المساهمين المختارين فى الاستشارة الإلكترونية للمشاركة فى اجتماع الخبراء (انظر مذكرة المفاهيم واستمارة طلب المشاركة).

Urbanization and the transformation of agriculture, food systems and rural spaces present challenges and opportunities for inclusive growth, poverty eradication, economic, environmental and social sustainability, and food security and nutrition. This online consultation invites you to contribute to the elaboration of a background document that the CFS Secretariat is preparing to support the discussions at the Forum on Urbanization, Rural Transformation and Implications for Food Security to be held at CFS 43 in October 2016.

We invite stakeholders interested in resilience to share views in order to ensure that the knowledge sharing platform answers the needs of the resilience community and that it generates effective and sustainable interventions towards resilience building of livelihoods. This week's topic is: A knowledge sharing platform on resilience: what about Information Technology and Knowledge Management?

The ‘Zero draft’ of the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management (VGSSM), developed in order to promote sustainable soil management effectively in all regions, needs your contribution. Your input will  allow the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) to better frame the multifaceted needs of all the stakeholders.

The next few decades will witness a rapidly increasing demand for agricultural products. This growing demand needs to be met largely through intensification (produce more from the same land surface) because there is little scope for an increase in agricultural area. Ecological intensification - the optimization of all provisioning, regulating and supporting ecosystem services in the agricultural production process - has been proposed as a promising solution. The aim of this discussion is to foster a dialogue on emerging knowledge from research on ecological intensification.

FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) is organizing the two-day Workshop “FSN Forum policy dialogues: contributing to food security and nutrition policy processes at country and regional level”, in Rome on 10-11 December 2015.

In many countries, agricultural development has traditionally focused on raising productivity and maximizing production of cereals, making it difficult for people to access foods that are richer in protein and minerals, such as milk, meat, fish, eggs, beans, vegetables, and fruits, which are often more expensive than cereals. The lack of nutrition training of agricultural workers is acknowledged globally as a significant barrier to combating malnutrition through agriculture and food systems.

Extending social protection and risk management systems effectively to rural populations is often a challenge for government institutions in many developing countries. The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition has recognized in its 2012 report the importance of involving non-state actors, including rural organizations, in the formulation and execution of social protection systems.

Reliable information on forests is fundamental for improving the management of forest resources. This information can be used as an indicator of biodiversity, hydrology, and soil conservation and is also needed to fulfil the reporting requirements of many international agreements, such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In this context, the 21st Committee on Forestry requested FAO to prepare a set of voluntary guidelines on national forest monitoring.

This discussion is aimed at food security practitioners from all across the globe to discuss how food security can be improved in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies and beyond. Your inputs will feed into the APEC Food Security Training and Workshop hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences in Beijing.