Orange Sweet Potato Makes the Case that Biofortification Works
A study published today in the Journal of Nutrition provides conclusive evidence that orange sweet potato (OSP) provided significant amounts of vitamin A to malnourished Ugandan children and women and that a modest improvement in vitamin A levels in the body was measurable in some cases.
FAO Food Price Index up 6 percent
The FAO Food Price Index climbed 6 percent in July 2012 after three months of decline. Read the full news
Showing the Impact of Food Assistance and Nutrition Support in HIV Care
Harvard Medical School, Partners In Health and the World Food Programme invite you to attend “Showing the Impact of Food Assistance and Nutrition Support in HIV Care” to be held at AIDS 2012 on 23/07/2012 (07:00am to 08:30am in Mini Room 5). Speakers include Rwanda’s Minister of Health and members from Partners In Health, USAID TRAction, the World Food Programme, Tufts University, and George
Call for articles on Smallholder Enterprise Development
GFAR (The Global Forum on Agricultural Research) has established a collaboration with New Agriculturist a widely read and well recognized online journal, to help share your stories about how agricultural knowledge and innovation are helping to address major development challenges and make a real difference in the lives of the poor. The topic for the next edition is Smallholder Enterprise
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
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
FAO has launched the first version of the new FAOSTAT
The Statistics Division of FAO has launched the first version of the new FAOSTAT , which is part of the organization's mission to improve data collection and dissemination for development and the fight against global hunger and malnutrition. The new platform continues to offer free and easy access to data for 245 countries and 35 regional areas from 1961 through the most recent year available. La
Interagency report to the Mexican G20 Presidency
Sustainable agricultural productivity growth and bridging the gap for small-family farms. Early in 2012, Mexico, as G20 President, invited international organizations to examine practical actions that could be undertaken to sustainably improve agricultural productivity growth, in particular on small family farms. The preparation of this report, coordinated by FAO and the OECD , is a collaborative
SAVE FOOD: Global Initiative on Food Losses and Waste Reduction
The SAVE FOOD initiative is a global effort to reduce food losses and waste estimated at 1.3 billion tonnes of food every year. One-third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is thrown away or lost, together with the natural resources used for its production. Although food losses occur at all stages of the food supply chain the causes and their impact around the world differ. In