Forum global sur la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition (Forum FSN)

This discussion paper has been inspired by the exchanges that took place during the course of the learning event. It seeks to extend the discussion to include other actors working within the region, as well as in other regions confronted with the same questions. It proposes an initial approach to...

Cash transfers are nowadays widely used in response to the food and nutrition crises that affect the Sahel. Since the crisis of 2012, many stakeholders (including governments, United Nations agencies, international or local non-governmental organisations) have made use of them – at scale, in some...

The agricultural economics literature provides various estimates of the number of farms and small farms in the world. This paper is an effort to provide a more complete and up to date as well as carefully documented estimate of the total number of farms in the world, as well as by region and level...

The paper discusses the issues and policy options for reduction of food losses and waste in Europe and Central Asia, focusing primarily on middle and low income countries of the region. Food losses and waste (FLW) depend on specific conditions and the local situation in a given country. In broad...

FSIN Technical Series No.1 The Food Security Information Network (FSIN) * supports the development and harmonization of methods and tools for food and nutrition security analysis. A technical working group composed of renowned experts was constituted to lead the development of a common analytical...

Le Rapport de synthèse SAPAA présente les principaux résultats issus d'un effort sans précédent de suivi et analyse systématique des effets des politiques agricoles et alimentaires dans dix pays en développement africains: le Burkina Faso, l'Ethiopie, le Ghana, le Kenya, le Malawi, le Mozambique, le...

Ce document est basé sur les activités et les résultats du «Programme de développement des petites exploitations avicoles», qui a été financé par le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) et mis en oeuvre par la FAO en collaboration avec le Réseau international pour le développement de...

Current evidence underlines the importance of the nutritional status of women as a crucial factor in the survival, healthy growth and development of her children. Although it is the subject of less global attention, maternal nutrition is also crucial for women’s own ability to live a healthy life...

A practical guide for setting up family gardens for the production of nutritious, safe food crops, that would contribute to the diets of populations affected by food insecurity.

This Maximising the Quality of Scaling Up Nutrition Programme (MQSUN) Briefing describes lessons learnt and implications from a MQSUN assignment which main objective was to analyze the research and policy challenges for improving nutrition governance in a context of state fragility. Efforts to...