Webinars and workshops
FSN Forum seminar on “How to end hunger in times of crises”
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) organized a seminar on a recently published book entitled: How to end hunger in times of crises. Let’s start now! inviting FSN Forum members in Rome and interested FAO staff to join a discussion with the two authors, Andrew MacMillan and Ignacio Trueba.
Webinars and workshops
FSN Forum seminar on “Ending Hunger Worldwide”
The FSN Forum held its first “live”event on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10th of December 2010, inviting Romebased members and friends to a presentation and discussion with George Kent, Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai’i and active member of the FSN Forum.
UN and partners launch 3-year humanitarian plan to help Africa's Sahel Region
The United Nations and humanitarian partners launched a three-year Regional Strategic Response Plan to provide aid to millions of people in nine countries in Africa's Sahel region. The plan seeks to mobilize an initial US$2 billion from international donors in 2014.
Ban Ki Moon at the Share Fair in Ouagadougou
Ban Ki Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations visited the Share Fair co-organized by the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and FAO.
The Share Fair took place from 5 to 7 November 2013 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Its objective was to reinforce the institutions’ knowledge on measures and practices improving resilience in the Sahel and West Africa.
More specifically, the Share Faire offered a space for mutually exchanging experiences, on reinforcing networks and partnerships and on how to best implement of good practices at the national and regional levels. The main topics discussed during the 3-day event were on the sustainable management of natural resources and climate change, pastoralism, prevention and mitigation of food and nutritional insecurity, risks, threats and crises management, and social protection.
More information on the Share Fair can be accessed on the CILSS website.
Seasonal Monitor of agricultural growing in West Africa
The West Africa Seasonal Monitor for October 2015 is now available: http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp278831….
The WFP Seasonal Monitor examines satellite imagery of rainfall and vegetation in order to assess the development of the growing season and how such conditions might impact the lives and livelihoods of the resident populations. Real time satellite data streams and seasonal forecasts are analyzed to highlight potential developments that may be of humanitarian concern.
This Seasonal Monitor webpage provides real time satellite data streams and seasonal forecasts to highlight changes in the progression of the agricultural season that may be of concern.
FAO flagships
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 (SOFI)
Meeting the 2015 international hunger targets: taking stock of uneven progress This year´s annual State of Food Insecurity in the World report takes stock of progress made towards achieving the internationally established Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) and World Food Summit hunger targets and...
The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 - Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on reducing poverty have been met by many countries, yet many others lag behind and the post-2015 challenge will be the full eradication of poverty and hunger. Many developing countries increasingly recognize that social protection measures are needed to relieve the immediate deprivation of people living in poverty and to prevent others from falling into poverty when a crisis strikes.
This edition of The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 makes the case that social protection measures will help break the cycle of rural poverty and vulnerability, when combined with broader agricultural and rural development measures.
Registrations are open: Sustainable Energy Technologies for Food Utilization in Emergency Contexts
Sustainable Energy Technologies for Food Utilization in Emergency Contexts
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
9AM-2PM
Location: Council on Foreign Relations
Washington, DC
This conference is addressed to high-level experts in the field of humanitarian action, as well as of energy, food security and nutrition. The “Sustainable Energy Technologies for Food Utilization” (SET4food) is a project co-funded by COOPI-Cooperazione Internazionale, Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione Politecnico and the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO).
The specific objective of the project is to enhance the response capacity of humanitarian actors in identifying and implementing efficient and sustainable energy technologies for food utilization. The project takes into account the combination of food utilization and energy availability in formal and informal settlements for refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs). Practical tools to improve food utilization have been developed, and in particular: i) a decision support system (DSS) to facilitate the identification of the most appropriate energy technologies for a certain context; ii) guidelines of energy technologies for food utilization. Then pilot projects in Somalia, Central African Republic, Lebanon and Haiti have been implemented, in order to test the DSS, as well as innovative solutions. Finally, a set of in-presence trainings and public events have been raising the attention and improving the response capacity of humanitarian actors.
An open access e-learning course has been developed. All the material is accessible on the project website: www.set4food.org.
Consultation
Addressing the main challenges of food security and rural poverty reduction by incorporating social protection into national strategies and actions
To contribute to the knowledge building and dialogue on the social protection reforms in the post-Soviet countries, the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU) has initiated an online consultation that is supported by the regional platform of the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum in ECA).
Consultation
Food Security, Gender Equality and Peace-Building
The Institute of Development Studies and the FAO are launching this online discussion focusing on food security, gender equality and peace-building. The results will help inform a study aimed at generating evidence-based, meaningful, and actionable recommendations to governments and other stakeholders, particularly international organizations and FAO staff.