Pulses: Innovations from the field to the cooking pot
With the conclusion of the International Year of Pulses 2016 approaching, this discussion invites you to look ahead and explore innovations that may help address some of the challenges still facing these important crops.
Pulses: The Heroes of Nutrition and Agricultural Sustainability
In an expert seminar on October 5th 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST, Dr. Douglas Cook, professor at UC Davis and Director of the USAID Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Chickpea, will share his decades of experience on legumes in a discussion covering agriculture, nutrition, delivery systems, and meeting the challenge of linking "upstream" science to develop resilient legumes with "downstream" delivery and adoption by farmers.
The seminar is organised by SecureNutrition and aims to engage the agriculture and nutrition community in celebrating the UN International Year of Pulses and to highlight the role pulses play in nutrition and agriculture sustainability.
The event can be joined online here
To find out more about the event please visit the webpage
Pulses for weight management
Nutrition guide to highlight the weight-loss benefits of eating pulses. Written by leading nutritionist Leslie Beck and referencing research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Summary of "Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity?"
This document summarizes the online discussion Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity? which was held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 14 June to 7 July 2016. The discussion was facilitated by Francisca Silva Torrealba...
Summary of "Transforming gender relations in agriculture through women’s empowerment: benefits, challenges and trade-offs for improving nutrition outcomes"
This document summarizes the online discussion Transforming gender relations in agriculture through women’s empowerment: benefits, challenges and trade-offs for improving nutrition outcomes, held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 26 June to 15 July 2016, and...
International Colloquium on Food Security and Nutrition
The HLPE has co-organized with the University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart) an International Colloquium inviting scientists and experts from public institutions, civil society and the private sector to discuss the challenges that the 2030 Agenda implies for science and knowledge with regard to food systems. The Results of this dialogue will contribute to the upcoming global consultation process for the identification of “Critical and Emerging Issues for Food Security and Nutrition”.
The colloquium will take place in Stuttgart on the 27 September 2016, starting at 10.00 CEST (8.00 a.m. UTC).
The event will be webcast and can be followed live at this link (Silverlight must be installed)
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Identifying gaps in the main conclusions of the Second International Conference on Nutrition
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.
Maximizing the Impact of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
The world has committed to eradicate hunger and eliminate all forms of malnutrition by 2030 and the proclamation of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) by the UN General Assembly marks a new direction in global action to achieve this goal. This consultation is part of a wider process to help elaborate the Work Programme for the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition and invites you to share what elements you believe are needed to make it a success.
Critical and Emerging Issues Open Inquiry – 2016 Edition
An Open Inquiry on the new edition of Critical and Emerging Issues in the area of Food Security and Nutrition is currently running on the website of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE).
The Open Inquiry accept comments until the 6th of October 2016.
The UWA Institute of Agriculture Newsletter
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.