Collaborative action on soil fertility in South Asia: experiences from Bangladesh and Nepal
Soil degradation – largely caused by unsustainable farming practices – is threatening food production in many parts of the world. To break the vicious cycle of over-reliance on agro-chemical inputs and inadequate additions of organic matter, farmers and policymakers need to focus on maintaining soil...
Food consumption, urbanisation and rural transformations in Southeast Asia
By 2050, nearly 63 per cent of the total population of Southeast Asia is expected to live in urban areas. Not only is urbanisation profoundly changing urban-rural relations, it is also shifting patterns of food consumption. Governments in the region are modernising food systems, in part to meet the...
Urbanisation, changing tastes and rural transformation in West Africa
Between 1950 and 2000, the total population of West Africa increased fourfold, with almost one third now living in urban centres. Alongside growing urbanisation, many countries in the region increasingly rely on food imports for certain staples. These imports mix with local and regional foods to...
Multi-level Advocacy for Nutrition
Policy advocacy has played a critical role in pushing nutrition up national and international agendas; it has raised awareness among key stakeholders of the underlying and immediate causes of malnutrition and its human, economic and other consequences. However, few studies have looked at nutrition...
Understanding the Codex Alimentarius
The Codex Alimentarius is a collection of international food standards that have been adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Such standards cover all the main foods and also material used in the further processing of food. Codex provisions concern the hygienic and nutritional; quality of food...
Gender assessment of dairy value chains: evidence from Ethiopia
The present study is a gender assessment of the dairy value chain in selected sites in Ethiopia: North Shoa Shewa (Degem woreda), East Gojam (Dejen woreda) and Gamu Gofa Arba Minch (Arba Minch Zuria woreda). It relies on evidence gathered through fieldwork complemented by a review of specialized...
Influencing food environments for healthy diets
More and more people are becoming overweight and obese, with increasing diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Behind the global shifts in malnutrition and NCDs are unhealthy diets and a sedentary lifestyle. Our food systems and the food environments are not delivering on the diets needed to...
Summary of "Using information technology in the agriculture of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies and beyond - The potential of Wisdom Agriculture for poverty reduction and improved food security"
This document summarizes the online discussion Using information technology in the agriculture of APEC economies and beyond – The potential of Wisdom Agriculture for poverty reduction and improved food security which was held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 9...
Open discussion on the first draft work programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
This consultation invites you to share your views on the first draft work programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. The final work programme will be discussed with the Member States during the World Health Assembly (May 2017) and the FAO Conference (June 2017).
Communication for Development: Dialogue and Involvement to Achieve Sustainable Results
Designed by the Belgian Development Agency (BTC) to be both a source of inspiration and a practical guide, this resource facilitates the incorporation of communication for development (C4D) in activities carried out as part of development projects to obtain better results. In brief, C4D involves...