Renew the commitment: Ten-Year Retrospective on the Right to Food Guidelines
10 years ago FAO member states produced and adopted The Right to Food Guidelines, which provide practical guidance on how the human right to adequate food can be realized. The goal of this online discussion is to learn from the first ten years of using the Right to Food Guidelines to get better for the future.
Nutrition education as a strategy to strengthen family farming households and improve people's diets
The aim of this forum’s discussion, organized jointly with the ICEAN network, is to identify potential action points and initiatives whereby nutrition education can improve the diet of family farmers and create demand for nutritious local produce among the general public, thus both generating income for farming households and enhancing the nutrition of the public.
The future of Family Farming: empowerment and equal rights for women and youth
In the context of the International Year of Family Farming, this discussion targets those active in family farming who have suggestions on how to improve livelihoods of female farmers and how to encourage youth to pursue family farming.
Innovative School Feeding Programme to Combat Extreme Poverty in Zanzibar
On Wednesday 28 May the Government of Zanzibar launched a new innovative Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme in collaboration with the Partnership for Child Development (PCD) and Table for Two to feed over 5000 school children, whilst simultaneously supporting local smallholder farmers by sourcing their produce for the school meals.
“This programme is the first of its kind for Zanzibar and marks the Government’s awareness on the value of school meals for society as a whole” said PCD’s East Africa Senior Programme Manager, Iain Gardiner. He continued, “Not only will children be well fed in school but jobs will be created for farmers and other community members involved in the growing, processing and preparing of food for school meals.”
Invitation to comment on the revised draft of the political outcome document of the ICN2
Share your comments on the revised draft of the Rome Declaration on Nutrition, which will be endorsed at the upcoming Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2).
解决持续危机中粮食不安全问题行动议程
在与粮食不安全和营养不良的斗争中,持续危机是最为棘手的局面之一。2010年,世界粮食安全委员会(粮安委)得出结论认为对持续危机需要加以特别关注。为培育和确保对《解决持续危机中粮食不安全问题行动议程》(《粮安委议程》,CFS-A4A)的广泛认同而启动了一个磋商进程。本次在线磋商的目的是在已经收到的反馈和意见的基础上为尚未能参加实体会议的个人和组织提供一个机会。
Selection and Prioritization of CFS Activities for the Biennium 2016-2017
CFS has started a process of selection and prioritization of activities for the biennium 2016-2017. Though this online discussion, the CFS Secretariat would like to invite all those interested to provide inputs to this process.
Food Losses and Waste in Europe and Central Asia
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...
The future of food security and climate change in Zambia
Go here to take part in the discussion on the scenarios for Zambia.
The future of food security and climate change in Viet Nam
Go here to take part in the discussion on scenarios for Viet Nam (cũng có bằng tiếng Việt).