Reports and briefs
In Brief: Pulses for food security and nutrition: How can their full potential be tapped?
FSN Forum brief based on the online discussions Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped? and Pulses: innovations from the field to the cooking pot, which were held from 25 May to 19 June 2016 and from 14 October to 4 November...
Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty
A High-level Event “Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty” will take place on 16 December 2016 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.
The Event is organized by FAO, the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Commission, in close collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Women. It will provide an interactive platform to address the structural causes and consequences of gender inequality in rural areas and to identify the main challenges, gaps, opportunities and collaborative actions for unleashing the potential of rural women and girls to end hunger and poverty.
Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls lies at the centre of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addition to the targets for SDG5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, it is reflected and mainstreamed across all 17 SDGs.
The event will be webcast in the morning and in the afternoon.
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Consultation
Multistakeholder Partnerships to Finance and Improve Food Security and Nutrition in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda - HLPE e-consultation on the Report’s scope, proposed by the HLPE Steering Committee
During its 43rd Plenary Session (17-21 October 2016), the CFS requested the HLPE to produce a report on “Multistakeholder Partnerships to Finance and Improve Food Security and Nutrition in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda” to be presented at CFS45 Plenary session in October 2018.
As part of its report elaboration process, the HLPE is launching an e-consultation to seek views and comments on the following scope and building blocks of the report, outlined below, as proposed by the HLPE Steering Committee.
Trainings, tools and databases
Food Based Dietary Guidelines
FAO’s Food Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) website aims to serve as a repository for government-endorsed FBDGs and associated information, presented in an organized and homogenous format. It also functions as a platform for relevant resources that touch on the design, implementation and evaluation...
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The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report for 2016 has been released
The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 report (SOFA 2016), FAO’s annual flagship publication, has been released yesterday.
SOFA assesses issues on agricultural and rural development in the context of global food security. This year’s SOFA report centres on the double challenge of food security and climate change, presenting alternatives to tackle the two as a whole.
The report and furher information are available in all UN six languages at: http://www.fao.org/publications/sofa/en/
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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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.
Read more:
http://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/en/
Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Biodiversity, resilience and food security
UCD Dublin is recruiting for 3 postdoctoral positions (one based at UCD and two based at Queen's University Belfast) and 1 PhD position (based at UCD) for the project Biodiversity, resilience and food security: understanding the role of biodiversity in maintaining food production.
Read more:
http://www.ucd.ie/ecomodel/resilience.html
Trainings, tools and databases
Addressing rural youth distress migration
Migrants are a potential resource for agriculture and rural development as well as poverty reduction in their areas of origin. However, distress migration of rural youth can result in the loss of an important share of the most vital and dynamic part of the workforce, with obvious consequences for...
Nutrition and food security: challenges for the future
Save the Children is organising an High-Level Event on “Nutrition and food security: challenges for the future” on 11 July in Rome. The aim of the event is to facilitate dialogue with key stakeholders on the importance of investing in nutrition and food security, also in view of the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Rio and the Italian G7 Presidency.
The Concept Note with the agenda of the event are attached.
For further information please contact: [email protected]