Reports and briefs
What drives diversification of national food supplies? A cross-country analysis
Little previous research has explored what drives the diversification of national food supplies (DFS) across countries and regions. We construct and analyse a cross-country dataset linking a simple DFS indicator - the share of calories supplied by nonstaple foods - with structural transformation and...
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Food Sustainability Index
The Food Sustainability Index , created by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition, is a tool designed to highlight international policies and best practices relating to global paradoxes and to the main SDGs for food, climate change, sustainable cities...
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Public purchases of food from family farming, and food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean
This book, prepared by the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program, presents the most important lessons learned from the experiences currently underway in the region, which serve as guidelines for countries that wish to create or improve public procurement programmes. The book also analyzes the...
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Rural-urban linkages and food systems in sub-Saharan Africa
This paper examines the role of rural-urban linkages in fostering inclusive and sustainable food systems and how these contribute to rural transformation and, more broadly, to sustainable and inclusive development. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, the paper analyses the interdependencies between...
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Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems in practice
This publication provides a list of food system-based intervention options to improve nutrition and a set concrete entry points for maximizing the impact of each intervention. Developed through leveraging different expertise in FAO, it is a key resource to assist professionals involved in different...
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City Region Food Systems and Food Waste Management
This book describes the results of 13 case studies on city region food systems and food waste management. It provides lessons learned on the institutionalisation of city region food policies and programmes; provisioning of national and legal frameworks embedding city region food systems in broader...
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Join the CFS-UNSCN event: Investments for Healthy Food Systems
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) and the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) are hosting the event Investments for Healthy Food Systems on 9 May 2017 from 09:30 – 17:00 CET, at FAO HQ, Rome. This event is part of a series of events to “develop common understanding of issues and lay the basis for informed CFS policy convergence work” on nutrition and food systems, called for by the strategy “CFS engagement in advancing nutrition”. In line with this strategy, this event aims to increase common understanding about how policies and investment opportunities can improve nutrition through healthier food systems. The UNSCN Discussion Paper Investments for Healthy Food Systems will serve as the foundation document for the discussion.
The UNSCN Secretariat invites you to actively participate in the event, either in person or through the webcast (www.fao.org/webcast) and live Q&A session on Twitter (#CFS4Nutrition, @UN_CFS). Interpretation services will be provided in all UN official languages.
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Investments for Healthy Food Systems - A Framework Analysis and Review of Evidence on Food System Investments for Improving Nutrition
Investment policies refer to public expenditures in agriculture and food sectors to increase production, productivity, affordability, access, and consumption of healthy foods. Policies include government tools that will attract private sector investment in healthy food systems. Examples of desired...
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Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains in Peru
This research has been undertaken at the request of the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) by the class of 2016/2017 of the Master in Human Development and Food Security at Roma Tre University. The students were asked to conduct an indepth analysis concerning the introduction of a...
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The case of Kenya: How can value chains be shaped to improve nutrition?
This research has been undertaken at the request of the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) by the class of 2016/2017 of the Master in Human Development and Food Security at Roma Tre University. The students were asked to conduct an indepth analysis concerning the introduction of a...
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