Summaries of consultations
Summary of "Pulses: Innovations from the field to the cooking pot"
This document summarizes the online discussion Pulses: innovations from the field to the cooking pot which was held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 14 October to 4 November 2016. The discussion was organized in the context of the International Year of Pulses...
Reports and briefs
Wholesome Nutrition: an example for a sustainable diet
by Karl von Koerber, Nadine Bader and Claus Leitzmann Working Group Sustainable Nutrition, Mutter-Teresa-Strasse 20, 81829 Munich, Germany Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany 'Wholesome Nutrition' is a concept of sustainable nutrition that was developed at...
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Summaries of consultations
Summary of "How can we protect pollinators and promote their role in environmental and agricultural practices?"
This document summarizes the online discussion How can we protect pollinators and promote their role in environmental and agricultural practices? which was held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 22 August to 9 September 2016. The discussion was facilitated by...
New website for the United Nations Standing Committe on Nutrition
The United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) mandate is to provide global strategic guidance and advocacy in nutrition to ensure engagement and investment at the highest level and to ensure progress towards nutrition security for all.
The UNSCN is open to UN Agencies and platforms and includes a number of the major UN players in the international food and nutrition fields.
Read more:
https://www.unscn.org/
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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Trainings, tools and databases
Designing nutrition-sensitive agriculture investments
This manual is designed guide programme planners in the design of nutrition-sensitive programmes. It is based on a thorough review of experience on nutrition-sensitive Agriculture, was developed through extensive consultation within FAO and with its development partners, and has been field-tested in...
Consultation
Nutrition and Food Systems - HLPE consultation on the V0 draft of the Report
At its 42nd session in October 2015, the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare a report on Nutrition and Food Systems. This report is expected to be presented at CFS 44 in October 2017.
As part of the process of elaboration of its reports, the HLPE is organizing a consultation to seek inputs, suggestions, and comments on the present V0 draft.
Webinars and workshops
Consultation
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