The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition - Advancing knowledge. Supporting policy-making. Impacting lives.
This new publication presents the work of the FSN Forum, offering an overview of how Forum activities and its vast network of participants around the world help FAO to tackle the root causes of poverty and hunger and support countries, organizations and communities in their efforts to improve lives.
Conceptualizing Drivers of Policy Change in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Security: The Kaleidoscope Model
The current emphasis in the development community on demonstrating policy impact requires a better understanding of national policymaking processes to recognize opportunities for, and limits to, generating policy change. Consequently, this paper introduces an applied framework, named the...
Call for experiences and good practices in the use and application of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
The Committee on World Food Security invites you to share experiences and good practices on the use and application of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (VGRtF). Input will contribute to monitoring progress on the use and application of the VGRtF and will be compiled in a document to be presented at CFS 45 in October 2018.
HLPE Report - Sustainable forestry for food security and nutrition
This report is an evidence-based, comprehensive analysis of the diverse, direct and indirect, contributions of forests and trees to food security and nutrition. Chapter 1 examines the linkages between forests and food security and nutrition and proposes, for the purpose of this report, a conceptual...
Call for papers: The drivers and impacts of migration and labor mobility in origins and destinations.
FAO is developing a programme of work that will provide evidence on the diversity of pathways, the drivers and the impacts of distress or voluntary migration, labor and people’s mobility in a context of accelerated urbanization and increased pressure on natural resources. The programme gives importance to the role of policies, governance and institutions in steering change processes in origins and reducing challenges in destination areas. Evidence from this programme of work will feed into FAO’s normative work and policy support to countries and multistakeholder governance platforms in promoting sustainable development, food security and nutrition. The programme will provide background material and support the Global Migration Group negotiations to develop a Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.
In the context of the programme, FAO invites the submission of papers to be presented on a technical workshop on:
The drivers and impacts of migration and labor mobility in origins and destinations: Building the evidence base for policies that promote safe, orderly and regular people’s and labor mobility for poverty reduction and sustainable development
The workshop will be held the 1st of December 2017, at FAO headquarters in Rome.
Call for good practices and lessons learned on food security and nutrition policy implementation in Europe and Central Asia region
FAO’s Project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia” (funded by the Russian Federation), in collaboration with the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition, is pleased to invite you to share best practices and lessons learned on food security and nutrition policy implementation in the region of Europe and Central Asia.
How can value chains be shaped to improve nutrition?
In March 2017 the Working Group on Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains of the Rome-based Agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity International) launched the online consultation How can value chains be shaped to improve nutrition? The consultation was held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and...
Beyond “temporal” resilience: results that withstand the test of time
This document summarizes the online discussion Transforming gender relations in agriculture through women’s empowerment: benefits, challenges and trade-offs for improving nutrition outcomes, held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 26 June to 15 July 2016, and...
Food security, sustaining peace and gender equality: conceptual framework and future directions
The main objective of this study is to generate knowledge and make meaningful, evidence-based and actionable recommendations to governments and other stakeholders, particularly international organizations and FAO staff, on the nexus between supporting food and nutrition security, building peace and...
Annual Eurasian Food Security Conference
The Annual Eurasian Food Security Conference will take place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on October 03-05, 2017. The Conference is organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security with support from the World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). The topic of the conference is "Catalyzing an Agriculture-Led Transformation for Food Security and Wealth Creation in Eurasia". The Conference is an excellent platform to discuss the current state of food and nutrition security in the region, identify new trends and actions to unleash the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the agriculture and food sectors in the greater Eurasia region. Bringing together public sector food policy experts, representatives of academia and civil society, the Conference provides a great opportunity to strengthen cooperation at local, regional and global levels.
The Conference sessions will cover the following topics:
- Priorities for policy research to improve food security and nutrition in Eurasia;
- Innovative interventions both by the government and private sector that helps boost food and nutrition security at the household and community level;
- The nexus of food security and natural resource management;
- Case studies on food security in Eurasia, etc.
Please visit the conference website for details: http://ecfs2017.org/?page_id=6&lang=en.
The registration is open until September 17, 2017.