Second International Expert Meeting: Territorial Approach to Food Security and Nutrition Policies: Empirical Evidence and Good Practices

Second International Expert Meeting: Territorial Approach to Food Security and Nutrition Policies: Empirical Evidence and Good Practices

16 – 17 December 2013, FAO Headquarters

Year of publication 2013

Pages 43 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Second International Expert Meeting on the Territorial Approach to Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) Policies was organized by FAO on 16th – 17th December 2013 with the financial support by the Government of Germany and the patronage of EXPO Milan 2015. Experts from academia, representatives of countries and of development partners, international organizations gathered in FAO Headquarters to present and exchange experiences and good practices in the implementation of territorial approaches t o food security and nutrition policies, and to discuss future opportunities to mainstream territorial approaches in global, regional and country policy processes. The meeting was organized in the context of the FAO Strategic Objective on Rural Poverty Reduction which has adopted a territorial approach to the implementation of its programme of work, and builds on the outcomes of the previous International Expert Meeting on Territorial Perspective of Food Security Policies and Strategies which too k place in 2011.

Language English

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