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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetNewsletterIMCF Improved Complementary Feeding Practices Newsletter. No. 9, October 2015 2015
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No results found.The ninth issue of the IMCF newsletter on Improved Complementary Feeding features summaries and outcomes of the multi-stakeholder IMCF Dissemination Meetings that took place in Malawi and Cambodia in early 2015 providing preliminary research results as well as an overview of the IFSN and MALIS project process reviews. An article is also devoted to the final Technical meeting on `”Linking agriculture and nutrition education for improved young child feeding” that took place at FAO headquarters in July 2015. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetNewsletterIMCF Improved Complementary Feeding Practices Newsletter. No. 8, March 2015 2015
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No results found.The eighth issue of the IMCF newsletter on Improved Complementary Feeding stresses the importance of community mobilisation to positively influence community knowledge and attitudes towards complementary feeding. The newsletter also reports on progress made regarding the integration of nutrition into Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools to promote dietary diversity in Malawi. For Cambodia, the newsletter reports about the effectiveness of the Community Nutrition Promoters training with a focus o f on changes in knowledge, attitude and practices. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetNewsletterIMCF Improved Complementary Feeding Practices Newsletter. No. 5, December 2013 2013
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No results found.The fifth issue of the IMCF newsletter on Improved Complementary Feeding presents preliminary results of longitudinal studies which were carried out in Malawi and Cambodia in 2013 to assess the impact of nutrition education for caregivers with children aged 6-18 months on the dietary intake and nutritional status of their children. Also, the influence of grandmothers in promoting cultural infant and young child feeding practices is reported
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Book (stand-alone)ProceedingsMeeting proceedings: Regional consultation on food safety indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2018
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No results found.Developing a set of regional food safety indicators with the overall goal of strengthening national food control systems has been a key topic at various regional food safety meetings in Asia and the Pacific, and Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the region often request FAO to initiate dialogues on the topic. In order to address the need, FAO held a regional consultation on food safety indicators from 6 to 8 December 2017 in Singapore, with the primary objective for national food safety competent authorities to review various existing food safety indicators in the context of their national situations, particularly in developing countries. The consultation welcomed 84 participants, including senior officials working in the area of food safety (from 18 Asian and 6 Pacific Island countries), speakers, observers and meeting secretariat members. Participants were provided with an FAO technical working paper that described the preliminary review process and identified existing indicators prior to the meeting. The paper was used as the basis for all discussions during the consultation. Through various presentations, panel discussions and working group sessions, all participants confirmed the need for, and importance of, having measurable and actionable food safety indicators, and critically reviewed all existing food safety indicators summarized in the technical working paper. Using a set of criteria, participants developed a draft set of regional food safety indicators that national food safety competent authorities could use to develop their own national food safety indicators. Participants also engaged in active discussions on useful applications of national food safety indicators. Participants suggested that FAO develop a technical tool that can be used as a guide for competent authorities to define their own national food safety indicators. The tool is planned to be piloted in several countries in the region to verify the usefulness of the 1) guidance tool, and 2) applications that the national food safety indicators are aimed at. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. -
DocumentBulletinNon-Wood News
An information bulletin on non-wood forest products
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No results found.Behind the new-look Non-Wood News is the usual wealth of information from the world of NWFPs. The Special Features section covers two different aspects of NWFPs: a specific product (bamboo) and a developing market (cosmetics and beauty care). Bamboo is versatile: it can be transformed, for example, into textiles, charcoal, vinegar, green plastic or paper and can also be used as a food source, a deodorant, an innovative building material and to fuel power stations. Reports indicate that natural c osmetics and beauty care are a huge global market, with forecasts indicating an annual growth of 9 percent through 2008. The Special Feature on Forest cosmetics: NWFP use in the beauty industry builds on this and includes information industry interest and marketing strategies (consumers are being drawn to natural products and thus their content is emphasized). As can be seen from the articles on shea butter in Africa and thanakha in Myanmar, many societies have always used and benefited from nat ural cosmetics. This issue includes other examples of traditional knowledge, such as the uses of the secretions of a poisonous tree frog in Brazil and the use by the traditional healers in India of allelopathic knowledge.