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NewsletterFAO Liaison Office Newsletter, November 2017 - Issue #1
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No results found.The November 2017, Issue #1 of the FAO Liaison Office for North America newsletter, Now from North America features a roundtable on the 2017 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, and the Liaison Office’s participation in the World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa. It also highlights global news from FAO regarding food safety and sustainable forestry as well as upcoming events and latest publications. -
NewsletterFAO Liaison Office Newsletter, July 2018 - Issue #9
Now from North America
2018Also available in:
No results found.The July 2018 Newsletter of the FAO Liaison Office for North America highlights a roundtable co-hosted with CARE Canada in Ottawa on the importance of empowering and investing in women in agriculture, a roundtable with GAIN highlighting the need to integrate biofortification into agriculture policies and programs, as well an EcoAgriculture - FAO North America event which examined the critical role of property rights in integrated landscape management. Further highlights in July include a Congressional Briefing with the Alliance to End Hunger and the Senate Hunger Caucus which critically analyzed the role of research and technology in paving way for better nutritional outcomes, and a collaboration with the Danish Embassy to highlight the issue of global food loss and waste with a screening of the movie “Wasted – the Story of Food Waste”. Furthermore, the newsletter features CARE Canada in the partner corner, global highlights from FAO and three new flagship publications on forests, fisheries and a global agricultural outlook. -
NewsletterImproving Food Security and Nutrition in the Gambia through Food Fortication Newsletter, Issue 1, September 2017 - February 2018 2018
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No results found.The publication is one of the key visibility and advocacy tools for the European Union and FAO co-funded project titled "Improving Food Security and Nutrition in The Gambia through Food Fortification". The four-year project is being implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close partnership with the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA), National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Food Technology Service (FTS) under the Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Quality Authority (FSQA), The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB), United Purpose (UP) and private sector actors. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare serves as Chair of the Project Steering Committee. The intervention is designed to improve the nutritional and health status of vulnerable populations suffering from micronutrient deficiencies throughout The Gambia. This edition of the newsletter highlights the key activities and achievements in the first six motnhs of project implementation in the fight against hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty in the target beneficiary communities and the country at large. The newsletter also contains a knowledge sharing segmnent (series) aimed at raising public knowledge and understanding of food security and nutrition related issues.
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