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ProjectEstablishment of a New Analytical Laboratory at a Food Production Facility in Dekemhare City, Eritrea - TCP/ERI/3609 2020
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No results found.Food safety and quality are essential for food security, public health and economic development. Improving laboratory-testing capacity contributes to increasing the supply of safe, wholesome high-quality food by reducing the impact of food-borne diseases that can cause illness and death. Food quality analysis and management also help to stem the economic consequences of food-borne illness and food insecurity, contributing to a healthier, more prosperous and productive nation. Ensuring the safety and quality of foods also promotes international trade and access to new markets, which provides a means to strengthen livelihoods all along the value chain, alleviating poverty and hunger. Eritrea is a young East African country, gaining independence in May 1991 after a 30-year war with Ethiopia. The development of industry in Eritrea, including the food industry and laboratories, dates back to the Italian colonial period (1890-1941), when Eritrea had a relatively prosperous economy. However, during British rule (1941-1952) and the Ethiopian administration that followed, a lack of investment led to a deterioration of its infrastructure. Eritrea’s current industrial base is made up of numerous small- and medium-sized enterprises, and the Government is making a significant effort to increase their contribution to the national economy – including private-sector food production and processing enterprises. However, Eritrea’s Government is facing several macro-economic challenges, which are affecting the operations of various ministries including Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health. As a result, preventive activities such as those related to food safety receive less priority than curative medical services. This has seriously affected the ministries’ operation and monitoring of food safety analysis. The national food control system needs an urgent review and redesign. Establishment of basic operational and management systems, including training and capacity building of laboratory staff and laboratory accreditation to international standards, are needed to strengthen this system and enhance its capacity for ensuring that safe and nutritiousfood reaches consumers. Fisheries and agriculture are important economic sectors that have good potential for producing export earnings with relatively low levels of investment. However, ever-increasing international food safety standards and trade regulations are seriously hampering the export of agricultural products and hence the country's efforts to gain market access. -
DocumentCritical, emerging and enduring issues for food security and nutrition
A note by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security
2022In 1996, the World Food Summit stated that “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” In 2022, more than a quarter of a century later, the world still faces major challenges and is not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals related to food security and nutrition. In this note, elaborated within the framework of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) brings to the attention of the Committee seven critical, emerging and enduring issues which require their attention in the coming years and could shape their quadrennial programme of work for 2024–2027. These include resilience and equity of supply chains; urban and peri-urban food systems in the context of urbanization and rural transformation; conflicts and food system fragility; climate policies; roles and rights of food system workers; and diverse knowledge systems, technologies and practices; as well as the challenges related to the emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and other biological hazards. This note also illustrates how the intersections and interactions between these key issues impact food security and nutrition. -
DocumentContribution of Tea Production and Exports to Food Security, Rural Development and Smallholder Welfare in Selected Producing Countries 2015
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No results found.The World Food Summit in 1996 reinforced a multidimensional approach to food security: “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. In as far as how international trade contributed to food security, the summit concluded that an important way was by accelerating national income growth. As incomes grew, the fraction spent on food dec lined and the chances of falling into food insecurity decreased. Trade contributed to income growth in a number of ways: enabling countries to reap the benefits of comparative advantage; provide opportunities for production expansion; and greater transfer of capital and expertise, particularly through foreign investment. Export growth allowed firms to expand beyond the respective domestic markets and reap the benefits of economies of scale. Exposure to foreign competition also helped in removing inefficiencies and gaining exposure to ideas, knowledge and new technologies. In the case of tea, production and exports generate foreign exchange and employment and provide a material base for national economic growth. In particular, they make significant contributions to food security by helping to cover food import bills. In 2011, tea export earnings paid for 51 percent and 71 percent of Kenya and Sri Lanka’s food import bills, respectively. Therefore, monitoring and analysing international tea trade is critical for policy makers involved with food security, trade and rural development in developing countries.
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