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BookletGlobal nutrient conversion table for FAO supply utilization accounts 2024
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No results found.High-quality food compositional data are crucial to obtain adequate results in research education, health claims and policy decisions. This document describes the development of a global set of energy, nutrient values and edible portion coefficients for the FAO Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA). The SUA statistics are published on FAOSTAT, the largest global database offering free access to food, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, natural resources management and nutrition statistics. Until 2023, the statistics published by FAO include energy and macronutrients (protein and fat) only, meaning that no statistics for vitamins or minerals were previously available. This user guide provides background information on the development of the Global Nutrient Conversion Table (NCT) for SUA, underlining the methodology and principles applied. The Global NCT for SUA consists of 435 food items for crops and livestock and 95 food items for fish and other aquatic products, totalling 530 items. Each SUA item was matched with food composition data from selected high-quality food composition tables from different countries and regions. The energy and nutrient values present an average profile for each food item listed in the SUA.Download the Nutrient conversion table for SUA that accompanies this publication. -
Book (stand-alone)Plant nutrition for food security - A guide for integrated nutrient management 2006
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No results found.Of the essential material needs of humankind, the basic requirement is for an adequate supply of air, water and food. People have free access to the air they breathe. However, access to drinking-water and food, while easily obtained for some, is difficult for many. In addition to being physically available, these materials should also be of acceptable quality and continuously so. Hunger and diseases have affected humankind since the dawn of history. Throughout time, there have been p eriods of famine leading to suffering and starvation, making the fight against hunger and the diseases caused by malnutrition a permanent challenge. For many centuries until about 1800, the average grain yield was about 800 kg/ha, providing food only for a few people. The main problems were the low fertility of most soils (mainly caused by the depletion of nutrients) and the great yield losses from crop diseases and pests. -
MeetingThe Coping Strategies Index: A tool for rapidly measuring food security and the impact of food aid programs in emergencies
FAO International Workshop on “Food Security in Complex Emergencies: building policy frameworks to address longer-term programming challenges” Tivoli, 23-25 September 2003
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No results found.This paper looks at the Coping Strategies Index, which was developed by CARE to provide regular measurements for monitoring changes in food security and assessing the impact of food aid interventions in highly food insecure countries. The CSI is an indicator of household food security that is relatively simple and quick to use, straightfoward to understand and correlates well with more complex measures of food security.
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