Food & Nutrition Security

Food & Nutrition Security

This topic refers to all issues related to Food Security as defined in the Rome declaration in 1996: "Food security exists - at the individual, family, national and global levels - when all people at all times have physical and economic access to enough safe and nutritious food in order to cover their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life".

36 groups and 23 articles on Food & Nutrition Security. 1291 capacity4dev.eu members interested in Food & Nutrition Security.

FAO publication on the State of Food Insecurity

E-learning programme of FAO on Food Security funded by the EC

IFPRI Publication on the Global Hunger Index

WHO programme on Nutrition

Case studies undernutrition

Reference Document 13 ; Under nutrition in external assistance, Sep. 2011

Articles on Food & Nutrition Security

The Humble Potato Combats Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa

April 9 2013 by Coordination Team

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The Irish Presidency of the European Union is well underway, with an ambitious development programme and a notable focus on hunger, nutrition and resilience. Gay Mitchell MEP, and Ireland’s Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello, gathered development stakeholders together last month to celebrate a remarkable agricultural coalition combating hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa – an Ethiopia-based food security project, centered on the potato.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Environment & Climate Change, Food & Nutrition Security

Article relevant for the region/countries:

1.Sub-Saharan Africa

Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)

March 28 2013 by Coordination Team

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By bringing top decision-makers from leading institutions, international development agencies and over 33 national governments affected by food insecurity to the table, and by setting up targets for the Post Millennium Development Goals, the SUN initiative is becoming a cornerstone in the fight to reduce hunger.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Children, Food & Nutrition Security, Fragility & Crisis Situations

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ROSA Food Security Network Migrates to the capacity4dev.eu Platform

March 25 2013 by Coordination Team

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Last week capacity4dev launched the updated Food & Nutrition Security – ROSA group. Laura Gualdi, Programme Manager for Food Security at EuropeAid, shares her thoughts on the importance of knowledge management tools and the advantages of integrating the ROSA (Réseau Opérationnel de Sécurité Alimentaire) network into a wider platform.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Food & Nutrition Security

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7.EU Member States: Belgium

Harnessing the Potential of Conservation Agriculture to Reduce Poverty

March 21 2013 by Coordination Team

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James McNulty is a Seconded National Expert working with the European Union Delegation to Zambia. In this Voices & Views, he shares what he learned about the practical application of conservation agriculture from local farmers.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Food & Nutrition Security

Article relevant for the region/countries:

1.Sub-Saharan Africa: Zambia

Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture: High on the EU Agenda

March 18 2013 by Coordination Team

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In this first ‘Voices& Views’ for capacity4dev.eu’s Food and Nutrition Security week, EuropeAid’s Jean Pierre Halkin draws attention to the fact that food security and, increasingly, nutrition, are at the top of EU, G8 and G20 Agendas, and outlines some of the measures that the European Union is taking to support these complex issues.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Food & Nutrition Security

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There Are A Wealth of Stories To Be Told, Says Deputy Director General

February 28 2013 by Coordination Team

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While visiting Resilience and Food Security related projects in Ethiopia last month, Marcus Cornaro, Deputy Director General of EuropeAid, was so struck by the people he met, and their stories of challenge and success, that he used his smartphone to film and document what was happening around him.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Capacity Development & Technical Cooperation Reform, Communication, Food & Nutrition Security

Article relevant for the region/countries:

1.Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia

Burkina Faso Engineering School Develops Green Responses to African Energy Needs

February 8 2013 by Coordination Team

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A European Union (EU) supported bio-fuel research centre reinforces the energy-capacities in West Africa, thanks to a unique partnership involving West African engineering school 2iE, a leading French research centre, local expertise and the sub-region's national electricity companies .

Article relevant to the topics: Energy, Food & Nutrition Security

Article relevant for the region/countries:

1.Sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso

Training Farmers in Agroecology: A Sound Investment to Fight Hunger

January 17 2013 by Coordination Team

1,755 views

During a high level panel on sustainable agriculture held at the European Development Days 2012, experts said that world hunger has diminished worldwide, but it will only continue to do so if farmers are trained to implement agro-ecology principles using such techniques as agroforestry, conservation agriculture and the proper application of fertiliser.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Capacity Development & Technical Cooperation Reform, Food & Nutrition Security

Article relevant for the region/countries:

1.Sub-Saharan Africa

How to apply the Communication on Resilience – EC Humanitarian Office's experience from Ethiopia

November 20 2012 by Coordination Team

1,641 views

At the recent EU Development Days, EuropeAid’s Director of Human and Society Development, Kristian Schmidt underlined that promoting the concept of Resilience will not only save lives, it will save money. But success for Resilience measures will involve bridging the gap between emergency response and long term development. The EC’s Humanitarian Aid department ECHO is taking steps towards this in Ethiopia.

Article relevant to the topics: Food & Nutrition Security, Fragility & Crisis Situations

Article relevant for the region/countries:

1.Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia

The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crises

October 11 2012 by Coordination Team

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Climate change and extreme weather, population growth, galloping urbanization and soil degradation impact the lives of an unprecedented number of people today. More communities are exposed to possible natural or economic disaster than ever before. Bolstering their ability to handle a shock and its consequences is the focus of an important EU Communication.

Article relevant to the topics: Environment & Climate Change, Food & Nutrition Security, Fragility & Crisis Situations

Article relevant for the region/countries:

1.Sub-Saharan Africa

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