- The position is to be filled at the earliest possible opportunity and has an initial contract term of 2 years. It is a part-time position (50%), implemented as a quota of 112 deployment days per year. There is an expectation of commitment beyond this quota, if required in acute emergency situations…
- Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies have a range of applications, including the sequencing of microbial genomes and culture-free identification of microbial communities. The implications of this for the food industry range from source tracking of bacterial contaminants, identification of…
- In Brazil, one in two adults and one in three children are overweight or obese. With these numbers expected to increase in the coming years, Brazil’s Ministry of Health hopes to stem the rise with the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population, released last year. These guidelines matter since…
- Joint FAO-WFP news release Protracted conflicts affecting 17 countries have driven millions of people into severe food insecurity and are hindering global efforts to eradicate malnutrition, two UN agencies have warned in a report submitted to the UN Security Council. A new series of 17 country…
- During a ceremony at the U.S. State Department last week, the 2016 World Food Prize Laureates were announced by USAID Administrator Gayle Smith, remarking that “these four extraordinary World Food Prize Laureates have proven that science matters, and that when matched with dedication, it can change…
- IFPRI has released its 2016 Global Nutrition Report, which offers the startling findings that malnutrition has become a worldwide epidemic, affecting one-third of the global population. Coupled with the driver of increasing obesity, diet-related conditions such as stunting, anaemia, heart disease…
- FAO has just released a new publication entitled Methods for estimating comparable prevalence rates of food security experienced by adults throughout the world. This report presents a detailed description of the methodology and first results of FAO's Voices of the Hungry project. It provides the…
- The recently released dietary guidelines—which were put together by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—are creating a lot of controversy. While the Guidelines recommend eaters consume less sugar, they disappointed many sustainable agriculture…
- The international symposium will explore how the application of science and technology, particularly agricultural biotechnologies, can benefit smallholders in developing sustainable food systems and improving nutrition in the context of climate change. The symposium takes a multisectoral approach…