Nutrition security

  1. How to dramatically reduce hunger - even in very poor countries
    GFAR has been advocating to policy makers that they shift from a traditional focus on productivity and production to address nutrition and health challenges. FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva outlines three types of political initiatives crucial to sustaining progress on food…
  2. Invitation to an open discussion on the ICN2 Framework for Action zero draft to implement the Rome Declaration on Nutrition
    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with IFAD, IFPRI, UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, WFP, WTO and the High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis (HLTF), are jointly organizing the Second…
  3. The EAT Stockholm Food Forum: Working together to change patterns of production and consumption
    The EAT Forum brought together a wide range of experts from the worlds of food, climate and health, and discussed challenges and opportunities linking food, health and sustainability exploring crossovers of these themes and of the science, business and politics concerned.   About the…
  4. G20 chief scientists meet in Australia
    Written by Melody Labinsky   Producing more with less and feeding the world’s growing population are key concerns for Dr Mark Holderness, executive secretary of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. Dr Holderness, who is based in Rome, was one of the delegates at the Food 4 Growth and…
  5. IFPRI 2020 Conference: Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security
    The conference provided a valuable opportunity to take stock of current understanding and actions around building a common agenda of resilience for food and nutrition security. Around 800 participants attended from 75 countries, though very few farmers and private sector stakeholders were…
  6. Interview with Dr. Gunhild Anker Stordalen - Director of EAT Stockholm Food Forum
    The Global Forum has become a Strategic Partner to the EAT Stockholm Food Forum, an international network bringing together experts on agricultural sustainability, food, nutrition and health, to increase the sustainability and nutritive value of food through an integrated approach across these…
  7. Interview with Dr. Gunhild Anker Stordalen - Director of EAT Stockholm Food Forum
    In May 2014 the first annual Stockholm Food Forum - EAT - will welcome participants from all over the world to help set goals and guidelines for the future. In an informal atmosphere, reflected by the warmth and generosity of its host city, the forum will offer lectures and panel discussions…
  8. Development of Eurasian Food Security Network
    Moscow, Russian Federation 8-20 November 2013   Mark Holderness, GFAR Executive Secretary, was invited as a Moderator for the Network development meeting of the Eurasian Centre for Food Security (ECFS) in Moscow, Russian Federation.  Responding to the 2008 food price crisis and the L…
  9. Nutrition-enhancing agriculture and food systems
    Online discussion until 29 July 2013   Nutrition-enhancing agriculture and food systems are those that address the underlying determinants or basic causes of malnutrition: this is the topic of the second online discussion organized in the lead-up to the International Conference on…
  10. Ensuring Nutritional security by Rural Business Enterpreneurship at Madurai District
    Background – what was the drive behind the new development Rice was the main crop grown in the Madurai District of Tamil Nadu, India. Due to the problem of inadequate irrigation water due to ground water depletion, farmers started giving up rice. Millet is highly suitable for promotion as an…
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