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Food Security Briefs for 30 Countries Now Available from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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These country briefs, updated every three months, provide a snapshot of the food security situation in over 30 countries. They are available at: www.foodsec.org/pubs_country.htm They pool together valuable data from national and international sources and cover:• cereal and livestock prices• vegetation conditions • government policies affecting food more...

Added by denise melvin on March 10, 2010

Risk characterization of microbiological hazards in food

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This book addresses risk characterization as one of the four steps of microbiological risk assessment, which include hazard identification, exposure assessment, hazard characterization and risk characterization. This volume presents guidelines for risk characterization of microbiological hazards in foods. It provides descriptive guidance on how to conduct risk characterizations in various contexts, and utilizing a variety of tools and techniques.

Added by Zunia on March 09, 2010

On the Contribution of Mother’s Education to Children’s Nutritional Capabilities in Mozambique

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This paper examines the role of mother’s education in expanding children’s nutritional capabilities in Mozambique. The econometric results, based on data from the 2003 DHS survey, suggest that mother’s schooling is a key determinant of children’s nutrition, but its direct marginal contribution is declining after completion of primary education.

Added by Zunia on March 07, 2010

Master Human Development and Food Security (HDFS)

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Registration for the 2010-2011 edition is now open. The Master in Human Development and Food Security (HDFS) was established in 2003 within the Faculty of Economics of the University of Roma Tre in Rome, Italy. Its main objective is to provide students with a real “tool box” that can be used in different professional situations to fight hunger and poverty. The Master is based on a multidisciplinary approach centred on human development and food security. The Masters Degree programme lasts 12 more...

Added by chiara gnesi on March 03, 2010

When Emergencies Last for Decades - How to improve food security in protracted crises

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33 countries currently face a food security crisis, 14 of which have been in this situation for more than a decade. When emergencies continue for such extended periods of time, traditional humanitarian and development paradigms are not suitable for guiding effective responses. Rather than engaging in ad hoc relief programmes, interventions should follow longer term strategies and build on local institutions.

Added by Denis Drechsler on March 02, 2010

Somalia: Food Security and Nutrition Special Brief

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This special FSNAU brief provides a summary of the key findings of the post Deyr ‘09/10 Assessment and Analysis, which are the result of fieldwork (December23 – January 5) and national analysis workshop (January 11 – 16) and a Technical Verification and Partner Vetting Meetings (Nutrition, January 25 and Food Security, January 27). FEWSNET Somalia along with 86 partners, including regional authorities, UN and international agencies and local and international NGOs participated and supported in more...

Added by Zunia on February 24, 2010

Food Safety is Critical to Nutrition Security

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Most scientists agree that the world's farmers produce enough food to cater for the Earth's six billion people. The fact that more than one billion people suffer from hunger and under nutrition is widely thought to be a result of inadequate distribution. But we will never eliminate global hunger by simply improving our capacity to spread agricultural produce among all inhabitants unless we can also guarantee the quality of supplies. The concept of nutrition security — ensuring access to food more...

Added by Zunia on February 22, 2010

Urgent Action needed to tackle Malnutrition

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Improving nutrition in the developing world has never been more important. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, more than a billion people — one sixth of the global population — have a diet so poor they may be severely underweight, have stunted growth, or lack the vitamins and minerals they need for good health (all are aspects of severe malnutrition, or under-nutrition). And as populations grow and local climates change, this number is sure to rise. Science can help design more...

Added by Zunia on February 22, 2010

The challenge of improving nutrition: facts and figures

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Hunger: it's an emotive term for under nutrition. It conjures images of famine and starvation in the developing world. Technically, under nutrition is the outcome of insufficient food and repeated infectious diseases. It includes being severely underweight or dangerously thin (wasted), too short (stunted), and deficient in vitamins and minerals. But the world's food problems are far more complex and widespread than just under nutrition.A healthy diet is more than just calories. Priya Shetty more...

Added by Zunia on February 22, 2010

Review of Nutrition and Mortality Indicators for the IPC

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Nutrition and mortality indicators have long been used to guide decision-makers in humanitarian and development programs. This study provides guidance to IPC practitioners on the significance and use of nutrition and mortality indicators for the classification of different food security phases. The study is based on an in-depth literature review, combined with a two‐day technical consultation held in Rome in July 2009, attended by 33 experts representing 18 agencies and institutions, who more...

Added by Zunia on February 15, 2010

The Micronutrient Initiative´s (MI) 2008-2009 Annual Report

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The Micronutrient Initiative (MI) is the leading organization working exclusively to eliminate vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the world’s most vulnerable populations.Their vision is a world free of hidden hunger and is to ensure that the world’s most vulnerable—especially women and children—in developing countries get the vitamins and minerals they need to survive and thrive and is to develop, implement and monitor innovative, cost-effective and sustainable solutions for hidden hunger, in more...

Added by Zunia on February 10, 2010

A quantitative analysis of determinants of child and maternal malnutrition in Nigeria

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This document says that malnutrition rates among children 0 to 36 months and women of reproductive age in Nigeria are high and vary significantly across rural-urban locations, geopolitical zones, and agro-ecological zones, thereby constituting a significant public health challenge. Using the 2003 National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) data, this brief discusses the key determinants of child and maternal nutrition in Nigeria across these different zones

Added by Zunia on February 10, 2010

Michael Pollan on "Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual" (DemocracyNow)

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Michael Pollan, the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, discusses the link between healthcare and diet, the dangers of processed foods, the power of the meat industry lobby, the “nutritional-industrial complex,” the impact industrial agriculture has on global warming, and his sixty-four rules for eating. “The markets are full of what I call edible food-like substances that you have to avoid,” says Michael Pollan. “So a lot of the rules are to help you, you know, navigate more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on February 09, 2010

Fair Miles: Recharting the food miles map

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"It’s a social, political and economic issue that involves millions of small farmers in poor countries who export produce to the North. They have built lives and livelihoods around this trade. By buying what they grow, you’ve clocked up ‘fair miles’. This pocketbook delves into the realities of the produce trade between Africa and the UK, examining both sides of the equation in search of a diet that is ethically, as well as nutritionally, balanced."

Added by Zunia on February 04, 2010

Food Hygiene (Basic Texts)

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The Codex basic texts on food hygiene promote understanding of how rules and regulations on food hygiene are developed and applied. The General Principles of food hygiene cover hygiene practices from primary production through to final consumption, highlighting the key hygiene controls at each stage. This publication also contains the most internationally used description of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system and guidelines for its application. This fourth edition more...

Added by Zunia on February 03, 2010

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