Category: nutrition
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New Strategies for Old Goals: WHO’s Push to Meet the 2025 Global Nutrition Targets
The Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO), took place November 2014 in Rome, Italy. During the conference, WHO released various resources to increase attention on the 2025 global nutrition targets. These resources primarily consist of a serious of 6…
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ICN2: Can the world get its act together on nutrition?
Nov 21 – The Road Ahead The Civil Society and Social Movements at ICN2 issued their formal statement today – see links below. “We reaffirm that nutrition can only be addressed in the context of vibrant and flourishing local food systems that are deeply ecologically rooted, environmentally sound and culturally and socially appropriate. We are…
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The State Of Food And Agriculture 2014: Innovation in family farming
FAO’s 2014 report on The State Of Food and Agriculture (SOFA 2014) focuses on the vital role of family farms for food security, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. The report states more than 500 million family farms manage the majority of the world’s agricultural land and produce most of the world’s food. That group constitutes 90% of…
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Announcing the 2014 Global Hunger Index
The 2014 Global Hunger Index, now available from the International Food Policy Research Institute, Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide, shows a steady decrease in hunger in most developing countries.While great strides have been made to feed the world, hunger persists: some 805 million people go hungry every day because they don’t get enough to eat, and…