Nutrition security

  1. 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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…
  5. Unlocking the potential of village chicken production to contribute to household nutritional security
    Livestock are vital to the livelihoods of 70% of the world’s rural poor, providing protein and micronutrients, cash income, draught power, social status and financial security as a form of savings.  Family poultry have a special place as they are frequently the only livestock under the control…
  6. Addressing the Link between Zinc Deficiency in Soils, Crops and Humans
    The Zinc Nutrient Initiative has the potential to improve millions of lives around the world.   50% of the world’s agricultural soils are deficient in zinc. Grain concentrations of crops grown on zinc-deficient soils are much lower; therefore, people eating crops grown on zinc-…
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