- 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…
- Hawassa University, School of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Technology would like to announce a call for research papers for the upcoming National Nutrition Conference which is going to be held on 25th - 26th of February 2016. Conference Theme: Multsectoral Approach for Better Nutrition and …
- Agropolis Fondation, Fondazione Cariplo and Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso have just launched a call for proposals for the “Thought for Food Initiative: Transdisciplinary research towards more sustainable food systems” This Call aims to (a) advance understanding of the sustainability of food…
- The Nutrition Division of FAO (ESN), in partnership with the Statistics Division (ESS) and the Food Safety and Quality Unit (AGDF) of FAO, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international partners, is building a pilot Global Individual Food consumption data Tool (FAO/WHO GIFT) (http://…
- Last week, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) announced the launch of Compact2025, an ambitious new global initiative for ending hunger and undernutrition by 2025, as a first step to ending extreme poverty. Compact2025, which was launched this past Wednesday, November 18 at…