Nutrition security

  1. University of Michigan, School of Public Health: Postdoctoral Fellow position
  2. Global Nutrition Report
    Last year, the publication of the Global Nutrition Report 2014 marked the first-ever comprehensive look at the enormous scale of malnutrition, the measures being taken to combat it, and the need for further action. Now, the Global Nutrition Report 2015: Actions and Accountability to Advance…
  3. The role of Agricultural Innovation Systems in Central Asia and Caucasus countries and China towards more sustainable food security and nutrition
    It has been five weeks since the CACAARI Secretariat launched the online consultations on “The role of Agricultural Innovation Systems in Central Asia and Caucasus countries and China towards more sustainable food security and nutrition.” During this time, the e-discussion hosted on the…
  4. Releasing GFEP report and policy brief on Forests and Food Security
    The Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative provides a mechanism for effectively linking the information requirements of governments and intergovernmental processes related to forests and trees with existing scientific expertise. On 6 May 2015 at  the UN Forum on Forests in New York, USA…
  5. How to end hunger: lessons from the father of India’s green revolution
    The co-patron of the Gender in Agriculture Partnership, Prof. M.S. Swaminathan shares some lessons he has learned over his long and successful career on scientists’ role in feeding the world.   The research of MS Swaminathan led to India reaching agricultural self-sufficiency in the 1970s. He…
  6. Yes! We Can Change the Food System
    Young people and their innovative ideas have the power to change the food system. The Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) Young Earth Solutions! (YES!) program was established in 2012 to encourage young people—specifically, students under the age of 35—to develop innovative…
  7. Africa’s first Water Fund to tackle rising threats to food security, water and energy supplies
    Every rainy season Jane Kabugi’s home comes under attack. The torrential rain so desperately needed downstream to fuel Kenya’s rising electricity demands – and Nairobi’s water requirements – has literally been tearing her home and farm apart.   “There was a time when this house of mine…
  8. The intersection between agriculture and nutrition: the Agriculture-Nutrition Community of Practice
    Over the past three years GFAR has been advocating for better nutrition and sustainable agriculture. This included sponsorship of a specific workshop co-hosted with the EAT Stockholm Food Forum following on from the Rome ICN2 in 2014, which examined the metrics require to integrate nutrition…
  9. Discovery of beans that can beat the heat could save “meat of the poor” from global warming
    Source: CGIAR   As a result of a major breakthrough, beans – once feared to be a casualty of climate change – are now set to withstand extreme temperatures, protecting a staple food of the poor in developing countries.   Amidst fears that global warming could zap a…
  10. GCHERA Conference 2015 – Call for abstracts
    The GCHERA 8th World Conference “Universities’ Global Challenge: nutritional security and environmental sustainability for human health” will be held from 25 to 26 June 2015.  The conference will be held at Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon…
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