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Educating Consumers to Cope with High Food Prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Nutrition Education and Consumer Awareness Group 2008
When food prices are very high, governments and civil society organizations seek ways to prevent deterioration in the nutritional status of the population. Long experience on every continent shows there are many reasons that nutritional risks rise when food costs more
and there is no single solution for coping with the situation - each country, community and household uses a combination of strategies to help people cope. Nutrition education and communication can help people maintain nutritional well-being even though purchasing
food has become more difficult. This booklet provides examples and suggestions to stimulate ideas about how people's own capacities can be strengthened so that they can feed themselves with dignity now and in the future.
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Keywords: education, capacity building, FAO, UN, consumer, food price
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Education for Rural People and Food Security: A Cross Country Analysis Pasquale De Muro, Francesco Burchi Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2007
Food insecurity and poverty in low-income countries are at the heart of the current work of the international community. The first MDG gives priority to
halve by 2015 the proportion of people suffering from poverty and hunger. FAO has the mandate to monitor progress towards achievement of this goal. The 2005 State of Food Insecurity (SOFI) report, published by FAO, shows
how poverty and hunger are essentially rural phenomena, closely related to the lack of education. Given the strong correlation between poverty, hunger and
education, in 2002 FAO launched the Education for Rural People (ERP) partnership programme in collaboration with UNESCO. Up to the present, about 300 partners - international organizations, national governments,
academic institutions, civil society, and the media - have joined the programme. This research contributes to the policy work of the ERP partnership.
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Keywords: education, capacity building, FAO, UN, rural poverty
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Education and Training for Food Security: Capacity Building and Good Practices in five African Countries Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2007
Education for Rural People (ERP) is crucial to achieving by 2015 the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger (No. 1),
achieving universal primary education (No. 2), promoting gender equality (No. 3)
and ensuring environmental sustainability (No. 7). This book was prepared by the FAO Interdepartmental Working Group on
Training for Technicians and Capacity Building within the framework of ERP.
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Keywords: education, capacity building, FAO, UN, rural poverty, good practices, Africa
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Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger: Initiatives among school children in India Lalita Bhattacharjee, Valeria Menza, Biplab K. Nandi Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations April 2007
"Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger" (FMFH) is an FAO global education initiative aimed at introducing young people to the issues of hunger, malnutrition, and food security. It enables and encourages children and youth to become actively involved in helping to create a world free from hunger and malnutrition. FAO, in collaboration with partners, is promoting the implementation of the FMFH initiative, including in its field programme in various countries in the Asia region. This report describes the outcome of the field implementation of the FMFH initiative by five project teams in the eastern, western and south-central regions of India.
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Keywords: education, capacity building, FAO, UN, malnutrition, India, children,
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Reforming Higher Agricultural Education Institutions: The Case of the School of Agriculture at Monterrey Tech (ITESM) Manuel Zertuche Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2005
Over the past two decades, the School of Agriculture at ITESM (Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, commonly known as Monterrey Tech) has restructured its educational model, academic strategies
and logistics in order to successfully fulfil demands for better skilled professionals in the country and in a world in constant evolution. The objective of this case study are to describe critically the response patterns and reforms that ITESM and its School of Agriculture have carried
out to face the challenges of a new era of change and rapid transformation.
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Keywords: education, capacity building, FAO, UN, agricultural education, Mexico, Monterrey, ITESM
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Geographic information systems in fisheries management and planning: Technical Manual Gertjan de Graaf, Felix Marttin, Jose Aguilar-Manjarrez and Jeff Jenness FAO 2003
Fisheries management and planning has many spatial components and many serious issues like habitat loss and
environmental degradation have spatial dimensions, so fisheries biologists, aquatic resource managers and decision makers in developing countries have to address issues of great complexity.In this regard, GIS is a technology that can help to clarify the issues and lead to solutions by treating many spatial components simultaneously. However, many people are still unaware or afraid of the technology and its potential for fisheries management. This manual is written to overcome this knowledge-gap. It is not a GIS course, but more a “do-it-yourself”-course giving a short introduction to GIS software and its applications.
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Keywords: education, capacity, building, training, fisheries, GIS, technology, management, resources, water, livelihoods, aquaculture
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Good Practices For Animal Feed And Livestock: Training Manual Peter Golob FAO 2007
The grain produced by the farmer has a long journey to travel on its way to the consumer's plate or the animal's feed trough; it may be processed into value-added foods or feeds for consumption in urban or other areas that are remote from the site of production. There may be a long chain through which the crop will be transported, stored and processed, with accompanying losses in quality, quantity, nutrient content and monetary value at each
stage. If these losses are allowed to occur and build up, there will be a significant loss in revenue for the producer and the end user. This booklet describes the causes of these potential problems and illustrates actions
that should be undertaken to prevent or remedy them. The booklet does not address problems that can, and do, occur on
the farm; a separate booklet addresses on-farm situations.
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Keywords: education, capacity, buidling, training, crop, livestock, food, feed, market, supply, chain, nutrients, consumer, producer, storage, farming
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Hatchery culture of bivalves: A practical manual Alessandro Lovatelli (compiled and edited) FAO 2006
This manual brings together the current state of knowledge in describing the various aspects of hatchery culture and production from acquisition of brood stock to the stage at which the seed are of sufficient size to transfer to sea-based growout. Focus is on intensive methodology in purpose built hatchery facilities rather than on more extensive methods of seed production in land-based pond systems.
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Keywords: education, capacity, building, hatchery, livelihoods, farming, rural, development, land, water, resources, seed, stock
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Nutrition Education Mukelabai Songiso, Simon Hikaula, Janet L. Shamapango, Tomy B. Zulu Zambian Basic Education Course 2005
Levels of chronic malnutrition among small and school-going children continue to be
persistently high. However, good nutrition is an essential prerequisite for effective learning.
In recognition of this problem and in response to the Ministry's National Education
Policy (Educating Our Future, May 1996) on improvement of the nutritional status of
school-going children, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, developed action-oriented nutrition education
materials. These materials focus on influencing the nutrition and health-related
attitude, values, behaviour and practice of school children within the school premises
as well as at community level.
The methodologies suggested in these materials aim at strengthening the link between
the school and the home.
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Keywords: education, capacity building, FAO, UN, Africa, Zambia, nutrition education, school children
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Toolkit For The Application Of Participatory And Negociated Territorial Development In Transborder Zone Socio-Economic Development Program for the Transborder Onchocerciasis-Freed Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations July 2006
The Toolkit is related to the application of Participatory and Negotiated Territorial
Development (PNTD) in the context of the Socio-Economic Development Program for the
Transborder Onchocerciasis-Freed Zone of Ghana and Burkina Faso.
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Keywords: education, capacity building, FAO, UN,Africa, Ghana, Burkina Faso, toolkit, PNTD
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Knowledge Sharing For Improved Food Security And Better Nutrition Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Global Forum On Food Security And Nutrition - FSN Forum 2010
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) was created to strengthen FAO's capacity in knowledge sharing. The Forum is an online community where members can share experiences, identify resources, provide peer coaching and find collective solutions to food security and nutrition (FSN) issues, concerns and opportunities. The FSN Forum was launched on World Food Day, 16 October 2007, with 300 registered participants. After two years of active debate, the Forum has registered over 1500 members from 150 countries. So far, 44 e-discussions have taken place and a large amount of information and resources have been shared on the Forum's Web site. This booklet presents core information about the 44 online discussions held from October 2007 to October 2009.
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Keywords: education, capacity building, FAO, UN, knowledge sharing, nutrition, online discussion, FSN Forum
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Nutrition and Education MATTHEW J U K E S , J U D I T H MCGU I R E , FRANK METHOD AND ROBERT STERNBERG Administrative Committee on Coordination/Subcommittee on Nutrition (United Nations) 2002/01
No nation can afford to waste its greatest national resource: the intellectual power of its people. But that is precisely what is happening where low birth weight is common, where children fail to achieve their full potential growth,where micronutrient deficiencies permanently damage the brain,and where anemia and short-term hunger limit children's performance at school.
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Keywords: education, capacity, building, children, health, nutrition, diet, food, intake, consumption, absorption, birth, weight, school, growth, development, hunger, poverty
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Food for Education Program in Bangladesh: An Evaluation of its Impact on Educational Attainment and Food Security Akhter U. Ahmed and Carlo del Ninno IFPRI 2002
Discussion Paper BRIEFS.
Reproduced with permission from the International Food Policy Research Institute.
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http://www.ifpri.org Keywords: education, capacity, building, food, diet, calorie, school, Bangladesh, Asia, health, nutrition, development, growth, physical, mental
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Race, Equity, And Public Schools In Post-Apartheid South Africa: Is Opportunity Equal For All Kids? Futoshi Yamauchi IFPRI 2004/06
This paper examines dynamic changes in educational quality and equity differences in the public school system between Black and other racial groups in postapartheid South Africa, using the ratio of learners to educators in each school, available from the School Register of Needs, 1996 and 2000.
Reproduced with permission from the International Food Policy Research Institute.
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http://www.ifpri.org Keywords: education, capacity, building, children, schools, race, equity, equality, South, Africa
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Are Experience And Schooling Complementary? Evidence From Migrants' Assimilation In The Bangkok Labor Market Futoshi Yamauchi IFPRI 2003/12
This paper models the assimilation process of migrants and shows evidence of the complementarity between their destination experience and upon-arrival human capital.
Reproduced with permission from the International Food Policy Research Institute.
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http://www.ifpri.org Keywords: education, capacity, building, school, migration, poverty, development, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia
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About Global Food Security
There are more than 1.02 billion hungry people in the world
Source:FAO 2010
Providing global food security is one of the principle challenges for humanity in current times. The scale of the challenge is immense. According to an FAO estimate over 1 billion people suffer from hunger. One sixth of all humanity currently goes hungry every day. This is a challenge that has reached unprecedented levels in recent years. There are more people hungry today than at any time since 1970.
Malnutrition has also been growing since the mid-1990s, and in 2008 was affecting approximately 915 million people. These trends are expected to worsen given high food prices, and structural issues relating to the recent downturn in the global economy.
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The work of The Network of European Foundations' Mercator Fund is underpinned by the principle that the global philanthropic community has a vital role to play in promoting and implementing the work necessary to bring about social and political change. The Mercator Fund aims to generate innovative ideas to respond to key global challenges through the development of projects that address core global social issues.
The Sir Ratan Tata Trust is one of the oldest philanthropic institutions in India, and has played a pioneering role in changing the traditional ideas of charity and introducing the concept of philanthropy. Through its grant making, the Trust supports efforts in the development of society, through institutional grants in areas of Education, Health, Arts & Culture, Enhancing Civil Society & Governance and Rural Livelihoods & Communities. Besides institutional grants, the Trust also makes individual grants for education and medical relief.
Nearly 70% of the tribal communities of India reside in central India, concentrated in about 110 districts within the nine central Indian states. The region is endowed with rich natural resources; however, issues such as abject poverty, primitive farming methods, improper use of water resources, naxalism, etc. ensure that this tribal belt lags behind other parts of India. Central India Initiative, one of the flagship initiatives of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, was initiated in 2004, with the basic objective of enhancing tribal livelihoods through a Natural Resource Management (NRM) based approach. Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI), a registered organization seeded by the Trust, is the nodal agency for the Central India Initiative.
ICOS ICOS is an independent international organisation providing local solutions to tackle new global challenges. Through an innovative combination of research, analysis and project implementation, ICOS examines the root causes of current challenges to achieve measurable and direct results.
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