Third Joint Fao/who/unep International Conference on Mycotoxins

Principles of Risk Assessment of Mycotoxins in Food and Feed by European Food Safety Authority (efsa)

There are several international organizations with scientific boards dealing with the problem of food and feed contaminants. Apart the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, Lyon, France) which is focused on carcinogenicity of natural and manmade compounds, there is also a more recently founded (1980) International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), a joint venture of the United N...

Release of Genetically Modified Organisms in the Environment: is it a Health Hazard?

s of each presentation were prepared by the authors themselves. They solely reflect their point of view. The sections “discussion/issues raised”, which follow each abstract, have been drafted by the secretariat according to key issues raised and book marked as such during the final discussion, further edited by the author of the papers and submitted for final review to all participants. Activit...

Joint FAO/CGIAR/UNEP Poverty And Food Security Mapping Project Workshop on the Impacts of Poverty Maps: Past Experiences and New Applications

How to Assist the Small-Scale Farmer

The key messages in my presentation are taken from the recently completed International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), which was approved by 60 developed and developing countries in South Africa in April, 2008. The IAASTD was co-sponsored by the World Bank, FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, UNDP, WHO and the GEF. The key findings of the Global Summary for Decision-...

Body mass index as an indicator of obesity

Undernutrition and hunger have always formed the foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) mandate. Working in collaboration with the International Dietary Energy Consultative Group (IDECG), FAO began to examine both appropriate cut-off points of the body mass index (BMI) at the lower end of the spectrum and the functional consequences of low BMI (<16.0 = Category III Chronic ...