FAO’s Approach to Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Development

A Conceptual Framework for National Agricultural, Rural Development, and Food Security Strategies and Policies

The purpose of the present Conceptual Framework document, developed in the context of FAO’s “Initiative to Review and Update National Agricultural, Rural Development and Food Security Strategies and Policies”, is to propose a flexible general approach to addressing food security through agricultural and rural development and direct actions to enhance immediate access to food. The target audienc...

FAO’s Integrated Country Approach for promoting decent rural employment: Implementation in Malawi and Tanzania (2011-13)

The Contribution of Nutrition to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals FAO’s Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division Overview Nutritional status is a key indicator of poverty and hunger, poor health, and inadequate education and social conditions. Good nutrition

Nutritional status is a key indicator of poverty and hunger, poor health, and inadequate education and social conditions. Good nutrition is crucial to reach the health, education and economic goals contained in the MDGs since good health, cognitive development and productivity cannot be achieved without good nutrition. Poorly nourished children cannot grow and develop properly, resist infection...

Corporate Strategy on Capacity Development

1. In international development, capacity is seen as “the ability of people, organizations and society as a whole to manage their affairs successfully”, leading to attainment of the Millennium Development Goals and FAO’s three Global Goals in line with national development plans. Capacity Development (CD) is the “process whereby people, organizations and society as a whole unleash, strengthen, ...

2 - 3 In Touch HEINZ NUTRITION FOUNDATION INDIA

Micro-nutrient Fortification of Food T he High-level Expert Forum from FAO’s 192 Member Nations will discuss, deliberate and take important decisions during the World summit scheduled in Rome around the mid November 2009, the strategies to ensure that everyone has enough to eat both today and tomorrow. During last week of October AIIMS New Delhi is organising An International Workshop on Micron...