During the last two months, the FSN Forum has hosted the following discussions:
Papers and Data on Food Security in Mountains. Discussion raised by Claudia Veith, Forestry Department, FAO Rome. Please click below to access the discussion document available:
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Materials on Complementary Food Recipes and Cooking Demonstrations. Discussion raised by Silke Pietzsch, Action Against Hunger, USA. Please click below to access the discussion document available:
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A Web-site on Household Food Production. Topic raised and is facilitated by George Kent, from the University of Hawaii, USA. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Garden in a sack -free discussion. Discussion raised by Peggy Pascal, Food Security representative and evaluator of Solidarités –a French NGO. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Discussion Proceedings (until the 30th August)
Promoting Collaboration among Stakeholders in Agriculture Development.
The discussion was raised by Chris Ramezanpour, a member of the Global Farmer Field School Listserve (Global-FFS-l), which is part of the Global Farmer Field School Network and Resource Centre (FFSnet) and was cross-posted on the FSN Forum
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Training manuals/Training resources on Food Security.
This discussion was raised by Alejandro Acosta, Agricultural Economist, FAO Mozambique.
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Closing the Gap - Linking Food Security Information to Effective Decision Making.
The discussion was raised by Dominique Blariaux, Food Security specialist of the European Commission. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Organic Agriculture and Climate Change. The discussion was raised by Poonam Pande, Senior Technical Expert with the Sustainet Project of GTZ, India. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Mainstreaming food security and nutrition in poverty reduction strategies/policies. This topic was raised by Maarten Immink, Agricultural Development Economics Division, FAO and was cross-posted with the Food and Nutrition Community - Solution Exchange India. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Staple Food as a Fundamental Solution to Malnutrition. The discussion was raised by Adetunji Olajide Falana, from the Nutrition Division of the Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Improving rice production in Africa. The discussion was raised by Glenn Ashton, from the Ekogaia Foundation. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Energy Competition for Food Crops. The discussion was raised and facilitated by Eltighani Elamin, from the Agricultural Economics & Policy Research Center, Sudan. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Biological Pesticide Research and Extension. The discussion was raised by Aude Viviane Goulivas, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Cote d’ Ivoire. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Impact of Soaring Food Prices and Policy Responses. This discussion was raised and facilitated by Materne Maetz and Jean Balié from FAO's initiative on Soaring Food Prices. Please click below to access the discussion documents:
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Note: All the French and Spanish versions of the summaries (when available) can be found on the FSN Forum home page: http://km.fao.org/fsn/resources/discussion_proceedingssummaries.html
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