Since December 2008, the FSN Forum has hosted the following discussions:

On-going Discussions

Draft of the National Agricultural and Food Policy for Uzbekistan
Discussion raised by Bakhodur Eshonov from UNDP in Uzbekistan. Please click below to access the discussion documents:

Topic introduction
Discussion proceedings (until 2/03/09)

Looking at things differently while addressing food security and nutrition issues
Discussion raised by Andrew MacMillan, former director of FAO’s Field Operations Division. Please click below to access the discussion documents:

Topic introduction
Discussion proceedings (until 2/03/09)

Do Population Dynamics aggravate Food and Nutrition Insecurity?
Discussion raised by Charles Teller from the Population Reference Bureau, Washington, USA. Please click below to access the discussion documents:

Topic introduction
Discussion proceedings (until 2/03/09)


Closed Discussion

Putting people first: Nutrition, a key to integrated programming for poverty reduction?
Discussion raised by Charlotte Dufour, consultant in Nutrition, Food security, and Livelihoods, FAO, Rome. Please click below to access the discussion documents:

Topic introduction
Discussion proceedings
Discussion summary

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/en/

36 Resources have been shared in the FSN Forum since 16th October 2008 and are available at: http://km.fao.org/fsn/resources/resources-by-topic/en/?no_cache=1

Food Security - Policies and Strategies

Bridging the gap - The role of monitoring and evaluation in Evidence-based policy making

Logical framework for sustainable agriculture and food security in Uzbekistan
Global Economic Slump Challenges Policies

Harmonization and alignment: challenges and opportunities for US and European donors post-Accra

Reforming foreign aid practices: what country ownership is and what donors can do to support it

Statement from the Madrid HLC "Food Security for All", 26-27 January 2009

Reaching the MDGs: An International Perspective


Climate Change

The Environment's Role In Averting Future Food Crises - A UNEP Rapid Response Assessment

The Humanitarian Costs Of Climate Change

Community based adaptation in action: A case study from Bangladesh

Food Security and Poverty

Halving hunger: it can be done

Access to Finance and Markets as a Strategy to Address Poverty

The Feminization of Urban Poverty in Madagascar

Political economy of development and poverty in Africa: an overview

Wealth distribution, poverty and timber governance in Uganda

Poverty-Ill-Health Linkage: How Best Indian Health Policies Address it?  

ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAMME, A twin-track approach to hunger reduction: priorities for national and international action


Organic Agriculture and Food Security

Is Ecological Agriculture Productive?


Capacity building

Food composition and dietary assessment software and related products


Biotechnology

Coping with Water Scarcity: What Role for Biotechnologies?


Food Security and Nutrition

Improving the nutrition status of children and women

Managing Successful Nutrition Programmes

Collective Village-Level Voluntary Action and Community Health System Strengthening for Improving Maternal-Infant Health in Agra District, India

Rice – A Nutraceutical


Soaring Food Prices and Economic Crisis

Country responses to the food security crisis: Nature and preliminary implications of the policies pursued

Are Malthus's Predicted 1798 Food Shortages Coming True?

Global economic prospects: commodities at the crossroads

No credit due: the World Bank and IMF in Africa


Food Security and The Right To Food

Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

The Impact of Agrofuels from a Right to Food Perspective


Food Security - Other topics

A Manual for Early Warning Rapid Response Systems for HIV/AIDS

The macro-micro nexus in scaling-up aid: the case of HIV and AIDS control in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia