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Closing the Gap - Linking Food Security Information to Effective Decision Making- 9.07 to 9.08.2008
The link between 'technical' consensus and decision making is difficult to make partially because analysis of a food security situation, based on security information systems are often very technical and the 'translation' to a more political level are often difficult to make. The 'missing link' might be a lack of 'communication' skills? How to close the gaps in food security information systems and better link food security information with decision making?
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Organic Agriculture and Climate Change - 24.06 to 14.07.2008
How do organic agriculture systems utilize traditional skills and knowledge, manage with weather extremes, and enhance productivity and resilience? Closed discussions
Mainstreaming food security and nutrition in poverty reduction strategies/policies - 15.06 to 04.07.2008
Please share : - Case studies of initiatives towards mainstreaming food and nutrition security in poverty reduction strategies, development plans or national policies
- Opportunities, challenges and lessons learned in implementing such initiatives with positive outcomes
- What kind of policy assistance is available or required to overcome constraints to mainstreaming food and nutrition security at local levels (like in district or municipal plans)
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Energy Competition for Food Crops-03.06 to 20.06.2008
Please share your opinions and insights on the pros and cons of bio-fuel. Staple Food as a Fundamental Solution to Malnutrition - 27.05 to 27.06.08
What could be the solutions to the over-reliance on short to medium strategies of Supplementation and Fortification? What could be done to promote staple food? Improving rice production in Africa - free discussionBiological Pesticide Research and Extension - 22.05 to 14.06.08
Forum members are invited to share information (examples, reference papers, contacts...) and insight/advice regarding Biological pesticide research and Extension. Impact of Soaring Food Prices and Policy Responses
25.04 to 30.05.08
Forum members are invited to share insights on the impact of soaring food prices and policy measures adopted in country-specific situations as well as recommend appropriate policies/actions. Genetically Modified Organisms and Food Security
31st March to 9th May 2008
Forum members are kindly requested to:
1. Share examples of where smallholder farmers use genetically modified crops and the advantages and disadvantages they have noticed in relation to conventional corps.
2. Share examples of where multinational companies/ governments and others have promoted their genetic crops to small-scale farmers, specifically thinking of promises of higher yields and greater access to new markets.
3. Provide contact details of NGOs other organisations or people who are aware or engaged in similar studies to contact and share information. 26th March - 18th April 2008
Topic: Food Price Rise as a Motive for Action Against Hunger and Malnutrition
Forum members are invited to share ideas and experiences on how individuals, communities and countries can use the food price rise as a motive for concerted action against chronic hunger and malnutrition. 17 March - 17 April 2008
Topic: Community Forestry and Food Security
Could Forum members share documents or studies on different food security indicators? Are there studies that evaluate the contribution of community forestry to food security? What would be the best mechanisms to anchor Agricultural Activities and ensure Food Security in a Community Forestry process, which generally consists in management of natural/forest resources by and for local populations? 5 February - 14 March 2008
Topic: Measuring household FSN, with a focus on HIV/AIDS affected households
Which tools, indicators or methods should be used for measuring the Food Security of households containing adults malnourished with HIV/AIDS?
15th Jan - 16th Feb 2008
Topic: The Way Forward For Small Holder Farmers
Why have the conditions of small holder farmers been getting worse and worse over the past 30 years? What is the way forward for small holder farmers and what are the implications, particularly for policy-making? 7th Jan - 5th February 2008
Topic: Agricultural Biodiversity and FSN
Is the issue of Agricultural Biodiversity (i.e. the ecosystem, species and genetic diversity found in agricultural landscapes) much discussed in FSN circles? For example, are variables such as the number of different varieties of sorghum or the number of different leafy green vegetables (for example) grown by people in an area the kind of baseline data that are documented when doing livelihoods and food security vulnerability assessments?
Is this aspect of livelihoods and food security sometimes ignored, or at least not given the consideration it deserves? 19th November - 7th December 2007
The topic "Nutrition education - essential but often neglected" was raised by Ms Jane Sherman, education consultant, and facilitated by Ms Ellen Muehlhoff, Senior Officer, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, FAO. 12th November - 7th December 2007
"Topics on which research is most needed". This discussion was facilitated by Mr Andrew McMillan, former FAO director. The aims of this discussion were the following: - To provide references with which we can substantiate the typical claims in FSN fields (see the full text of the topic for more details)
- To collect opinions and insights on the topics on which research is most needed
- To collect opinions and insights on how to solve the lack of necessary research/evidence
____________________________________________________ 13th November - 20th November 2007
Suggestions for emerging topics for the programme of the 2nd International Conference on Poverty, Food and Health, involving the Human Rights approach, which took place in Lisbon, from 28th to 30th November, 2007. 16th October- 16th November 2007
E-discussion on "Drawing lessons from food security and nutrition research, analysis and information for improved decision making and response", facilitated by Mr. Mark Smulders, coordinator of the FAO-FIVIMS Programme Discussion topics
Please provide a short account of how you have been successful in conducting research or analysis, or have generated information in FSN:
(i) specifying a particular PURPOSE; (ii) clarifying which INDICATORS you used; (iii) stating how you COMMUNICATED your findings; (iv) explaining whether your work was in response to an EXPRESSED NEED for information (by whom and for what purpose); and (v) stating whether (or not) the knowledge generated resulted in CONCRETE ACTION.
What have been your SUCCESS FACTORS and/or KNOWLEDGE GAP/CONSTRAINT?
26th October-26 November
Peer review of the paper "Livelihood Characterisation in South Sudan: use of physiographic & agro-climatic layers" by Andrew Nam ODERO, WFP, Sudan.
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