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 The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) is an on-line network whose members share experiences, identify resources, provide peer coaching and support and find collective solutions to food security and nutrition (FSN) issues, focusing on FSN policies. The Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is facilitating the networking effort, under the umbrella of the FAO-Netherlands Partnership Programme, in collaboration with other FAO units. More about the FSN Forum / See the FSN Forum leaflet
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The FSN Forum Team is glad to announce that 1500 Members are now part of the Community.
Open discussions
Food, Agriculture and Cities
02.11.2009 to 23.11.2009 - Members are invited to reflect on how the fact that over half of the world population today is living in urban areas is producing effects on their food security and on the need to strengthen urban-rural linkages. Public Procurement of Agricultural Goods
26.10.2009 to 16.11.2009 - Members are invited to share experiences of cases of pubic procurement where government institutions directly purchase or finance the procurement of agricultural goods to support specific farmers’ groups, who otherwise might have difficulties in market access. Revising the Food Chapter of the Sphere Handbook
19.10.2009 to 16.11.2009 - In the framework of the second revision of the Sphere Handbook - Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, members are invited to give their feedback on the Nutrition and Food Security components of the Handbook. Food Security and Agriculture Governance Systems
21.10.2009 to 16.11.2009 - Forum members are invited to discuss on the trends affecting the global food and agriculture production systems and on how the involvement of different actors, specifically from civil society, can support the shift to more sustainable models of production. Closed discussions
Launch of the FSN Forum- 16th October 2007
“At the dawn of the 21st century, it is simply unacceptable that more than 800 million people in developing and transition countries should continue to be hungry and over a billion to live on less than a dollar a day. It is thus of outmost importance that knowledge and information regarding food security and nutrition at all levels becomes available to all stakeholders, to all participants in the food security and nutrition debate, analysis and policy. Such knowledge has to be translated into actionable policy messages and informed policy action” – said Mr. Kostas Stamoulis, Coordinator of the initiative.
The FSN Forum is launched on the World Food Day 16th October 2007 with an 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 .
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