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2021 18 January

Guatemala creates an interactive panel as part of the active search for children with acute malnutrition

In the context of the Great National Crusade for Nutrition, the Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security (SESAN) is making an interactive panel available to the Guatemalan population, and particularly to decision-makers, giving the results of the active search for children with acute malnutrition and...

2020 21 December

First meeting of the food safety and nutrition parliamentary group of Afghanistan

David Martin | food security Nutrition Parliamentarians Parliamentarians, SUN Country Network 0

The meeting, organized by the Secretariat of AFSeN-A, was attended by several MPs and representatives of agencies and international donors. Dr. Abdul Karim Tutakhel, Deputy Director for Coordination of State Affairs, led the Parliamentary Group on Food Security and Nutrition under the Administrative Office of...

2020 17 December

Increasing food and nutrition security in the face of climate change and COVID-19 in Mozambique

David Martin | Climate COVID19 food security Nutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Mozambique and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have officially launched the Inclusive Agri-Food Value Chain Development Programme (PROCAVA) to improve rural livelihoods, food security and resilience – are all critical needs in view of pandemic and climate change impacts for the country’s most...

2020 14 December

FAO supports the Central African Parliament in combatting food insecurity and malnutrition

David Martin | food security Policies & laws Parliamentarians, SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The President of the Central African National Assembly, Laurent Ngon-Baba, and the representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Perpetua Katepa-Kalala, signed project document TCP/CAF/3802 entitled “Support to the CAR Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in the context of the Zero Hunger...

2020 26 November

The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020 takes a new look at water shortages and scarcity in the world

David Martin | Agriculture food security Food systems SUN UN Network 0

More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages and scarcity, and almost half of them face severe constraints. Furthermore, available freshwater resources per person have declined by more than 20 percent over the past two...

2020 23 November

Tackling severe hunger in Haiti with the support of the European Union

David Martin | food security Malnutrition Nutrition commitments SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Haiti welcomes a contribution of €2 million from the European Union (EU) that will provide emergency cash assistance to 27,000 severely food insecure people over four months and support the coordination of humanitarian actors on food security...

2020 23 November

Millions in Central America needing urgent food assistance after hurricane

David Martin | Climate food security Humanitarian field SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Millions of people in Central America urgently need food assistance in the wake of Hurricane Eta, one of the worst storms in decades, as fears grow of another storm brewing in the coming days. Heavy rains, high winds, deadly landslides and floods unleashed by Eta after...

2020 19 November

Bringing nutrition, food security, and governance together in Senegal – A Canada-supported project

David Martin | food security Nutrition Nutrition commitments SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published by Nutrition International A collaboration built around an innovative, integrated and multifaceted approach to fighting malnutrition for some of Senegal’s most vulnerable communities has improved the nutrition status and food security of tens of thousands of people over the last five years. The Integrated...

2020 11 November

Strategic review of food security and nutrition in Indonesia

David Martin | food security Nutrition Research SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

As Indonesia has been experiencing impressive economic advancement and emerging as an upper middle income country, it has also recorded important progress in enhancing food security and nutrition. Access to food increased and undernutrition continued to decrease over the last few years. However, the nutritional...

2020 23 October

The Cost of Hunger in Africa series: Sudan and The Gambia

David Martin | Child nutrition food security Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The Cost of Hunger in Africa study estimates the social and economic impacts of child undernutrition and provides evidence supporting investments in human capital for sustainable development in African countries. Led by the African Union Commission (AUC), and implemented by its Member States, the COHA study...