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Fostering political will for food security
Food Security Node, Development Gateway, 2006Political will for food security should be given the highest priority, yet in practice only gets modest attention. This paper attempts to address the gaps that exist.DocumentFood, nutrition and HIV: what’s next?
Overseas Development Institute, 2006This briefing paper outlines the various ways in which food and nutritional security is essential in the HIV and AIDS response.DocumentNutrition labels and health claims: the global regulatory environment
World Health Organization, 2006This review of the global regulatory environment around nutrition labelling and health aims to provide an overview of existing international, regional and national regulations and a description of past and future regulatory developments. It compiles and categorises international, regional and national regulations, and compares differing regulatory systems in 74 countries and areas.DocumentSouth Bulletin: Hunger
South Centre, 2005This issue of the South Bulletin focuses on Hunger, with contributions from various Southern leaders including speeches from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as well as other stakeholders.Hunger is an emergency: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva argues that hunger needs to be raised as a politDocumentRecasting food aid's role
The Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, 2004Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the U.S.DocumentAchieving food security in southern Africa: policy issues and options
Overseas Development Institute, 2004This paper synthesises the findings to date of ODI’s Forum for Food Security in Southern Africa.DocumentSpecial evaluation study of ADB interventions on nutrition and food fortification
Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2006This document explores the strengths and weaknesses of Asia Development Bank (ADB)-financed regional technical assistance (RETA), a modality in addressing nutrition issues and initiatives. Five member countries were consulted and interviewed at the field level: Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, and Viet Nam.DocumentThe validity of food miles as an indicator of sustainable development
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK, 2005This study assesses whether a practical and reliable indicator based on food miles can be developed, and whether this would be a valid indicator of progress towards the objectives of the sustainability in the UK.The study compiles a food miles dataset covering the supply chain from farmer (both UK and overseas) to consumer for 1992, 1997 and 2002.DocumentCommunity based monitoring and research on food security and social welfare
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005This paper explores the contributions of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) for food security in Zimbabwe.The paper argues that work on food security and economic and social wellbeing at the community level in Zimbabwe needs to be framed within deeper structural causes of poverty and deepening social deficits, even while shorter term mitigatory responses are implemented.DocumentAn assessment of the impact of increasing wheat self-sufficiency and promoting cash-transfer subsidies for consumers in Egypt: a multi-market model
Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2006This paper uses a multi-market approach to assess the impact of increased self-sufficiency in wheat and a switch to a cash-transfer subsidy on cropping patterns, food consumption, production, input use, and income.Wheat is central to the government of Egypt’s food security policy which is based on increasing self-sufficiency in wheat on the one hand and subsidising bread for consumers on the otPages