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This is a gateway to fulltext documents about food security.
It contains links to material on related topics including
Food Aid, Food Policy, Food Statistics, Gender and Food
Security and to useful websites.
http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/food-security
EC/FAO Programme on Linking Information and Decision Making to Improve Food Security overall aim is to improve the quantity and quality of food security information and analysis; and promote its use in decision making processes. Specific activities include harmonizing international standards for collecting and sharing food security information, developing tools and methodologies for food security analysis, publishing case studies and lessons learned, building capacity through the Global Learning Platform, supporting the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and
providing support to regionally based programmes and organizations. Its Learning Center offers self-paced e-learning courses (
http://www.foodsec.org/dl/elcpages/food-security-courses.asp?pgLanguage=en&leftItemSelected=food-security-courses) on a wide range of Food Security related topics.
http://www.foodsec.org/web/about/overview/en/
FSN Forum: Global Forum for Food Security and Nutrition Policies and Strategies (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site is an on-line discussion community whose members
share experiences, identify resources, provide peer coaching
and support and find collective solutions to food security
and nutrition (FSN) issues. Besides the discussion forum, the
site contains links to FSN and other full-text resources and
current news items. To participate, ‘free’
registration is required. The Forum is maintained by
Agriculture Development Economics Division of FAO.
http://km.fao.org/fsn/
Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project/ New Resources for Agriculture Project Designers (Focus on low-income countries)
This site has several materials to help agriculture projects maximize nutritional benefits. Resources include FactSheets, Reviews, Guidance and Tools. The material has been created by the Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project.
http://www.iycn.org/agriculture.php
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish)
IFPRI aims to provide policy solutions that reduce hunger and
malnutrition. The site contains links to fulltext books,
reports and journal articles published by the Institute
including some in Spanish and French.
http://www.ifpri.org/
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