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Food security

The Davos World Economic Forum ranks food insecurity as a major risk to humanity.

According to the World Food Program, 70 of the population lack food security.

The Road to Food Security

(d) Ensure food security

The World Food Programme (WFP) has recently completed and published a food security and vulnerability analysis study for Timor Leste, which highlights key aspects of food insecurity and vulnerable areas in the country.

The State of Food Insecurity in the World. FAO, Rome.

The Meeting took note of various initiatives among WFP, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the European Space Agency in the area of food security in Africa.

THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD AND the achievement of FOOD SECURITy

I think we need to consider food security.

WFP contributed to the integration of gender perspectives into the recent food security and nutrition assessment in Darfur.

WFP presented its work on the use of space based technologies to support humanitarian response to food insecurity in Africa.

The World Food Programme (WFP) works directly with African Governments to tackle food insecurity by providing food aid and technical assistance to address the major symptoms and causes of food insecurity faced by Governments throughout sub Saharan Africa.

13.1 Consistent with the World Food Summit commitment, States should establish Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS), in order to identify groups and households particularly vulnerable to food insecurity along with the reasons for their food insecurity.

Thirdly, food security has improved in the past few years.

An estimated one third of global food production is wasted.

I have to speak to the Minister of Agriculture because food security is a threat to my security,

This array of problems underlies an emerging conflict that threatens the survival of these island nations, global food security and our fragile marine ecosystem.

We'll need to double, maybe even triple, global food production.

Chronic food insecurity refers to less affordable food and growing urban poverty, while emergency food insecurity relates to breakdowns in the chain of food distribution.

Addressing this growing crisis is the aim of the Global Conference on Food Security in Rome on June 3 5.

The WFP has made significant investments in the agricultural sector in order to strengthen food security among impoverished farmers and to improve agricultural productivity and incomes.

Development of early warning systems for food security and drought forecasting

Its emergency response and preparedness framework consisted of comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis a food security monitoring system early warning and contingency planning emergency food security assessment and response planning.

During the World Food Summit (WFS), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) put emphasis on food security and therefore sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD).

Bearing in mind the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action and the Declaration of the World Food Summit five years later, adopted in Rome on 13 June 2002,

A blogger based in Djibouti writes about food insecurity in the country Food instability is about to hit Djibouti.

These reports draw on multimedia reporting featured on the Pulitzer Gateway to Food Insecurity and bloggers discussing the issues worldwide.

Food security baseline studies will be undertaken in partnership with United Nations agencies, governments and NGOs in ten emergency prone countries, to be complemented by five food security monitoring systems.

First, an international group should draft a worldwide strategy for food security.

Further liberalization of farm trade will not ensure food security.

(10)Contribution to the Food Security through the Development of the urban Agriculture

Alleviation of hunger through the ongoing guarantee of food and water security.

Women play a key role in Guinea's food security.

Ensuring food security for families affected by HIV AIDS

(a) Assisting member States to design and implement measures to enhance food security

What has been done by Mr. England on food security and what has been done by the World Food Programme in obtaining better access for non governmental organizations are all essential elements.

As part of WFP's new monitoring system, the first periodic Household Food Security Assessment took place at the end of May early June.

States may report on a voluntary basis on relevant activities and progress achieved in implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security, to the FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS) within its reporting procedures.

Half of the governorates of the West Bank and Gaza has remained at the same levels of food insecurity, a quarter has become more food insecure while a quarter has improved.

However, sustained international efforts were required to address the many aspects of rice promotion, since rice could play a vital role in ensuring global food security.

Workshop on Food security and gender What is the link? What is at stake? (organized by the UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU WIDER))

2.1 In order to achieve the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security, States should promote broad based economic development that is supportive of their food security policies.

The cards provide financial assistance, on a monthly basis, to families facing food insecurity.