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| | OCHA On-Line: OCHA REGIONAL SUPPORT OFFICE WEST AFRICA - RSO West Africa Home |
 | | The food security crisis that affected a number of Sahel countries in 2004-2005 highlighted once again the high level of vulnerability of the region's populations, which stems from a combination of contingent and structural factors. | | | The overall objective of this consultative process is to contribute to minimizing future food security crises, in the context of sustainable reduction of poverty in the region. | | | In particular, this process aims to provide a platform for the establishment of strategic and programmatic linkages between humanitarian and development actors, at both the national, regional and the international level, with regard to food security and its implications for human security. |
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http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/westafrica/sahel.htm
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| | Department of State Washington File: Text: World Food Aid Needs at Record Level, USAID Official Says |
| | Where sufficient food is available for the local population -- yet widespread food insecurity and hunger exists -- we need a broader range of non-food famine prevention tools that can effectively address those factors that limit access to and utilization of those food resources. | | | A brief examination of three of these crises and our efforts to address the causes and effects of each, will help define for you and the committee the strengths that U.S. food aid resources can bring to bear on complex food security crises. | | | One of the most important lessons that we have learned is that food aid and humanitarian assistance alone will not prevent these crises from re-occurring, even in the short term. |
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| | SRDC Focus Areas--Health/Food Assistance |
| | Expanded efforts are needed to examine the factors that contribute to food insecurity and hunger among people and households in the rural South. | | | Assessing the adequacy of federal and state programs that promote food security among the region's most vulnerable populations (i.e., low-income, female-headed household, children, elderly) is also critical. | | | Several states in the region are among the leaders in the country in terms of the percentage of individuals and households that are food insecure. |
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http://srdc.msstate.edu/focusareas/health/health.htm
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| | ReliefWeb » Document Preview » 'Special event' of UN Economic and Social Council is told hunger transcends all main causes of loss of lives in Africa |
| | Chronic food insecurity and the increasing number of emergency food crises remained a critical challenge to survival and to the realization of long-term development goals. | | | The FAO and IFAD advocated a two-pronged approach of immediate relief assistance and greater long-term investments in the agricultural sector to build food security and eradicate rural poverty. | | | Speaking on behalf of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China, the representative of Jamaica said the topic of the session was timely, since the food crisis was a recurring issue. |
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http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6HLP8M?OpenDocument
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| | WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME NEEDS $1.8 BILLION TO ADDRESS AFRICAN FOOD EMERGENCY, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD |
| | As for tying peace and security to food issues, he said hungry people behaved differently. When people were fed they began to learn and were less likely to be violent. The Programme had used food to some degree in conflict resolution in Angola and Sierra Leone in exchange for laying down weapons. | | | FAYSSAL MEKHAD (Syria) said that food security was an important issue, on which the Council had not spent enough time. As previous speakers had pointed out, there were certain limits of the Council’s responsibility in that respect, and some issues were related to good governance. Despite those constraints, the topic deserved to be developed further. | | | It was clear that chronic hunger was growing in the developing world, and was still the main reason for medical shortcomings, he said. That raised questions concerning the system and had to do with development policies. He suggested that another meeting be called to address the food situation in Iraq. |
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http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sc7720.doc.htm
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| | Renewal - Call for proposals Southern Africa |
| | RENEWAL (Regional Network on Rural Livelihoods and Food Security) is a network of national networks in Eastern and Southern Africa that aims at enabling agricultural, food and nutrition relevant organizations to contribute effectively to the prevention and mitigation of HIV/AIDS in collaboration with affected communities and other sectors. | | | A recent SADC study suggests that the impacts of HIV/AIDS on food security in the context of the 2002 food emergency are strong and negative. | | | The challenge RENEWAL confronts is to enhance the understanding of the links between rural livelihoods and food security on one side and HIV infection and AIDS-linked illness and death on the other so that actions can be more conscious and targeted and their effects felt in years, not decades. |
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http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/renewal/Proposal_SAfrica.htm
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| | Student Voices |
| | Since then, my eyes have been opened to the important role that Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) play in regards to food security. | | | For these countries it will be a large step in the direction towards food security. | | | Through my studies, I have learned that one of the most important and critical problems facing many third world countries is the lack of adequate food. |
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http://www.iptv.org/studentvoices/shows.cfm?ProgramID=6&BroadBand=yes
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| | ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Niger Crisis Appeal - Locust invasion and drought |
| | The food security situation is worsened by the frequent onset of natural disasters, such as the drought and locust infestations which affected Niger’s agro-pastoral areas during the last agricultural campaign. | | | In an ongoing effort to treat these children, supplementary feeding centres are provided with therapeutic food (therapeutic milk, Plumpy’nut ® and ORS). | | | The DNPGCA (Food Crisis Prevention and Mitigation Mechanism) is leading the coordination and execution of food aid operations under the authority of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet and in partnership with donors, multilateral organisations, UN agencies and NGOs. |
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http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6CPQPY?OpenDocument
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| | FAO: SD : People : HIV/AIDS and the Food Crises in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| | With prevalence rates now rising to unprecedented levels of over 30% amongst adults in several countries in southern Africa, the region is bracing itself to weather the destructive forces of the disease on life expectancy, food security, development gains and general wellbeing. | | | The paper presented to the African Regional Conference in 2002 discussed the impacts of HIV/AIDS on food security. | | | HIV/AIDS and the food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| | FAO - TWENTY-THIRD REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR AFRICA |
| | Poverty, inequality, food and livelihood insecurity all influence the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. | | | FAO has created a new inter-departmental entity in the Medium Term Plan, 2004–2009, entitled “Analysis and mitigation of the impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and rural development”. | | | The target is to secure food production in the short term, whilst providing a basis for sector rehabilitation and recovery through developing self-reliance and sustainability at the household and community level in the longer term. |
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| | Shaping Globalization for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security -- Food Safety and Food Quality, by Laurian J. Unnevehr |
| | IFPRI Home >> 2020 Vision >> 2020 Vision Resources Catalog >> 2020 Focus >> 2020 Focus 8: Shaping Globalization for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security | | | There are changes in the way food is handled and marketed. | | | A new understanding and awareness of the importance of food-borne disease has developed, with the result that food safety and food quality are becoming more important issues for the worlds consumers, who increasingly demand greater safety assurances from food producers and regulators.. |
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| | 2004 World Food Prize Laureates |
| | Professor Yuans pioneering research has helped transform China from food deficiency to food security within three decades, and his accomplishments and clear vision helped create a more abundant food supply and, through food security, a more stable world have earned him the title of Father of Hybrid Rice. His | | | continuing research offers even more promise for world food security and adequate nutrition for the worlds poor. | | | The World Food Prize recognizes the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. |
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| | New Agriculturist 04-3: News Brief |
| | The prestigious World Food Prize, called by some 'agriculture's Nobel', is shared this year by a Chinese and a Sierra Leonean scientist for their "breakthrough scientific achievements which have significantly increased food security for millions of people from Asia to Africa." The award, worth US$250,000, will be presented in October. | | | FAO emphasises that if control operations have to slow or cease in north-west Africa due to lack of funds, there will be a dramatic impact on food security in the region, and a desert locust plague could develop by the end of the year. | | | The Ugandan government has also announced that GM foods may be imported, but insists that they should be used "strictly for consumption" and not for cultivation. |
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| | CIDRAP >> Food Biosecurity |
| | Food firms slow to register under new FDA security rules | | | Ridge, Veneman mark launch of food and ag security centers | | | Precautions against the sabotage of drinking-water, food, and other products |
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| | Food and Drug Administration |
| | The FDA consists of the centers for Drug Evaluation and Research, Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Veterinary Medicine, Devices and Radiological Health, and Toxicological Research. | | | The FDA was first established in 1931; in 1940 it was transferred from the Dept. of Agriculture to the Federal Security Agency and in 1953 to the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, which was redesignated as Health and Human Services in 1979. | | | The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 and various bills since have strengthened government control by requiring prior-evidence-of-safety tests and procedures for new drugs, pesticides, and additives and colorings in foods and cosmetics. |
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| | USATODAY.com - Baby food scare may be aimed at cop |
| | The baby food was sent to a Food and Drug Administration forensic lab several weeks ago, said David Acheson, director of the FDA's food safety and security staff. | | | It is a violation of federal law to adulterate food, punishable by as much as life in prison. | | | Gerber said its baby food jars are vacuum-sealed and should pop when opened. |
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| | Biotechnology and India's food security |
| | Biotechnology applications, Dr Dhawan said have the potential to effectively and comprehensively meet India's poverty reduction and food security challenge through: | | | But while the urgency to enhance food production is India's major preoccupation today, the very measures used earlier, have become problems by themselves. | | | Even as over 800 million people-20% of the developing world's population- across the globe today are food insecure, the demand for food in Asia over the next 25 years is expected to increase by 40 % from the present levels of 650 million tonnes. |
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| | IFPRI: 2020 NEWS & VIEWS, December 2001: IFPRI Director General Wins World Food Prize |
| | In awarding the prize, Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, the president of the World Food Prize Foundation, noted that Pinstrup-Andersen has been the driving force in formulating and pressing forward a global effortthe 2020 Vision Initiativeto help focus the attention of world leaders on present and future food security for the poor. | | | Quinn described this effort as a brilliant catalyst for policy change that has moved food policy issues to the front of the international agenda and resulted in improved food security for millions. | | | Per Pinstrup-Andersen is the recipient of the World Food Prize for 2001 for his contribution to agricultural research, food policy, and international efforts to improve the lives of poor and hungry people in developing countries. |
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http://www.ifpri.org/2020/newslet/nv_1201/nv_1201_wfp.htm
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| | EPA - Agriculture Topics: Food Safety |
| | The final rule implements the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act), and is necessary to help address credible threats of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals. | | | The goal of this initiative is to reduce, to the greatest extent possible, the incidence of foodborne illness. | | | Residues that remain in food or feed at harvest or slaughter are monitored to avoid hazards to the humans and domestic animals that will eat them.The Food Quality Protection Act, passed in 1996, establishes a strong, health-based safety standard for pesticide residues in all foods. |
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| | Foundation for Food Irradiation Education |
| | Our goal is to provide information leading to the adoption of food irradiation when it would improve the quality of life through increased food safety, technical or marketing improvements, enhance agriculture production or food security, assist food trade and food availability to consumers, and/or provide an environmentally more suitable process. | | | The purpose of this web site is to provide factual and informative information and to improve communications about food irradiation to the public, the industry, media and academia. | | | Food Irradiation Coalition Petitions FDA to Allow Use of Irradiation on Variety of Ready-to-Eat Foods |
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| | USAID Telling Our Story: Indonesia - Therapeutic Feeding in West Timor Saves Lives |
| | USAID is funding food security programs implemented by CARE to provide nearly 6,000 metric tons of Title II commodities (rice, beans, corn-soy blend, vegetable oil and non-fat dry milk) to approximately 62,500 people affected by the crisis, including 2,500 malnourished children. | | | USAID has helped to effectively reduce the rate of malnutrition among its target population from 25% to 7% through a combination of programs including general food distribution, therapeutic and supplementary feeding programs, food-for-work activities, seed fairs, agricultural extension services, basic health services, and behavior change communication strategies. | | | You are here » Home » Telling Our Story |
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| | VDACS - Food Safety |
| | Important links for guidance on strengthening food security measures, and contacts if you believe that food products have been exposed to nuclear, biological, chemical or physical agents. | | | And, we haven't forgotten our younger consumers either - Kids, check out our What's Cooking page for helpful information on how you also can become a safe food consumer! | | | Find out why you should care about food safety; get basic facts, tips, fun and more. |
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| | Dole Helps Present World Food Prize |
| | "These are resources that we in the United States take for granted, but inferior or nonexisting logistical facilities in many countries have a devastating impact on food security," she said. | | | Dole said dealing with disasters taught her the need to focus on the hard realities of food production and distribution. | | | Recalling her experiences as Transportation Secretary and director of the American Red Cross, she urged a focus on seemingly mundane topics such as food distribution, far less flashy than scientific breakthroughs that can revolutionize food production. |
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| | WARDA in the News |
| | Sierra Leone: President: Speech: ON THE FOOD SECURITY PLEDGE | | | Chairman, sensitizing people on the value of NERICA and the other food crops in... | | | Nerica has been embraced by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) as an example of... |
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| | CSREES - USDA - Food, Nutrition & Health |
| | Through program leadership and funding opportunities, CSREES Food, Nutrition& Health programs strengthen the nations capacity to address issues related to diet, health, food safety, food security, and food science and technology. | | | America is committing increased dollars and resources to remedy the negative effects of poor dietary choices and unhealthy lifestyles, foodborne illnesses, and the potential for terrorist-related and other threats to the food supply. | | | CSREES - USDA - Food, Nutrition and Health |
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| | Food Products Association |
| | And FPA communicates to media and consumers on a host of food-related issues, including food safety, nutrition, food security and international trade. | | | A consumer Fact Sheet on Acrylamide and Foods. | | | At FPA, it is our mission to provide unmatched service and assistance to food processors...support that no other trade association offers its members. |
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| | National Food Processors Association |
| | The National Food Processors Association is the largest trade association serving the food and beverage industry in the United States and worldwide, representing member companies on scientific and public policy issues involving food safety, food security, nutrition, consumer affairs and international trade. | | | The National Food Processors Association (NFPA) has announced that the Association's name will be changed to the Food Products Association (FPA). | | | In 2005, NFPA will become the Food Products Association (FPA). |
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| | The U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) |
| | AoA received over forty entries from older adults who made positive lifestyle changes in their food choices and physical activity. | | | Through the AoA and CMS partnership, the Aging Services Network will play an integral role with us in reaching many people with Medicare to help them lower their medical costs, improve their financial security, and especially, stay healthier as a result of the new Medicare coverage. | | | Steps to Healthier Aging is part of the HHS Steps to a HealthierUS initiative, which encourages Americans to make healthier choices. |
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| | Food Quality Assurance |
| | This Section also conducts audits of producers and processors to verify compliance with Good Agricultural Practices, Animal Welfare guidelines, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points systems, sanitation standards and food security guidelines. | | | The Food Quality Assurance Program consists of four sections that conduct a variety of inspections, audits, registrations and certifications of agricultural commodities and facilities to provide consumers with safe, high quality agricultural food products while maintaining fair trade practices and enhancing product marketability for the agricultural industry. | | | Official certification is often required by buyers for grocery stores, food service facilities and other countries. |
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