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Nutrition training modules available on the Internet. They aim to improve the technical capacity for humanitarian response in nutrition. They are aimed at staff with some responsibility for designing or monitoring nutrition related projects and aim to ensure an understanding of the scope and content of Standards in the Food Security, Nutrition and Food Aid...

Published in 2011, by Sphere Project

This book is intended to provide practical guidance to ACF field workers on how to implement a Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) assessment.

Published in 2010, by ACF

Addressing vitamin A deficiency without genetic engineering.

Published in 2010, by Greenpeace

This technical brief discusses the negative effects of stunting and the steps we can take to prevent them. It is the second in a series of technical briefs that address the continuum of care for good infant and young child feeding, from initiation of early and exclusive breastfeeding through complementary feeding in later infancy and the second year of life....

Published in 2010, by Alive & Thrive

National programmes supported by WHO. Good examples for trainers.

Published in 2010, by WHO

The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition issues these Reports on Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action. The Reports are designed to provide information over time on key outcome indicators from emergency- affected populations, play an advocacy role in bringing the plight of emergency affected...

Published in 2010, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

This edition of the SCN News is rightfully dedicated to climate change and its implications on food and nutrition. It is hoped to be thought provoking, showing you how climate change impacts on nutrition. The topic has been approached from very different angles: impacts on food security (in general, in the Asia-Pacific region and sub-Saharan Africa),...

Published in 2010, by SCN

Fortifying foods and providing supplements are the main strategies used to reduce hidden hunger. However, the reach of these interventions can be quite limited, especially in rural areas of developing countries where most of the poor live. Biofortification is a promising innovation that could help fight hidden hunger especially in rural areas. Published...

Published in 2009, by Yassir Islam, Christine Hotz, IAEA

This report reviews current knowledge of the effects of climate change on hunger. It summarizes knowledge from global studies completed and provides an overview of actions that can be taken to address the challenge.

Published in 2009, by Martin Parry, Alex Evans, Mark W. Rosegrant, Tim Wheeler

This World Health Organization report states that the leading global risks for mortality in the world are high blood pressure (responsible for 13% of deaths globally), tobacco use (9%), high blood glu­cose (6%), physical inactivity (6%), and overweight and obesity (5%). These risks are responsible for raising the risk of chronic diseases such as heart...

Published in 2009, by WHO

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that worldwide progress in reducing hunger remains slow. The 2009 global GHI has fallen by only one quarter from the 1990 GHI. Southeast Asia, the Near East and North Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean have reduced hunger significantly since 1990, but the GHI remains distressingly high in South Asia, which has...

Published in 2009, by Klaus von Grebmer, Bella Nestorova, Agnes Quisumbing , Rebecca Fertziger, Heidi Fritschel, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Yisehac Yohannes

These guidelines are intended as a practical guide to design, implement, monitor and evaluate selective feeding programmes in emergency situations, namely to answer the following key questions: - Which type and combination of selective feeding programmes are required? - How should each be implemented? The target audience includes: - Nutrition experts ...

Published in 2009, by UNHCR, WFP

This annotated bibliography is a guide to the various publications used in revising the “UNHCR/WFP Guidelines for Selective Feeding Programmes in Emergency Situations” published in 1999. The references included in this annotated bibliography cover documents published between 1999 and 2008.

Published in 2009, by UNHCR, WFP

Des millions d’Africains souffrent de carence en fer ou d’anémie ferriprive. En bas âge, pendant l’enfance et durant l’adolescence, cette carence entrave la croissance physique et l’endurance, le développement mental, ainsi que les capacités d’apprentissage. Pour plus de 300 millions de personnes, le haricot joue un rôle important dans le...

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

La carence en vitamine A accroît le risque de maladies telles que la diarrhée ou la rougeole et, dans les cas sévères, peut même provoquer la cécité chez les enfants. Le manioc est une culture facilement adaptable qui croît dans les sols peu fertiles et qui est capable de supporter les maladies et la sécheresse. C’est pourquoi il s’agit d’un...

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

Millions of Africans suffer from iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. During infancy, childhood, and adolescence, this deficiency impairs physical growth and endurance, mental development, and learning capacity. For more than 300 million people, beans are an important part of the diet, especially in regions of Africa and Meso- and South America. The...

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

HarvestPlus est un Challenge Program du Groupe consultatif pour la recherche agricole internationale (CGIAR), une alliance au niveau mondial qui mobilise la science pour aider les populations pauvres. HarvestPlus estime qu’en augmentant la teneur en micronutriments des aliments de base consommés à chaque repas, les cultures biofortifiées pourraient...

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

Vitamin A deficiency increases the risk of diseases such as diarrhea and measles and, when severe, can even lead to blindness in children. Cassava is an adaptable crop that will grow on marginal soils and is able to withstand disease and drought. For these reasons, it is an important staple food for millions of people around the world, especially among...

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

HarvestPlus is a Challenge Program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a global alliance that mobilizes science to help the poor. HarvestPlus believes that by increasing the micronutrient content of staple foods consumed at each meal, biofortified crops can be an effective tool in reducing micronutrient malnutrition among poor people.

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

In Africa nearly 200 million people are malnourished and at risk of disease, blindness, stunting, and other illnesses due to micronutrient malnutrition. Hunger and poverty in developing countries are closely linked; 75% percent of the world’s ultra poor (those living on less than 50 cents a day) are in Africa. Most poor Africans rely on diets consisting...

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

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