food & nutrition security

The only independent and comprehensive annual review of the state of the world’s nutrition, the Global Nutrition Report is a multipartner initiative that holds a mirror up to our successes and failures at meeting intergovernmental nutrition targets. It documents progress on commitments made on the global stage, and it recommends actions to accelerate that progress. »

In the May newsletter of the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP), you can find two new event reports: one about the recently held stakeholder workshop on micronutrient management and another about the Food and Nutrition Security Exchange days for FNS policy staff working in The Hague and Dutch Embassies. You can also read the discussion »

Work more in alignment with Dutch partner countries, make better use of opportunities to link aid, trade and investment, and put into practice the policy of “no one should be left behind”. These are some of the conclusions of the Food and Nutrition Security Exchange days 2016. »

The Research and Innovation Network for Europe and Africa (RINEA) is a project funded under Horizon 2020. Recently a mobility grant scheme has been launched designed to facilitate the participation of African researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and other relevant stakeholders in networking and brokerage events organized in the context of RINEA and beyond. »

elaborates on the linkages between women’s engagement in farming and nutrition within rural households. Many studies have shown that one way to improve nutrition among rural households is to increase women’s engagement in farming since increasing women’s control of food production and their power to make decisions, leads to better nutrition for their families. However, increasing women’s time in agriculture may also have adverse effects on their own and their families’ nutrition, taking time away from nutrition-improving domestic work such as preparing food, feeding, childcare, collecting water and firewood, and engaging in good hygiene and sanitation practices. »

On January 27, 2016, the Parliamentarian Committee on the Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation gathered to discuss three policy letters from Minister Lilianne Ploumen on international food security and food wastage. During the lively debate the role of knowledge for impact was acknowledged. »