The proportions of food security status presented here slightly differ from proportions presented in the introductory section of this document.
Assessment reports on world food security were presented at the 1998 and 1999 CFS sessions and studies were initiated on national food assistance schemes, impact of market liberalisation on food security in Southern Africa and cereal bank performance in West Africa.
This regional overview has been prepared to take stock of the current food security situation, present the challenges of ensuring food security in the context of growing and changing patterns of food demand, and propose key measures that must be taken in a coordinated manner by different stakeholders in this very dynamic and populous part of the world.
On this issue, the FAO book, "Education for Rural People: The Role of Education, Training and Capacity Development in Poverty Reduction and Food Security" (2009), presents a synthesis of the ERP partnership lessons learned - since its launch in 2002, during the World Summit on Sustainable Development - from the policy, research and field work of its partners.
She also participated in a food security panel and presented a talk on System of Rice Intensification Network Around the World (see video of presentation) at the 2nd National SRI Conference which was held June 11-13 in Lumut, Malaysia.
This chapter is based on a paper by T. Reardon, Product-Market and Capital-Market Trade Liberalization and Food Security in Latin America, presented at the Expert Consultation on Trade and Food Security: Conceptualizing the Linkages.
"Promoting more sustainable diets will contribute to food security for present and future generations by conserving resources," the subcommittee found.
Quinoa is recognized and accepted worldwide as a natural food resource of Andean origin with high nutritional value, constituting a quality food for the health and food security of present and future generations.
Originating in the Andes, quinoa is a natural food resource of high nutritive value that is increasingly being recognized as significant in food security, for present and future generations.
Given the projected increases over the next decades in the world's population, especially in developing countries where pressure on land and water is already intense, a key challenge facing the international community is to ensure food security for present and future generations, while protecting the natural resource base on which we all depend.
