More than 800 million people world-wide suffer from chronic hunger and malnutrition
An abnormal physiological condition caused by deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in energy, protein and/or other nutrients.
. Some progress in hunger reduction and improving the nutritional status
The physiological state of an individual that results from the relationship between nutrient intake and requirements and from the body's ability to digest, absorb and use these nutrients.
of men, women and children is being achieved. Nevertheless, insufficient investment aimed at reducing food insecurity
A situation that exists when people lack secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life. It may be caused by the unavailability of food, insufficient purchasing power, inappropriate distribution, or inadequate use of food at the household level. Food insecurity, poor conditions of health and sanitation, and inappropriate care and feeding practices are the major causes of poor nutritional status. Food insecurity may be chronic, seasonal or transitory.
, hunger and malnutrition in many developing countries means that World Food Summit (WFS) and Millennium Development Goal
The Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that 189 United Nations member states have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. The Millennium Development Goals derive from earlier "international development goals", and were officially established at the Millennium Summit in 2000, where 189 world leaders adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, from which the eight-goal action plan, the "Millennium Development Goals", was particularly promoted.
(MDG) targets are unlikely to be achieved by the year 2015. Greater efforts in hunger reduction must be made.
The FIVIMS Initiative (Food Insecurity and vulnerability
The presence of factors that place people at risk of becoming food insecure or malnourished, including those factors that affect their ability to cope.
Mapping System) promotes cross-sectoral analysis of underlying causes of food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition for improved policy making, programming and action.
The Initiative stems from the 1996 World Food Summit, when countries in the world committed themselves to strengthen information and analysis for improved targetting of hunger reduction policies and programmes by developing food insecurity and vulnerability information and mapping systems.
FIVIMS - Supporting knowledge sharing and good practice for better understanding of food insecurity and vulnerability issues worldwide.
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High Level Event at the UN Headquarters on the MDGs and MDG report 2008
The UN Secretary-General and the President of the UN General Assembly convened a High-level Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at UN Headquarters in New York on 25 September 2008. In preparation for the event, the Millennium Development Goals Report for 2008 was published in August this year. The Report summarizes progress made towards the MDGs in each of the 10 Regions around the world. Despite the results achieved in some areas, results show that in most countries there are segments of society that do not share in the overall benefits. Targeted actions are needed to reach them. The report also recognizes that the emergence of a world food crisis has served to highlight, once again, the need to give greater attention to developing the agricultural sector and addressing the needs of the rural population.
Please click here http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ for accessing the 2008 MDG Report and for more information on MDGs.
Committee on World food security
A situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
(CFS) to be held in Rome from 14-17 October
The 34th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will be held in Rome from 14-17 October, in conjunction with World Food Day on October 16th. The focus of the CFS will be discussions and debate on the impact and policy responses of the high food prices. One background document produced by FAO for the CFS is the Assessment of the World Food Security and Nutrition Situation, which reviews long-term trends in the prevalence of global hunger and includes a special section on High Food Prices: Impacts and Policy Responses. The document shows that in 2003-05, even before the effects of high food prices caused further setbacks, there were about 848 million chronically hungry people, about the same as in 1990-92, the baseline period for the World Food Summit (WFS) and Millennium Development Goal
The Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that 189 United Nations member states have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. The Millennium Development Goals derive from earlier "international development goals", and were officially established at the Millennium Summit in 2000, where 189 world leaders adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, from which the eight-goal action plan, the "Millennium Development Goals", was particularly promoted.
(MDG) hunger reduction targets.
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