Sentences with phrase «programmes on food security»

(b) Regularly monitor and assess effectiveness of policies and programmes on food security and nutrition of children, including school meal programmes and food banks, as well as programmes addressing infants and young children;

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While claiming to promote food security and benefit small farmers, Grow's focus on a few high - value commodities — like potatoes, maize, coffee, tea and palm oil — exposes the programme's real objective: to expand the production of a handful of commodities to profit a handful of corporations.

«The farmers» uprooting and continued resistance is justified, especially now in the light of new findings on Golden Rice which shows the weakness of the technology, the brunt of which will be shouldered by the farmers,» said Sharl Lopez, Executive Director of Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP).

The LDCF plays a key role in addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs of least developed countries, focusing on reducing the vulnerability of sectors and resources that are central to human and national development, such as water, agriculture and food security; and infrastructure, as identified and prioritized in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs).

The Initiative collaborates closely with countries in the Near East in the development of coherent and evidence - based policy and programmes to meet their demands on food security and nutrition whilst building resilience and promoting sustainable agriculture.

This issue of the UA Magazine includes experiences of two programmes, that studied the functioning and roles of urban producers organisations, including that of IPES and ETC (partners in RUAF - International Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security), and of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), both supported by the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC).

Late in December 2011 Edward Wageni presented a paper on the Green Belt Movement's (GBM) grassroots experiences on sustainable development, agriculture and food security in a seminar hosted under the auspices of World Bank Development Leadership programme.

Prior to joining NCE, Daniele held a number of positions on climate change and food security at the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, including as head of the UK government research programme on climate change adaptatfood security at the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, including as head of the UK government research programme on climate change adaptatFood and Rural Affairs, including as head of the UK government research programme on climate change adaptation.