FAO Together, we can make a difference

Andrea Navone Classe III C Anno scolastico 2011-2012

FAOs Mission
Helping to build a food-secure world for present and future generations

FAO

Food security for all Raise levels of nutrition Improve agricultural productivity Improve the lives of rural populations Contribute to the growth of the world economy.

Hunger and malnutrition are unacceptable in a world that has both the knowledge and resources to end this human catastrophe

International Conference on Nutrition, 1992

Trends in Food Emergencies

FAO emergency operations

Improve agricultural techniques
Burundi FAO

Kosovo FAO

Renovation of agricultural systems

Mozambique FAO

Only investment in agriculture together with support for education and health will turn this situation around.

Agricultural growth and hunger

the only group of countries to reduce hunger during the 1990s was the group in which the agriculture sector grew.

Promises Reduce the number of hungry people by half by 2015

Child Hunger and Undernutrition

Every year six million children die from malnutrition before they reach five years of age In developing countries one out of every three children has growth problems and a low weight for their age Growth problems and underweight is the highest in South Asia

The Essential First Step to Sustainable Progress?

Understand that poor child growth and development are social and economic problems, not just medical and health problems

Reducing Child Hunger and Undernutrition

Child-centred interventions alone will not reach it Children do not exist in isolation Then it is necessary reducing family hunger

Child growth and development depend on adequate food health care

Improve Access to Food

Improve food supplies in poor areas

Quantity Quality Variety Availability

Improve Care and Feeding Practices

Knowledge Time and Opportunity Attitude and Motivation

Food and Agricolture Organization of the United Nation

Thank you!!!