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Recent data on food waste indicate that roughly one third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted. In the face of the growing food security challenge and need for increased efficiency of the food system, food waste has been acknowledge as an issue of high importance on the international agenda.

The anthology on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture for Food Security in Low-income Countries was launched on June 18. Drivers, pros and cons, and knowledge gaps have been compiled.

The anthology on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture for Food Security in Low-income Countries was launched on June 18.

The Swedish - East African Chamber of Commerce arrangerar en konferens  den 28 november på Sida's huvudkontor i Stockholm med temat “ Value added food production in EAC”.Situationen i Afrika har förbättrats avsevärt på senare tid. Antal demokratier har ökat. Flera presidentbyten har skett fredligt efter val och enligt lag. Antalet väpnade konflikter har minskat.

Energy and food security are often dealt with separately, yet energy is directly and indirectly embedded in food production and preparation. Bearing in mind the expected population growth, food production needs to be increased by 70% to feed the world in 2050.

FAO on behalf of the United Nations has designated 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), which will culminate in the presentation of a discussion brief on Family Farming at the World Food Day in October.

The EAT forum was an opportunity to hear from a wide array of world-renowned experts about their work related to sustainability, food and nutrition.  From having not attended the first day, I came in fresh faced and full of energy.  I got the impression from the first few speakers that the dinner the night before was a late one.

“How can we change the food system in order for it to provide us with healthy food, save environment and make a business sense?” “Should we give up on our planet if the solutions don’t make business sense?” and “Does food production need stricter regulation and how does business get on board of the global race for sustainability?”

We have long known that what we eat affects our health, but we are only beginning to grasp how much our food affects the environment, close to home and around the world.