About This Website

This website provides access to Food Security related information and resources produced by the EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme. Its overall purpose is to enhance national capacity to use food security information from different sectors and sources for more effective anti-hunger policies and programmes.

The Programme is funded by the European Commission (EC) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It is coordinated by FAO's Agricultural Development Economics Division.

Highlights

> The ten most frequently asked questions about the recent rise in food prices (from FAO)

Programme News

Targeting: New Distance Learning Course and Resources for Trainers (November 2008)

Unveiling the New Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) Workstation (3 November 2007)

New! E-learning Course on Food Security Policies - Formulation and Implementation (October 2007)

> News Archive

New Publications

> The Economic Effects of Land Reform in Tajikistan (July 2008)

Beyond Relief: Food Security in Protracted Crisis by Luca Alinovi, Günter Hemrich, and Luca Russo > More Information > Press Release (AlertNet, September 2008) > Related Seminar (ODI, September 2008)