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Programme News

May 2010

> Virtual FAO learning course adopted by top Spanish university (18 May 2010)

March 2010

FAO-African Virtual University agreement on e-learning Food security courses from the EC/FAO Programme will be offered (12 March 2010)

February 2010

> See Country Briefs > See Press Release New! Country Briefs These Country Briefs monitor cereal and livestock prices; and analyze factors affecting the current food security situation.

> Helping Families Bounce Back from Food Security Crises (18 February 2010)

> Web-based information tool for food security for Haiti (15 February 2010)

January 2010

> Special Brief on the Haiti Earthquake (pdf, January 2010)

> The Haiti Food Security Emergency Tool Launched
( 26 January 2010)

Preventing Food Crises in the Sahel An Interview with Dramane Coulibaly, Regional Food Security Programme Coordinator, CILSS (January 2010)

University Certificate in Food Security: Assessment and Action FAO and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya's (UOC) are partnering to offer a fully accredited, online certificate in Food Security: Assessment and Action. > More information

December 2009

> Linking Information and Decision-Making to Improve Food Security in Selected Countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion: Inception Workshop (December 2009)

November 2009

> Brochure: FAO and EU - making food available (November 2009)

October 2009

> GIEWS Workstation training (Khartoum) 10/ 2009

September 2009

> GIEWS Workstation training (Juba) 09/ 2009

June 2009

1.02 billion people hungry New FAO estimates show that the number of hungry people in the world will reach an all-time high in 2009, largely as a result of the ongoing global economic crisis. (19 June 2009)

The Next Big Thing for Climate Change? Tapping the Soil’s Huge Potential as a Carbon Sink

March 2009

> Seminars on Food Security in Protracted Crises (March 2009)

> New! Practical Guide: Basic Concepts of Food Security (pdf)

January 2009

> New tool to measure resilience (16 January 2009, IRIN)

New Book: Guidelines for Estimating the Month and Year of Birth of Young Children The guidelines show how to develop a detailed calendar of events to determine the month and year of birth of young children and how to train field workers in using the calendar.