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Table of Contents:
1. First Crop Monitoring and Forecasting Bulletins Published in Cambodia
2. Food Deprivation Statistics : Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics (ICAS-4)
3. Summary Report: Food Insecurity Assessment in the Lao PDR
4. New Publication: Formulating and Implementing Sector-wide Approaches in Agriculture and Rural Development: A Synthesis Report (2007)
5. Six E-learning Courses and Resources for Trainers Now Available
6. AFRICA: New improved disaster response tool- A report on the IPC (from IRIN)
7. Recent Training Events and Workshops



1. First Crop Monitoring and Forecasting Bulletins Published in Cambodia

The bulletins, aimed at decision-makers, analysts and technicians, include information on climatic conditions and a forecast of rice yield and production.

See Bulletins: http://www.foodsecurity.gov.kh/FIVIMS/publications.htm
See Related:
Crop Yield Forecasting Training

2. Food Deprivation Statistics : Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics (ICAS-4)

These papers, covering 12 countries, will soon be published in a book called "Deriving Food Security Statistics from National Household Budget Surveys. "

See papers: http://www.foodsec.org/pubs_stats.htm


3. Summary Report: Food Insecurity Assessment in the Lao PDR

The recent report shows alarmingly high rates of malnutrition, especially among children and ethnic groups. FAO, through the EC-FAO Food Security Programme, is supporting the government in developing a National Nutrition Policy and a National Nutrition Strategy.

See full report:
http://www.fao.org/es/ess/faostat/foodsecurity/files/FoodInsecurityAssessment
Report_LaoPDR_2002-03.pdf

Press Release:
http://www.foodsec.org/news_06_18.htm

Press Release on Follow-up Meeting for formulating the National Nutrition Policy: http://www.foodsec.org/docs/pr_lao_nnp.pdf



4. Formulating and Implementing Sector-wide Approaches in Agriculture and Rural Development: A Synthesis Report (2007)

This report includes seven case studies and lessons learned, based on the experience of the Global Donor Platform, in applying sector-wide approaches in agriculture and rural development.

See report: http://www.donorplatform.org/component/option,com_docman/
task,doc_details/gid,614/



5. Six E-learning Courses and Resources for Trainers Now Available

- Food Security Information Systems and Networks
- Reporting Food Security Information
- Availability Assessment and Analysis
- Baseline Food Security Assessments
- Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis
- Nutritional Status Assessment and Analysis

To access the courses, go to: http://www.foodsec.org/DL
To access the training resources, go to: http://www.foodsec.org/tr_res.htm



6. AFRICA: New improved disaster response tool- A report on the IPC

See article: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75303



7. Recent Training Events

CountrySTAT Training in Rome (December 2007)

Participants from countries including Sudan, Malawi, Ethiopia and the West Bank and Gaza attended this advanced training workshop in Rome. CountrySTAT promotes easy access to and exchange of national and international food security statistics by harmonizing national data collections.

Training in measuring and interpreting malnutrition, Burkina Faso (December 2007)
http://www.foodsec.org/tr_nut_07.htm

Training in Haiti: Producing Food Security Information Products that Result in Action ( November 2007)
http://www.foodsec.org/tr_fsip_05.htm

Press Release (2.2 Mb): « Réaliser des produits d'information sur la sécurité alimentaire pour l'action » ( Haiti, Le Matin, 5 December 2007)



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