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Table of Contents:
1. Updates to Country Pages - Major Activities and Achievements
2. Making Food Security Information Products More Useful for Decision Making : interview with M. Mahama Zoungrana, Director General, DGPSA, Burkina Faso
3. New Publication: Cassava is Key for Food Security in Mozambique: A strategy for tapping cassava's potential
4. From the WWW to the Classroom: EC-FAO e-learning materials used to train food security specialists
5. New Publications: Practical Guides for Knowledge Sharing
6. Summary Report:Food Insecurity Assessment in Cambodia (2007)
7. Land Tenure Policies Key to Food Security in Rural Cape Verde



1. Updates to Country Pages - Major Activities and Achievements

Summaries of the main achievements and activities in each programme country are now available on the web. Click on the "Countries" page of the website and go to the "Programme Activities" section for each country.

See: http://www.foodsec.org/countries.htm

2. Making Food Security Information Products More Useful for Decision Making
M. Mahama Zoungrana, Director of Burkina Faso's Direction Générale des Prévisions et des Statistiques Agricoles (DGPSA), gives his point of view.

Read Article: http://www.foodsec.org/news_06_20.htm

Related Training Event: http://www.foodsec.org/tr_fsip_04.htm


3. Cassava is Key for Food Security in Mozambique: A strategy for tapping cassava’s potential

A practical strategy for tapping cassava's potential to spur economic growth and improve the livelihoods of poor farmers is now available.

Read article and short summary: http://www.foodsec.org/news_06_21.htm

Download cassava development strategy: http://www.foodsec.org/docs/cassava_strategy_vol1.pdf (2.4 Mb)



4. From the WWW to the Classroom: EC-FAO e-learning materials used to train food security specialists

The EC-FAO Food Security Programme has contributed to the work of the University of KwaZulu-Natal's African Centre for Food Security by providing e-learning and training materials to support the course entitled "Food Security and Vulnerability Monitoring and Measurement" offered from 25 February to 7 March 2008.

Read Article: http://www.foodsec.org/news_06_23_fr.htm



5. Practical Guides for Knowledge Sharing

These practical guides cover a wide range of tools and techniques to help strengthen group work and shared learning. The guides were developed to accompany the e-learning course "Collaboration and Advocacy Techniques"

See Practical Guides:
http://www.foodsec.org/pubs_km.htm

E-learning Courses: http://www.foodsec.org/DL/


6. Summary Report: Food Insecurity Assessment in Cambodia

This summary report provides a brief assessment of food insecurity in Cambodia based on food consumption statistics from the 2003/05 Cambodian Socio-Economic Survey (CSES 2004). The report shows that food deprivation in urban areas is nearly equal (22%) to that in rural areas (24%).

See full report:
http://www.foodsec.org/http://www.fao.org/es/ess/faostat/foodsecurity/files/FoodInsecurityAssessmentReport_Cambodia_2003-04.pdf



7. Land Tenure Policies Key to Food Security in Rural Cape Verde

The study, commissioned by Cape Verde's Ministry of Agriculture, gives recommendations to policy makers on how to improve food security through better land tenure policies.

Read article:
http://www.foodsec.org/news_06_24.htm


This newsletter aims at keeping you up-to-date with the latest news, activities and events related to the EC-FAO Food Security Programme. Share your own news and comments by sending a message to:
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This newsletter is available on-line at: http://www.foodsec.org/nl_0308.htm