This publication describes several examples of how ICTs have contributed to poverty alleviation, to a greater or lesser extent. Several case studies are given at the end. Some lessons learned from the examples are synthesized and it is shown how implementation efforts have to take into account the wide variety of factors that are critical for success. Published by the United Nations Development Programmer’s Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.(pdf more...

'This technical note is the product of a long process of consultation with a wide range of resource persons who have over the years been involved in the Danish support to Community Based Natural Resource Management. It gives a brief introduction to community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and how this concept may be used as a development strategy. CBNRM has the triple objective of poverty reduction, natural resource conservation and good governance. This note is a contribution to an o more...

Search the most relegvant web-based resources on Participatory GIS, Public Participation GIS and Community Mapping via a highly specialized Custom Search Engine reflecting knowledge and interests in Community Mapping, PGIS/PPGIS practice and science. Based ob Google-Coop technology it allows researchers and practitioners to freely collaborate in its development.

Appropedia is the site for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and international development through the use of appropriate technology and the sharing of project information. It’s Wikipedia for the development and humanitarian communities.

This distance learning course provides guidance in assessing different kinds of information systems related to food security analysis. It is organised into three lessons. Each lesson includes Power Point presentations, learner notes, exercises and case studies.

This publication offers resources for trainers on Reporting Food Security Information and is based on distance learning courses being offered by the EC-FAO Programme. It is a course aimed at mid-level managers, technical staff, field personnel; and planners, policy formulators and programme managers.
This training tool comes with the following materials: detailed learner and trainer notes; PowerPoint slides; exercises; and a variety of supplementary materials and guidelines.

Governments and development agencies constantly plan, implement, and evaluate various development interventions, and there is an understandable concern over the actual impacts that these interventions generate. This paper presents a methodology for measuring the impacts of interventions focused at achieving food security, which is illustrated using empirical data from the context of Kala Oya Basin in Sri Lanka.

The paper argues that two key aspects with a central role in determining the magni more...

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 A more...

Sub-Saharan Africa is not on track to achieve a single Millennium Development Goal, and is the only region in the world where malnutrition – an outcome of food insecurity – is not declining.

This paper presents the Red Cross Red Crescent five-year strategic framework on long-term food security for Africa. Guided by the 2000 Ouagadougou Declaration and the Algiers Plan of Action 2004, it aims to reduce food insecurity in communities vulnerable to disasters and/or affected by HIV/AIDS.

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The legal basis of the system is Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (O.J. No L 31 of 1 February 2002). The purpose of the rapid alert system for food and feed (RASFF) is to provide the control authorities with an effective tool for exchange of information on measures taken to ensure food safety.