Global Food Security Fund Announces $97M In Grants For Ethiopia, Mongolia, Niger
The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) has awarded a second round of grants worth $97 million to Ethiopia, Mongolia and Niger for projects aimed at fighting hunger and poverty, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reports. “The World Bank-managed fund allotted 51.5 million dollars to Ethiopia, 33 million to Niger and 12.5 million to Mongolia…
November 8, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agence, department, fighting-hunger, fund-allotted, global, grants-worth, nutrition, on call diets, second-round, security, thursday, world, world-bank-managed
Egypt Launches Ground-Breaking Oil Project To Boost Nutrition
Egypt has launched a major national project to protect its population from vitamin deficiencies, with production beginning this week of vitamin-enriched vegetable oil. The project is in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)…
November 4, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, gain, global, improved, improved-nutrition, major-national, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, programme, united-nations, week, world, world-food
Panel Examines Global Food Security Ahead Of La Francophonie Summit; Global Fund, UNAIDS Call For Greater Cooperation Among French-Speaking Countries
World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy highlighted concerns about the global food situation on Friday during a roundtable discussion on the sidelines of the International Organisation of La Francophonie summit, Agence France-Presse reports…
October 26, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: food-situation, francophonie, global, highlighted, oncalldietitian.com, pascal, roundtable-discussion, the-global, the-sidelines, trade
Coordinator Of UN High-Level Task Force To Open McGill Food Security Conference
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October 14, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: conference, conferences, diet, global, global-food, level-task, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, opening, secretary, security, security-crisis, the-opening, will-deliver
Global Hunger Index Shows Importance Of Addressing Childhood Malnutrition
“The Global Hunger Index released Monday finds that many developing countries primarily in South Asia and Latin America have made significant progress in reducing hunger…
October 13, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, global, global-hunger, latin, latin-america, monday, nutrition / diet, south, south-asia