Food Security and Nutrition Cornerstones of Post-2015 Millennium Development (Food tank)

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CFS Recommends That Food Security and Nutrition Form Cornerstone of Post-2015 Millennium Development

As 2015 approaches, the United Nations is formulating its next set of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) hosted a consultation, Hunger, Food Security, and Nutrition in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, with theCommittee on World Food Security (CFS) in Rome this February. The committee is comprised of 180 stakeholders from international organizations, governments, the private sector, and non-government organizations.

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Author: Willem Van Cotthem

Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium). Scientific Consultant for Desertification and Sustainable Development.

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