Tag: Rome

  • Rome FAO – Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition

    Rome FAO – Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition

    Report on the International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition, Rome, FAO, 1-2 December 2016. by SI UN Representative, Liliana Mosca Responding to the mounting impacts of malnutrition on public health and economic development, estimated to cost $3.5 trillion per year, a shift to healthier diets and food systems was…

  • The challenges that nature poses to humans, and humans pose to nature

    The challenges that nature poses to humans, and humans pose to nature

    UN Representative to Rome, Liliana Mosca, attended the 43rd session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), which took place in Rome from 17-21 October, one day after World Food Day, 16 October. The objective of the CFS is β€˜to improve the food security and nutrition of populations affected by, or at risk of,…