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Live Video Science Seminar: How do current climate models for agricultural impacts perform in Africa and South Asia?  Recent trends, current projections, crop-climate suitability, and prospects for improved climate model information.

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Date: 21 February 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:30 Central European Time.

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DURBAN, 8 December 2011 (IRIN-Integrated Regional Information Networks)- A series of reports examining the impact of climate change in 23 countries has been launched on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa.

The reports produced by the UK Met Office Hadley Centre assess the latest research and make projections using a comprehensive range of 21 climate models also used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) is the largest multilateral donor funding services for people living with HIV, people affected by HIV and AIDS, and people with active tuberculosis. An inter-agency team, consisting of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, and FANTA-2, worked to create the Toolkit: For Countries Applying for Funding of Food and Nutrition Programs under the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Round 11) to strengthen Round 11 proposals for Global Fund funding.

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FANTA-2 undertook a review of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program implementation, including institutionalization and promising practices, in Niger to assess the degree to which CMAM had been incorporated into the country's government health facilities and protocols.

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The online consultation on the draft methodology for the Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) is supported by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust. It aims to regularly assess global and regional food and beverage manufacturers' efforts to address both undernutrition and obesity.   Malnutrition is a multi-faceted challenge requiring constructive engagement from and between governments, consumers, civil society and industry. ATNI could be part of the solution by highlighting best practices across the food and beverage industry and serving as a roadmap for further progress.

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This report summarizes the findings of reviews of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in four West African countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger). It discusses the key determinants to achieving maximum impact of CMAM integration, scale-up, and quality improvement, which are grouped in five domains: the enabling environment for CMAM, competencies for CMAM, access to CMAM services, access to CMAM supplies, and quality of CMAM. Optimal practices, a summary of findings, constraints, and practical recommendations are provided for each key determinant.

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Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition has just launched its new online discussion called "Linking Agriculture, Food Systems and Nutrition: What's your perspective?"

The purpose of this online discussion is to take the debate a step further and review how agriculture and food systems can be leveraged to improve nutrition in a more sustainable and equitable manner.

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The UN expert on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, on Thursday urged ministers gathering in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum to acknowledge the relationship between globalization and human rights, saying that "globalization should serve human rights and sustainable development, rather than being a process blind to its impacts on the individuals affected."

Special Rapporteur De Schutter also urged Governments of sovereign States to submit any deal on the table to  a "Human Rights Impact Assessment "(HRIA).

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