The Food Security and Nutrition Guide provides a platform for available, UN and non-UN resources on Food Security, Nutrition and related topics.
This guide is intended to provide delegates and UN Secretariat Staff with selected content from both UN and non-UN sources. It references third-party web sites, books and articles. It does not imply the endorsement of the content by the United Nations.
Fresh Fruits Barcelona Spain - FAO Photo
Muleba, Tanzania - FAO Photo
Fiumicino, Italy Farm visit - FAO Photo
France: Boulogne: Field of soft wheat laid flat because of wind and rain - FAO Photo
Homduras, Gualcince: Farmers control soil erosion - FAO Photo
Lao: Sun dried peppers. - - Emergency Supply of Agricultural Inputs to Flood-affected Farm Households
Morocco: Tineghir - FAO Photo
Swaziland: Vulamehlo Community Gardens
MINUSTAH Peacekeepers Distribute Food to Children - UN Photo/Marco Dormino
Farming on the Outskirts of Juba - UN Photo
WFP Food Drop Operation in Bentiu, South Sudan
Opening of UN Food Garden on Occasion of Nelson Mandela Day - UN Photo
High-Level Event "Pathways to Zero Hunger" - UN Photo
Food Shortages in the Midst of Plenty - UN Photo
Rome, Italy - Soy beans for sale -FAO Photo
Pulses and rice on sale at the Esquilino market in Rome - FAO Photo
Burkina Faso: Bean varieties on sale --(FAO Photo)
Secretary-General Speaks At World Leaders Dinner in Davos - UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
This video highlights the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest data on food shortage and insecurity across the globe.
The 1974 World Food Summit defined food security as:
... availability at all times of adequate world food supplies of basic foodstuffs to sustain a steady expansion of food consumption and to offset fluctuations in production and prices. (Report of the World Food Conference, Rome 5-16 November 1974. New York)
In chapter 2 of the FAO publication, Trade Reforms and Food Security: conceptualizing the linkages, the definition of the term Food Security is presented as a flexible concept which has evolved over time.
The Committee on World Food Security in document CFS 2012/39/4 has provided further official definition to Food Security and related terms.
For more information on how the definition has evolved, see the FAO publication: Trade Reforms and Food Security: Conceptualizing the Linkages- Chapter 2:2
The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard, (FLW) provide the first-ever set of global definitions and reporting requirements to quantify and report on food loss and waste.