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FAO and Brazil look to adapt successful Programa Cozinha Brasil program overseas

21 May 2012, Rome - FAO and Brazil's Serviço Social da Indústria (Industrial Social Services, SESI) have signed a new partnership agreement that will seek to adapt a successful Brazilian food educational program to other countries of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as to Africa, with an eye to improving household nutrition and reducing food waste.

Countries also call on FAO to develop a regional trust fund for food security

18 May 2012, Rome - FAO's 31st Regional Conference for the Near East today called for a 50 percent reduction of food losses and food waste in the region in order to improve regional food security.

Concluding a week-long session here, the Conference called on FAO to assist its Member Countries in drawing up a plan to halve the amount food they currently lose or waste in the next ten years.

Soil carbon assessment is key to reducing emissions

16 May, 2012, Rome – FAO is helping scientists and policymakers in Tanzania to evaluate how much carbon is stored in forests and forests soils, which will enable them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Forest soils contain a huge carbon stock. Deforestation, forest degradation or changes in forest management practices can release carbon from soil to the atmosphere, thus contributing to climate change. For these reasons reliable estimates of soil carbon stock and stock changes are important.

A l’examen, des mesures pour renforcer la sécurité alimentaire

15 mai 2012, Rome - Des mesures propres à améliorer la sécurité alimentaire régionale en réduisant les pertes et les gaspillages alimentaires et en atténuant le changement climatique seront examinées par la Conférence régionale de la FAO pour le Proche-Orient.

Measures enhancing food security to be considered

15 May 2012, Rome - Measures to improve regional food security by cutting food losses and waste and by mitigating and adapting to climate change will be considered by FAO’s Regional Conference for the Near East.