Haiti: Food Security Task Force Established By Three Rome-based United Nations Agencies

Haiti: Food Security Task Force Established By Three Rome-based United Nations Agencies

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ROME – The heads of the three United Nations Rome-based agencies announced the establishment of a Task Force for Food Security in Haiti. The Task Force will support the government of Haiti in the implementation of a concerted, coherent and targeted, immediate and longer-term food security strategy that integrates agricultural production, and social safety nets.

FAO Director General Jacques Diouf, IFAD President Kanayo Nwanze and WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran will lead this Task Force. The announcement was made at a meeting entitled "Supporting Haitian-led Food Security Program,

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This may be of interest to anyone who knows anything about the Codex Alimentarius. Here is an explanation of what this is from the Codex's home page.

The Codex Alimentarius Commission was created in 1963 by FAO and WHO to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. The main purposes of this Programme are protecting health of the consumers and ensuring fair trade practices in the food trade, and promoting coordination of all food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Notice the organizations involved in Haiti.

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Call for support for appropriate infant and young child feeding in Haiti

Any needed breast-milk substitutes should adhere to Codex Alimentarius Standards and should be procured in an efficient and rapid manner, in coordination with UNICEF, the nutrition coordinating agency in Haiti. The preferred type of breast-milk substitute is ready-to-use formula. Any distribution and use of breast-milk substitutes should be carefully monitored to ensure that only the designated infants receive the product. For further information UNICEF should be contacted (see contact below). When breast-milk substitutes are used caregivers should be encouraged and taught to feed with a cup and spoon. Bottles and teats should not be provided as they are more difficult to clean. Skilled support by appropriately trained staff should be provided to caregivers on how to use the breast-milk substitute safely. Because infants' receiving breast-milk substitutes are at increased risk for illness, a mechanism to monitor their health should be established.

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This could very well be the test bed for what we will all be facing soon enough. This is a good one to keep an eye on,

Haiti highlights concerns over food security MMANALEDI MATABOGE | ROME, ITALY - Feb 18 2010 11:29

"First, we are stepping up work under ongoing projects in Haiti's rural areas, focusing on food production and activities to generate income and employment," Nwanze told the conference. "In collaboration with the FAO [Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations], we have extended our 2008 post-food-crisis programme for the distribution of seeds and farming tools, thereby preparing about 15 000 rural households for the planting season that begins in March". He said Ifad's support to Haiti would be targeted at the areas most severely affected by the earthquake and by the flow of urban migrants to rural areas.

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This is certainly a related article I wanted to remember.

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