The ten conference papers in this issue cover various topics concerning food security, including: the implications for food security of trends in farm size in Asia; the relationship between environmental sustainability, food security and nutrition; the application of behavioural economics to food...

The ARCoFS 2021 aims to provide food security professionals in the Asia Pacific region with a platform to exchange the latest information on sustainable food production, to identify mega-trends that influence food security, and to recognize the main indicators of food insecurity and plan for...

This issue contains a selection of 13 papers based on presentations in the various plenary and parallel sessions of the conference. They address issues within the four dimensions of food security (availability, access, utilization, and stability) but also interactions between the various...

This issue (consisting of 10 papers, in addition to an introduction) analyses the 2010-11 Somalia famine - mostly from the perspective of humanitarian actors themselves: analysts, practitioners, and managers of the response. The papers address: the main causes of the famine; the famine declaration...

This special issue features the paper abstracts presented at the 31st National Conference of the Dietitians Association of Australia held in Queensland, Australia, during 15-17 May 2014. Majority of the included papers cover clinical dietetic services from infants to the elderly, exploring current...

This supplement presents 53 oral abstracts, 211 poster abstracts, 35 NIFA poster abstracts, 11 USDA poster abstracts, and 8 Food and Nutrition Extension Education Division poster abstracts presented at the Annual Meeting that focuses on 3 key themes: Past - remember the milestones in advancing the...

This proceedings contains keynote addresses, peer-reviewed papers, and snapshots of research presentations and posters from the title conference. These papers and presentations address the following questions: How can place-based food systems contribute to sustainable human economies? How can...

This proceedings presents 131 papers under the following themes: agricultural production and environmental issues with a changing climate; environmental risk assessment for foods; natural resources availability, quality and technology for foods - conflicts in resource utilization; water resources...

This conference serves as an arena for stimulating academic exercise and policy dialogues on trans-disciplinary dimensions of environmental problems in Southeast Asia. The theme of this fourth edition of the conference was "Managing ecological risks and natural disasters in Southeast Asia:...

Sudan suffered a particularly severe famine in the mid 1980s. Although efforts to improve food security conditions have been made, 1990 saw another serious famine develop in the country. The symposium deals with four main propositions: that famine was inevitable in the Sudan and that the main cause ...