[cid:image001.png@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540] [cid:image002.png@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540]<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/> Digest No. 1186 1 September 2015 Discussion 120 [cid:image003.png@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540] Food Security and Nutrition in APEC Economies. Sharing lessons learned and looking into the future until 25 September 2015 [cid:image003.png@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540] [cid:image004.png@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540]How to participate Send your contribution to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>or post it on the FSN Forum website www.fao.org/fsnforum<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum> [cid:image005.png@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540] in partnership with: [cid:image006.png@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540] [cid:image007.jpg@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540] [cid:image008.jpg@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540] Dear Members, Today we would like to invite you to our new online discussion “Food Security and Nutrition in APEC Economies. Sharing lessons learned and looking into the future<http://bit.ly/1MZIgh7>”. This discussion is aimed at food security practitioners from all across the globe to discuss how food security can be improved in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies<http://www.apec.org/> and beyond. APEC members represent a very heterogeneous group and face many different natural and man-made challenges to food security and nutrition. Learning from what has been implemented in your countries, will greatly help food security practitioners in that region develop their capacities and allow them to contribute to a world without hunger. The discussion will also feed into the APEC Food Security Training and Workshop hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences on September 7-9, 2015. This will give you the possibility to interact with the participants and share your knowledge for a true global debate. You will find the topic introduction and the questions proposed for the debate below and on the website in English<http://bit.ly/1MZIgh7>, French<http://bit.ly/1NUMIhQ>, Spanish<http://bit.ly/1XalfwB> and Chinese<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/sites/default/files/files/120_FSN_APEC/TOPIC_ZH_FSN_APEC.pdf>. Please send your comments in any of these four languages to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or post them online on the discussion page. We wish you a lively and pleasant exchange! Your FSN Forum team Dear Friends, It is a matter of great pleasure to invite you to an online discussion on Food Security and Nutrition in APEC economies. This discussion is organized in the context of the “APEC Food Security Training and Workshop” that the Agriculture Information Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences is hosting on September 7-9, 2015 in Beijing, China. APEC is the premier Asia-Pacific economic forum which goal is to support sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. The major objectives of the workshop are to promote communications among APEC economies’ food security researchers and experts, build interest on food security strategies, enhance research capacity and offer policy recommendations to improve food security. The training and workshop will identify existing methodologies, tools and best practices of food security researches and improve future research on food security issues. Notwithstanding the regional aim of the workshop, we believe that the knowledge of experts from APEC economies can be of great value to practitioners in the rest of the world on food security and vice versa. In order to allow the workshop to benefit the food security community as much as possible, our vision therefore is that interested individuals, food security professional, practitioners, researchers and students from all over the world can join this event through this online discussion. On the days of the workshop we will share the write-up and results from the training sessions with all of you, while the inputs received through this online discussion will be discussed at the meeting with workshop participants. Given the above we would like to invite you to reflect on the following guiding questions drawing on the experience in your country. 1. How can smallholder farmers benefit from global value chains? 2. What is the most striking example of measures that have improved food security and nutrition in your country in the last decade? 3. What are the challenges for policy implementation in your country related to food security research? 4. How can we ensure the participation of youth in the wider food security dialogue? If you would like to provide your feedback to this online discussion please do not hesitate to comment on the discussions website or to send your comments to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Please also feel free to circulate this information among your colleagues. Comments are welcome in English, French, Spanish and Chinese Our sincere thanks go to all of you for the active participation and the open exchange of views! We look forward to meeting you online. Prof. Nie Fengying <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/Nie_Fengying> Director Agriculture Information Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences [cid:image003.png@01D0E4D4.A0BE2540] www.fao.org/fsnforum<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/> CONTACT US<mailto:[log in to unmask]> • DISCLAIMER<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/disclaimer-copyright> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FSNFORUM-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FSNFORUM-L&A=1