[cid:image001.png@01D19706.497D2030] [cid:image002.png@01D19706.497D2030] DISCUSSION No. 126 • FSN Forum digest No. 1224 Urbanization, Rural Transformation and Implications for Food Security [cid:image003.png@01D19706.497D2030]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:image004.jpg@01D19706.497D2030] Dear Members, The discussion Urbanization, Rural Transformation and Implications for Food Security<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/urbanization-rural-transformation> is now closed and we would like to thank all contributors for taking their time to post their thoughts and share their experiences. In her message below, Deborah Fulton, CFS Secretary and facilitator of this discussion, acknowledges the role that this discussion and your comments had in elaborating the background document<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/sites/default/files/files/126_Urban_Rural_Transformation/UrbRurZeroDraft.pdf>. The CFS Secretariat will use this document to support the discussions at the Forum on Urbanization, Rural Transformation and Implications for Food Security to be held at CFS 43 in October 2016. We would also like to thank the participants who took advantage of the last days to share their comments. Their names with the link to the contributions they provided are listed below. The full proceedings<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/sites/default/files/files/126_Urban_Rural_Transformation/PROCEEDINGS_EN_Rural_Urban_Transformation.docx> and all background material are available on the website<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/urbanization-rural-transformation> and can be consulted at any time. Thanking you again and looking forward to the upcoming discussions. All the best Your FSN Forum team Deborah Fulton, facilitator of the discussion Dear all, I’d like to thank all of you for sending your input on not only the background document for the CFS Forum on Urbanization, Rural Transformation and Implications for Food Security and Nutrition, but also your thoughts on this topic more broadly. As many of you highlighted, this is a broad framing of an issue which is very context specific in terms of the resulting implications and dynamics for achieving food security and nutrition. [cid:image005.png@01D19706.497D2030] Your contributions will help us to revise the background document and also to plan for the Forum at CFS43 where these issues will be discussed, together with the role of CFS going forward on this work. The revised version of the background document will be available in all languages on the official documents page of CFS43 in early September. Thank you again for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience on this important issue. Best, Deborah Fulton CFS Secretary Read more about Deborah <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/Deborah-Fulton> CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED · Dror Tamir<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-29>, Steak TzarTzar, Israel · Jane Battersby<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-30>, University of Cape Town, South Africa · Peter Steele<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-31>, FAO, Italy · Thomas Forster<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-32>, International Partners for Sustainable Agriculture, United States of America · Jess Halliday<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-33>, Independent consultant and researcher, France · George Kent<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-34>, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai'i, USA · Ophélie Robineau<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-35>, CIRAD, France · Cités Unies France<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-36>, France · Pradip Kumar Nath<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-37>, National Institute Of Rural Development, India · Working Group on Food Loss and Food Waste Prevention and Reduction, FAO<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-39>, posted by Camelia Adriana Bucatariu, Italy · Luis Antonio Hualda<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanizaci%C3%B3n-y-transformaci%C3%B3n-rural-y-sus-implicaciones-para-la-seguridad-a-2>, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Philippines · UN-Habitat<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-38>, posted by Jackson Kago, Kenya · FIAN International<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-41>, posted by Emily Mattheisen, Germany · Louison Lançon<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-42>, FAO, Italy · Stineke Oenema<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-urbanization-rural-transformation-and-implications-food-security-online-co-43>, UNSCN, Italy 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