1 hour
Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods: Basic concepts
Agriculture & Food Security
Nutrition
English
Delivery Modality
Offline
Online self-paced
Theme
Risk-Informed Planning
Mainstreaming DRR/CCA in Plans, Programs, Budgets
Audience
Civil Society & Community-Based Organizations
Government
Sectoral Ministries
UN Staff
Agencies
FAO
Certification
Yes
Last Updated
Aug-15
This course explains the concepts of food and nutrition, malnutrition, food security and livelihoods. Understanding these concepts is important to assess the nutrition situation, design and implement programmes, investments and policies that address nutrition problems (also called “nutrition-sensitive”), and evaluate the nutritional outcomes of programmes, investments and policies
You will learn about
- Food and Nutrition related concepts and definitions
- Nutrient requirements and balanced diet
- Different forms of malnutrition
- Causes of malnutrition
- Food Security and Livelihoods