Recommendations for "Education (108 results)"
Focus on core practices and principles (e.g., closing natural resource cycles, agroforestry, diversification of crops and livelihoods, inter-cropping and crop rotation, push-pull technology, system of rice intensification, circular economy, co-creation of knowledge, localised food web, gender equity, inclusive decision-making) in order to introduce agroecology to new actors in a way that emphasises its practical applicability and compatibility with existing organisational goals and strategies.
2020
Increase the visibility and credibility of agroecological success stories by publishing in peer-reviewed journals and highlighting successful outcomes related to conventional measures and concerns (e.g., productivity, livelihoods) as well as the broader suite of impacts.
2020
Change must begin in training and education.
2020
Reduce food loss and waste including by supporting the improvement of infrastructure and cold chain development, through consumer education, the dissemination of best practices, information, capacity development, and the transfer of technology as mutually agreed, including for smallholders and pastoralists, considering the most appropriate local technologies.
2016
Promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, ensuring equal access to livestock productive resources, capacity building and education for women and foster women’s equal participation in decision-making.
2016
Enhance productivity through the promotion of social protection initiatives such as vocational training and other education schemes tailored to the technical needs of smallholder farmers and backed by national research, as well as extension systems that promote smallholder-friendly and smallholder-accessible technologies. At the same time, such interventions could be used to help smallholders without profit potential increase their access to nutritious foods in the short term and acquire non-farm skills and employment in the long term.
2013
Valuing the hidden costs (or negative externalities) associated with different diets could significantly modify our assessment of what is “affordable” from a broader societal perspective and reveal how dietary choices affect other SDGs. The health and environmental consequences of unbalanced and unhealthy diets translate into actual costs for individuals and society as a whole, such as increased medical costs and the costs of climate damage, among other environmental costs.
2020
Policies, legislation and other interventions to transform food systems and create healthy food environments need to be accompanied by the provision of food and nutrition education (FNE) and behaviour change communication, in addition to the implementation of mass media campaigns to promote healthy diets. Policy options include integrating effective FNE into national plans and programmes to influence consumer awareness and foster nutritious food choices and behaviours.
2020
Food and nutrition education with a focus on food budgeting and resource management skills should be integrated into the national school curriculum, social protection and agriculture programmes, and food labelling and taxation schemes.
2020
Combining school food environment policies (such as nutrition standards for meals) and school-based food and nutrition education can help children build the motivation and skills necessary to make nutritious food choices. Such initiatives should be included in state laws and regulations to protect them from shifting political priorities.
2020
Enact policies at the retail and household levels, such as measures directed at the reduction of food waste, including awareness campaigns, informing consumers and advocating for behaviour change towards healthy choices through education and communication strategies that involve different media and interpersonal communication.
2020
Enhance food utilization through access to clean water, sanitation, energy, technology, childcare, healthcare, and access to education, including on how to prepare, provide, and maintain safe and nutritious food.
2014
Provide appropriate training, education, and mentorship programs for youth to increase their capacity and/or access to decent work and entrepreneurship opportunities, and foster their contribution to local development.
2014
Enhance awareness, knowledge, and communication, related to evidence-based information on food quality, safety, nutrition, and public health issues, leading to strengthened capacity along the entire agriculture and food system, particularly for smallholders.
2014
Improve access to education, training and capacity development for small and medium enterprises, cooperatives, associations, and farmer and producer organizations to enable them to enter into agreements and engage with other market actors.
2014
Business enterprises should respect legitimate tenure rights in line with the VGGT, and may use a range of inclusive business models. Processors, retailers, distributors, input suppliers, and marketers are encouraged to inform and educate consumers about the sustainability of products and services and respect national safety and consumer protection regulations.
2014
Consumer organizations can contribute to the application of the Principles [CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems] by informing and educating consumers about these Principles, and encouraging investment that respects these Principles.
2014
Foster policy on food and nutrition education, including education of nutrition improvement and food safety, in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, including farmers and food industries. Aging populations and vulnerable groups have specific nutrient needs and access difficulties (such as swallowing disorders). Development of products to meet these nutritional needs can represent new market opportunities. Recognize the contributions pulses make to improve nutrition worldwide.
2016
Strengthen support for national governments to develop capacity at multiple levels, including through training health, nutrition and extension workers, and enhancing food and nutrition education.
2016
Enable the scale up of nutrition-specific interventions that promote healthy growth and development especially during the first 1000 days of life, alongside nutrition-sensitive activities that promote good nutrition across different areas, including agriculture, health, education and social protection.
2016
Enhanced support including investments in agricultural science, research, technology, education, extension services, and innovation.
2009
Recent progress on technology and other forms of innovation including organizational and financial, make it necessary for farmers to acquire a wider range of knowledge and skills in order to enable them to embrace and responsibly utilize new technologies and innovations. It is therefore necessary for an environment where farmers, including new and small scale farmers, regardless of age, gender or geographic location can have access to knowledge and skills.
2019
Recognize the importance of learning through exchange of good practices, accumulating knowledge for all concerned stakeholders, within the G20 and beyond.
2019
Recognizing that well trained people are one of the most important assets for the future, knowledge and inputs are encouraged from non-agricultural sectors in human development and lifelong education for all.
2019
Raise awareness of the importance of plant health to all.
2019
Promote academic, scientific and technological activities, and foster interdisciplinary experience exchanges at institutions and cooperatives.
2018
Support skills development and training programmes that prepare farmers for present and future challenges, such as globalized food value chains and the adverse effects of climate change, and especially target women and young people including to assist in retaining youth in the sector.
2016
Develop a global campaign to educate and inform the public on nutrition-sensitive practices to prevent and manage COVID-19 infections at household and individual levels.
2020
Support the development of an agroecology curriculum at schools of agriculture in a range of countries.
2020
Digital enabled and demand-driven agricultural extension initiatives featuring peer-to-peer learning
2019
Technical and managerial skills: Educate, train and open to foreign skills
2020
Provide guidance on food storage and preparation
2019
Conduct consumer education campaigns (e.g., general public schools, restaurants) to reduce food loss and waste in the home or business of the consumer, including restaurants and caterers
2019
Governments, therefore, need to devote more resources to improving educational opportunities for girls, family planning, and reducing infant and child mortality.
2019
Raise awareness about health, sustainability, and responsibility
2017
Reinvigorate investment in rural infrastructure, education, training, technology, knowledge transfer and payments of environmental services.
2016
Creation of education programmes on the links between natural resources, consumption patterns and health.
2016
Investments are needed in educating the younger generation on healthy diets, with unbiased information for consumers. Awareness-raising should focus on both the pros and the cons of consuming animal-sources foods in various quantities.
2021
Engage youth in research related to sustainable food systems and resource conservation, and strengthen opportunities for youth to participate in community-based research partnerships through the development of methodologies that integrate diverse ways of knowing and communicating.
2021
Reform vocational training curricula to develop community-education-business partnerships based on collaborative assessments of local community needs, focusing on the entry points of most interest to youth, such as agroecological production, nutrition and dietetics, food value chains, marketing, and food systems education.
2021
Reform vocational training curricula to develop community-education-business partnerships based on collaborative assessments of local community needs, focusing on the entry points of most interest to youth, such as agroecological production, nutrition and dietetics, food value chains, marketing, and food systems education.
2021
Support educational curriculum development and reform in primary and secondary schools on needs and practices for transforming food systems, including agroecology, food literacy, food systems and health.
2021
Reform vocational training curricula to develop community-education-business partnerships based on collaborative assessments of local community needs, focusing on the entry points of most interest to youth, such as agroecological production, nutrition and dietetics, food value chains, marketing, and food systems education.
2021
Promote the intergenerational and intragenerational exchange of information, knowledge and practices (including direct exchange of experiences) through mentorship, role models and peer-to-peer engagement in a complementary role to formal education programmes.
2021
Encourage youth to practice agroecology and other sustainable innovations by connecting knowledge that is locally specific (traditional and intergenerational) with horizontal and formal training and education programmes, as well as advisory and extension services, to improve the resilience of agriculture, farming systems and food systems to environmental and social shocks.
2021
Measures of empowerment include increased access to productive resources, including access to natural resources, agricultural inputs and technology, financial resources, as well as knowledge and education, strengthened organizational skills and, importantly, access to digital technology and communication.
2021
Measures of empowerment include increased access to productive resources, including access to natural resources, agricultural inputs and technology, financial resources, knowledge and education, as well as strengthened organizational skills and, importantly, access to digital technology and communication.
2021
Supporting household incomes and livelihoods for the poorest and most vulnerable groups. Measures include boosting job creation and implementing labour market policies, such as public works programmes that can be used as short-term measures to support purchasing power in times of crisis and for developing assets that bring future returns to livelihoods; social assistance initiatives, such as cash transfer programmes that provide support to meet the most immediate needs and that enable households to invest in their productive activities; and increasing universal access to healthcare, education and social services that could safeguard against setbacks to families, nations and regions.
2021
Educate about food systems transformation. Education can assist in shifting perspectives and revising problematic narratives.
2021
Organizations in the UN System and national and international academic institutions should develop and promote the use of e-learning and continuing education courses in data prioritization and utilization for policymakers.
2022
Targeted scholarship programmes be created by national governments – and adequately funded by donors – to allow young people from low-income countries, especially girls, to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
2022
Governments should take action to expand primary and secondary education curricula to include statistics and data science early in public education programmes.
2022
National statistics offices should offer training opportunities to all staff, of all ages, to enhance their competences in using opensource software for data analysis, and reward demonstrated achievement.
2022
UN System organizations and international research institutions should contribute to eliminating language barriers, by expanding the set of languages in which relevant e-learning platforms are offered.
2022
International organizations, in collaboration with academic institutions, should establish criteria for the quality of e-learning materials for data science and create a framework providing objective quality assessment and ranking of existing, open-access on-line learning opportunities, to identify the best, up-to-date courses and draw attention where quality improvement is needed.
2022
Nutrition education to encourage more diverse and healthier dietary patterns at the household level.
2023
In rural areas, cash transfers can contribute to improve dietary patterns and promote diversification of food production through the alleviation of liquidity constraints. In addition, cash transfer programmes associated with nutrition education offer greater chances to improve child nutrition and health.
2023
For street foods, important food safety actions include ensuring a supply of water of acceptable quality for food preparation, clean places for preparation and consumption of food, sanitary facilities for workers in food outlets, training for street vendors and consumer education. Interventions at national and local government levels are also required to ensure nutritional quality for street foods in each local situation.
2023
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, private sector, non-governmental organizations, and communities should invest in appropriate vocational and skill trainings, formal education, and mentorship programmes for youth to increase their capacity and access to decent work, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, as well as in demand side enabling policies and instruments to create decentwork opportunities, to stimulate and be drivers toward sustainable food systems for the next generation.
2021
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, private sector and other relevant stakeholders should consider promoting home grown school meals, where food served in schools and other child care facilities is procured, where appropriate, from smallholder and/or family farmers to support local communities and provide educational opportunities for students.
2021
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, private sector, civil society and non-governmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including medical and health practitioners, should promote the integration of science-based nutrition education and counseling practices in different settings, with safeguards for the identification and management of potential conflicts of interest, including for populations participating in maternal and child nutrition programmes and information programmes based on food-based dietary guidelines, and other policies related to food systems.
2021
The inclusion of nutrition education and information within agriculture extension technical packages should be considered as a way to support producers in increasing the production of nutritious foods.
2021
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, private sector, civil society and non-governmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including medical and health practitioners, should promote a range of activities such as social and behavior change communication (SBCC), food and nutrition education, interpersonal communication and community dialogues, and social marketing initiatives to promote breastfeeding, indigenous and traditional food cultures as a way to positively influence knowledge, attitudes and social norms, and coordinate messaging on nutrition and sustainable consumption and production across a variety of communication channels to reach multiple levels of society (e.g. mass media campaigns).
2021
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, private sector and other relevant stakeholders should support the education of all food system actors to prioritize the reduction of food loss and waste.
2021
Governments, civil society organizations, private sector, intergovernmental organizations, academia and other relevant stakeholders should use science and evidence-based as well as cultural, traditional and ancestral knowledge resources to promote and support education and knowledge of healthy diets, sustainable food systems, nutrition, physical activity, diversified production systems, food loss and waste prevention, intrahousehold food distribution, food safety, optimal breastfeeding and, where needed, complementary feeding, taking into consideration cultural and social norms and adapting to different audiences and contexts, including those of indigenous peoples with their voluntary consent on the sharing of their own knowledge as well as participating in broader knowledge and education.
2021
Universities, schools, technical and vocational education and training centres as well as teaching schools should institute nutrition education curricula for students on the areas of food studies including food technology, health and agriculture during their training.
2021
Governments, civil society organizations, private sector, intergovernmental organizations, universities, schools, organizations of small-scale producers and workers, communication media and other relevant stakeholders should promote nutrition knowledge and culinary skills among school-age children, youth and adults (including promoting communal mealtimes, socializing around food, consuming healthy diets, and reducing food waste) in a variety of settings, including safeguards for the identification and management of potential conflicts of interest.
2021
Governments, with the support of intergovernmental organizations upon request, should, as appropriate, implement comprehensive school and pre-school food and nutrition policies, review education curricula to incorporate nutrition and sustainability principles and sustainable practices, involve communities, especially local communities including, where possible, small-scale food producers and workers and their organizations, in promoting and creating healthy food environments and healthy diets through sustainable food systems in schools, kindergartens and other childcare facilities, and support school health and nutrition services.
2021
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, private sector, civil society, particularly women’s organizations and other relevant stakeholders should promote the empowerment of women and girls by supporting equitable and equal access to primary and secondary education, literacy programmes, comprehensive health services and other social services to increase household nutritional status.
2021
Strengthen research, innovation, training, and education and foster knowledge co-creation, knowledge sharing and co-learning, on agroecological and other innovative approaches.
2019
Strengthen agricultural knowledge, information and innovation systems by enabling that research, extension/dissemination and education/capacity building to be integrated in an inclusive, participatory, bottom-up and problem-oriented manner in order to find holistic solutions to food system challenges based on agroecological and other innovative approaches, while not discouraging research and adoption of existing technologies and practices that contribute positively to sustainable development.
2019
Encourage explicit coverage of achieving sustainable agriculture and food systems in curricula of educational institutions at all levels, and integrate hands-on, experiential learning.
2019
Promote nutrition education including through the implementation of agroecological and other innovative approaches as part of a range of activities to support healthy diets, in line with recommendation 3.5.1.h of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition.
2019
Encourage explicit coverage of achieving sustainable agriculture and food systems in curricula of educational institutions at all levels, and integrate hands-on, experiential learning.
2019
Promote nutrition education including through the implementation of agroecological and other innovative approaches as part of a range of activities to support healthy diets, in line with recommendation 3.5.1.h of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition.
2019
Increase access to, inter alia, education, appropriate extension and financial services, methodologies and technologies that are adequate for women, youth and elders, and full participation in related policy processes.
2019
Improve the adoption of certification and labelling schemes that contribute to promotion and incentivization of low-carbon practices and zero-deforestation by livestock producers.
2023
Improve extension services and dissemination of information, in particular for climate-smart agriculture practices, by providing farmers with access to training, information, and extension services to improve their knowledge and skills in modern crop cultivation techniques and sustainable farming practices.
2023
Improve the general information on diets and nutrition outcomes.
2023
Improve food labelling to provide consumers with information, at point-of-purchase, about the nutrient composition and the environmental and social features associated with the production of a food item.
2023
Improve knowledge and understanding of trade-offs for low- and middle-income country smallholders when joining carbon markets so that they avoid forfeiting their agricultural growth potential.
2023
Provide consumers and suppliers with information on options for reducing food losses or waste.
2023
Improve education in rural communities, especially for women and girls, to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education, and promote lifelong learning opportunities.
2023
Improve the capacity of students, especially for women and girls, in low- and middle-income countries to achieve higher education in the fields of biology, agronomy, crop science, veterinary science, nutrition and soil sciences and other sciences relevant for the transformation of agrifood systems.
2023
Build understanding of the drivers of food choices, especially the perceptions and values of consumers.
2024
Develop food-based dietary guidelines to help consumers navigate their food environments and make healthy food choices.
2024
Strengthen social and behavior change communication to reach a wide audience and build practical skills that nurture an informed consumer base.
2024
Scale up nutrition-sensitive social protection in LMICs, including appropriate targeting of vulnerable groups, delivering transfers that come closer to bridging the healthy diet affordability gap, and linking social protection with nutrition education interventions that increase demand for healthy foods and decrease demand for unhealthy foods.
2024
Include new training curricula for primary health care workers to provide double-duty nutrition counselling.
2024
Flag overweight and obesity risks alongside stunting and wasting in growth monitoring programmes, especially in contexts where childhood overweight is a problem.
2024
Ensure that clear criteria and targeting guidelines are used for the distribution of ready-to-use supplementary foods (therapeutic foods, improved fortified blended foods), including for the prevention and treatment of moderate and severe acute malnutrition, and manage the duration of treatment to avoid excessive or rapid weight gain beyond that needed for prevention or recovery.
2024
Redesign school-feeding programmes to promote access to healthy diets and devise new nutritional guidelines for food inside the school and surrounding the school campus where children have access to food. Support these efforts through policy, legal and institutional frameworks.
2024
Create a supportive “whole-of-school” approach conducive to healthy eating such as integrating nutrition into the classroom curriculum/health literacy lessons; promoting active school environments; cultivating school gardens; building knowledge and skills to create awareness, shape tastes, and develop healthy food habits; involving parents in meal planning; and influencing healthy eating attitudes at home.
2024
Scale up WHO antenatal care recommendations for pregnant women (also extending to pregnant adolescent girls) through the health system, focusing on counselling about healthy eating and keeping physically active during pregnancy to stay healthy and prevent excessive weight gain.
2024
Promote behaviour change towards healthier food choices on the part of consumers through targeted education and awareness raising, informed by the structural drivers of food choice, which can include front‑of‑pack labelling, public education campaigns and taxation of foods high in sugar, salt and fat.
2024
Ensuring universal access to health and education
2019
Programmes aimed at building non-cognitive skills, including team-building and practical problem-solving
2019
Invest not only in education but also broadly in sectors such as transportation and energy infrastructure to create inclusive food system opportunities
2020
Advanced skills: Educate for innovation and open to foreign talent
2020
Education including vocational training that can provide technical and business skills that are useful in the new agriculture and rural nonfarm economy
2008
Manage demand: Slowing demand growth requires reducing food loss and waste, shifting the diets of high meat consumes towards plant-based foods, avoiding any further expansion of biofuel production, and improving women’s access to education and healthcare in Africa to accelerate voluntary reductions in fertility levels.
2019