Here you will find a selection of links to documents and website offering more information on food.

Hunger

• Fighting Poverty More Effectively – Worldwide
  Cross-Sectoral Strategy on Poverty Reduction
  BMZ Strategy Paper 6|2012e (PDF 1.8 MB, accessible)

• Supplementation, Food Fortification and Dietary Diversification:
  A three-pronged approach to reducing hidden hunger
  A BMZ publication (PDF 297 KB)

• Investments in Land and the Phenomenon of Land Grabbing –
  Challenges for De­vel­op­ment Policy
  BMZ Strategy Paper 2|2012e (PDF 735 KB, accessible)

• Rural de­vel­op­ment and food security
  BMZ Information Brochure (PDF 2.1 MB, accessible)

• Rural de­vel­op­ment and its contribution to food security
  BMZ Strategy Paper 1|2011 (PDF 275 KB, accessible)

• Ten-point Programme for Rural De­vel­op­ment and Food Security
  A BMZ publication (PDF 48 KB)

• Promoting Sustainable Agriculture
  BMZ Strategy Paper 3|2013e (PDF 753 KB, accessible)

• Biofuels – Opportunities and risks for developing countries
  BMZ Strategy Paper 14|2011e (PDF 536 KB, accessible)

• The impact of cash transfers on nutrition in emergency and transitional contexts – A review of evidence
  A publication of the Overseas De­vel­op­ment Institute on behalf of BMZ
  (PDF 555 KB)

• GIZ website with information on the subject of food and nutrition security

• Community-based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition
  A joint statement by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN)

• The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012: Economic growth is nec­es­sary but not sufficient to accelerate reduction of hunger and malnutrition
  A joint publication by FAO, WFP and IFAD (PDF 3.9 MB)

• The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011: How does international price volatility affect domestic economies and food security?
  A joint publication by FAO, WFP and IFAD (PDF 2.7 MB)

• The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2010:
  Addressing food insecurity in protracted crises
  A joint publication by FAO and WFP (PDF 1.9 MB)

• OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2012–2021

• Global Hunger Index 2012 – The Challenge of Hunger: Ensuring Sustainable Food Security under Land, Water, and Energy Stresses
  A joint publication by Welthungerhilfe, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Concern Worldwide (PDF 4.2 MB)

• Website of the World Summit on Food Security
  Rome, 16 to 18 November 2009

• Rome Declaration on World Food Security

• How to Feed the World in 2050 – The Prospects for Agriculture
  Website of the High-Level Expert Forum
  Rome, 12 to 13 October 2009

• Website of the in­ter­na­ti­o­nal conference series "Policies against Hunger"

• Ending hunger must be a priority for all – FAO Monitoring Programme on progress since the World Food Summit 1996

• Website of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• FAO website with information about hunger in the world

• Website of the World Health Organization (WHO)

• WHO website on the subject of nutrition

• WHO website "10 facts on nutrition"

• UNICEF website with information on the subject of nutrition

• Voices of the Poor – A World Bank publication

• Welthungerhilfe

• Brot für die Welt (in German)

• Misereor

Agricultural policy

• Equitable and Sustainable Access to Land, Fisheries and Forests –
  Voluntary Guidelines on the responsible governance of these resources
  A joint publication by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (PDF 612 KB, accessible)

• Investments in Land and the Phenomenon of Land Grabbing –
  Challenges for De­vel­op­ment Policy
  BMZ Strategy Paper 2|2012e (PDF 735 KB, accessible)

• Biofuels – Opportunities and risks for developing countries
  BMZ Strategy Paper 14|2011e (PDF 536 KB, accessible)

• Green Economy
  BMZ Information Brochure 2|2011 (PDF 1.3 MB, accessible)

• Website of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

• WTO information on the Doha Development Agenda

• World Trade and the Doha Round –
  Final report of the High-Level Trade Experts Group, May 2011 (PDF 430 KB)

• Information by the European Commission on economic partnerships

• Information by the European Commission on Aid for Trade

• Information by the European Commission on Everything But Arms (EBA)

• Information by the European Commission on EU legislation on organic farming and production and labelling of organic products

Agricultural research

• Agricultural Research for Development – Creating Opportunities
  BMZ Information Brochure 8|2011 (PDF 3.1 MB, accessible)

• Website of the Consultative Group on In­ter­na­ti­o­nal Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

• Archive with all CGIAR Annual Reports since 1995

• Website of the In­ter­na­ti­o­nal Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

• GIZ information on the subject of agricultural research

Food aid

• Disaster Risk Management –
  Contributions by German De­vel­op­ment Co­op­er­a­tion
  BMZ Information Brochure 3/2010 (PDF 1 MB, accessible)

• Food aid and food assistance in emergency and transitional contexts:
  a review of current thinking
  A publication of the Overseas De­vel­op­ment Institute on behalf of BMZ
  (PDF 1.1 MB)

• Information by the Federal Foreign Office on Germany's humanitarian aid

• Website of the World Food Programme (WFP)