Topic: Food and Nutrition

Board on African Science Academy Development - The National Academies recently initiated a program to assist African science academies in strengthening their capability to provide scientifically...

Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade: Proceedings of a Conference (2000) - In 1998, the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture asked the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National...

International Food and Nutrition Forum - The International Food and Nutrition Forum (IFNF) provides a mechanism for representatives from the U.S. government, academia and nongovernmental...

Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains (1996) - Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this...

Lost Crops of Africa: Volume II: Vegetables (2006) - This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food...

Nutrition Surveys and Surveillance Activities in Russia and the Newly Independent States: A Review of USAID-Sponsored Activities (1994) - In order for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to have a standing capability in the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the Committee on...

Premature Death in the New Independent States (1997) - In recent years there have been alarming reports of rapid decreases in life expectancy in the New Independent States (former members of the Soviet...

Saline Agriculture: Salt-Tolerant Plants for Developing Countries (1990) - Populations in developing countries are growing so quickly that the land and water are unable to sustain them. Salt-tolerant plants, therefore, may...

Unraveling the Enigma of Vitamin D (German version, 2000) - Rickets was a common disease afflicting children in the eighteenth century. Physicians realized that these diseases were related to “accessory food...

Unraveling the Enigma of Vitamin D (Japanese version, 2003) - Rickets was a common disease afflicting children in the eighteenth century. Physicians realized that these diseases were related to “accessory food...

Unraveling the Enigma of Vitamin D (Spanish version, 2003) - Rickets was a common disease afflicting children in the eighteenth century. Physicians realized that these diseases were related to “accessory food...

U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Addressing Global Issues (2000) - In 2000, the leadership of the National Academies accepted an invitation from the leadership of the Iranian Academy of Sciences and the Iranian...

U.S. National Committee to the International Union of Nutritional Sciences - The U.S. National Committee to the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (USNC/IUNS) represents the field of nutrition and the major societies...