Training for food security

Twenty-two participants from 10 African and Caribbean countries have completed a four-week food-security training programme in Benin, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported on Monday from Cotonou. The Formation internationale en nutrition et sciences alimentaires (FINSA - International training in nutrition and food sciences) programme lasted from 9 August to 3 September and was held in the towns of Ouidah and Cotonou. It focused on food security for lasting development, the analysis of the food and nutrition situation of households, the identification of high-risk groups, and the identification, planning and implementation of food security programmes. The programme - attended by participants from Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ctte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Haoti, Mali, Niger, Rwanda and Sinigal - was the eighth edition of FINSA, which is backed by the Dutch government, UNICEF, WHO and the FAO. The FINSA programmes are conducted by the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences of the Universite nationale du Benin with the participation of the universities of Wageningen and Utrecht in the Netherlands.