The following fact sheets on key issues in the campaign to eliminate hunger and malnutrition are being made available both as HTML files for on-line browsing and in Adobe Acrobat PDF format suitable for downloading, printing, duplication and distribution. To download the free Acrobat Reader and find out how to use PDF files click here . Water and food security Water scarcity represents a critical constraint to food production and a major cause of poverty and hunger. Improved water management is one of the keys to increased and sustainable food production.
Women play a decisive role in household and national food security, particularly in rural areas.
Yet women's work often goes unrecognized, and they lack the leverage necessary to gain access to resources, training and finance. The role of forests in food security Forests play a crucial role in food security. As living systems, forests have a vital role in maintaining the ecological base for food security. Hunger and malnutrition would be significantly worse if it were not for the contribution of trees and forests to household food security. The crops used for food and agriculture at present are the product of years of natural evolution, selection by farmers and scientific plant breeding.