The course provides guidance on how to design and implement a communication strategy for food security information. Using realistic examples, the course illustrates the various components of a communication strategy. It provides concrete, detailed guidelines on how to communicate through the media and how to present information to policymakers to influence the policymaking process.

It is currently available in English; other languages are planned.

The course has three units:

• Designing your communication strategy
• Working with the media
• Communicating with policymakers

Each unit consists of several lessons. You can start and stop the lessons in any place, and choose only those lessons that interest you.

To register and access the course, visit

http://www.foodsec.org/dl/elcpages/food-security-courses.asp?pgLang...

and click on Communicating for Food Security.

This course is one of a series of online courses on food security produced by FAO. See the link above for the other offerings.

Course author: Paul Mundy, paul@mamud.com, www.mamud.com,