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ProjectFactsheetTechnical Support to Aflatoxin Management and Mitigation in Nigeria - TCP/NIR/3804 2024
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No results found.Nigeria is a country highly affected by aflatoxins, toxic and carcinogenic substances produced by certain fungi, that are known to cause liver cancer, chronic health effects and even death. Aflatoxins contaminate Nigeria’s staple foods like maize and groundnuts, greatly increasing the potential for human exposure and therefore making it a major health burden in the country. The number of aflatoxin-induced liver cancer cases annually lead to staggering financial losses of up to USD 997 million in Nigeria. Around 4 400 000 million children are stunted in Nigeria, with aflatoxin contributing to this result. This contamination also affects international trade of agricultural commodities, resulting in many export rejections from Nigeria. The control of aflatoxin has been identified as one of the four key nutrition-sensitive cost-beneficial interventions. It has the potential to impact nutrition scale up in Nigeria, as well as to reduce malnutrition and promote populace health. According to the country-led situation analysis and action planning the biggest challenge to the management of aflatoxins in Nigeria lies in a lack of awareness among farmers, food producers, consumers, policymakers and the general public about the causes and consequences of aflatoxin contamination. A lack of set programmes for extension messaging on aflatoxins is another challenge to its management, as are low infrastructural and technological capacities, weak regulatory controls and expertise and low dissemination/uptake of proven control technology. -
ProjectFactsheetTechnical Assistance for Enhanced Maize and Vegetable Production in Support of Smallholder Farmers - TCP/SWA/3707 2022
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No results found.In Eswatini, food and nutrition security is increasingly threatened by climate change and persistent pre and post harvest crop losses Climate variability exposes smallholder farmers and poor, rural populations to droughts and inconsistent rain patterns This further puts food production, including of horticultural crops that are important off season sources of food and income for many farmers in the country, at risk Several institutional efforts have been made to address the situation, including the prioritization of improved maize productivity and the strengthening of horticulture production and marketing There is a further need to invest in technologies that can help adapt to the effects of climate change, such as tunnels for vegetable production These technologies can reduce pests, diseases and crop losses and improve productivity and youth participation in agriculture, leading to income generation for smallholder farmers and enhanced food and nutrition security. -
ProjectFactsheetImproving Food and Nutrition Security through Strengthening the Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) Programme in Eswatini - TCP/SWA/3704 2022
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No results found.In Eswatini, low food production and the high dependence on importation create food scarcity and price inflation With low food availability and high prices reducing access to food, levels of food insecurity remain of concerns in the country Rates of malnutrition in Eswatini are also alarming while the prevalence of acute malnutrition is low at just over 1 percent, prevalence of chronic malnutrition remains high at 19 9 percent (Swaziland Household Income and Expenditure Survey [Government of Eswatini, 2017 The Government of Eswatini chose to address hunger in a holistic manner and identified the country’s schools as centres of care and support to achieve food security Its national framework for food security in schools aims to improve food security in schools through a prolonged approach that includes providing school meals and encouraging school gardens and community participation in school meals programmes and nutrition education.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. -
BookletHigh-profileFAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 2022The FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 was endorsed by FAO Council in June 2022. This new strategy replaces the previous strategy from 2017 to better FAO's climate action with the Strategic Framework 2022-2031, and other FAO strategies that have been developed since then. The Strategy was elaborated following an inclusive process of consultation with FAO Members, FAO staff from headquarters and decentralized offices, as well as external partners. It articulates FAO's vision for agrifood systems by 2050, around three main pillars of action: at global and regional level, at country level, and at local level. The Strategy also encourages key guiding principles for action, such as science and innovation, inclusiveness, partnerships, and access to finance.
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BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018.