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Book (series)Technical reportApplication of a general methodology to understand vulnerability and adaptability of the small pelagic fisheries in the Benguela countries 2025
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No results found.This report is an output of the project "Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in the Small Pelagic Fisheries of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem", which falls within the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Benguela Current Convention (BCC) project on "Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in the Benguela Current Fisheries System". The aim of the project is to "build resilience and reduce the vulnerability to climate change of the marine fisheries and mariculture sectors within the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystems through strengthening adaptive capacity and implementing participatory and integrated strategies in order to ensure food and livelihood security". The project was funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the governments of Angola, Namibia and South Africa and FAO. FAO is the agency responsible for the supervision and provision of technical guidance during the implementation of the project and the BCC was assigned as the executing agency. -
Book (series)General interest bookReport of the Regional Training Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation Planning
University of Cape Town, South Africa, 18–19 March 2019
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No results found.The purpose of the workshop was to support governance actors and community leads to learn and train local communities in moving from vulnerability assessment to adaptation planning and implementation in fisheries and aquaculture. Twenty-six participants (women and men) attended from Angola, Namibia and South Africa. The workshop was spread across two days. Day 1 provided an overview of some of the key ideas and tools for adaptation planning. Participants were reminded of the need to combine information from bottom-up and top-down assessment processes. A review of the adaptation toolbox developed by FAO helped guide partners in planning their adaptation; the importance of considering the timing of risk as well as that of climate funding, were reiterated. The focus of day 2 was on community-level adaptation planning. The main climate risks/stressors identified during the rapid vulnerability assessment (RVA) process were revisited, and the suite of adaptation actions identified were presented. The practical steps to follow when taking forward the adaptation “ideas” and options identified in the RVA process were outlined. This is not a linear process but a slow, ongoing and iterative process, and each adaptation option has its own pathway. Some adaptation actions may be easily implemented (e.g. a training course on community organization) while others may require several steps and information (e.g. research, engagement with different government departments) before being implemented. The outcome of the workshop was used to inform the planning of the project Supporting Member Countries Implement Climate Change Adaptation Measures in Fisheries and Aquaculture (GCP/GLO/959/NOR). -
Book (series)Technical reportLegal and institutional aspects of management arrangements for shared stocks with reference to small pelagics in Northwest Africa. / Aspects légaux et institutionnels de l’aménagement des stocks partagés: cas des poissons pélagiques côtiers de la région nord-ouest africaine. 2003
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No results found.The present report, following a short introductory section, continues with three major sections. The first reviews and provides a comparative analysis of 39 international arrangements dealing with matters relating to the management of shared stocks. The analysis compares various aspects ranging from the scope of such arrangements to the institutional settings as well as the decision-making processes. A second section reviews existing multilateral arrangements covering the Northwest Africa regio n, and in particular arrangements including The Gambia, Mauritania, Morocco and Senegal. The aspects of the analyses made in the previous section that would be appropriate for cooperative arrangements among the coastal States of the Northwest African region are identified and options for funding of management arrangements are outlined. The last section of the report draws attention to possible options for cooperative arrangements among the four States listed, and possible themes for such coopera tion.
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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. -
Book (stand-alone)GuidelineVoluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
Adopted by the 127th session of the FAO Council, 22-27 November 2004
2005The objective of the Voluntary Guidelines is to provide practical guidance to States in their implementation of the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security, in order to achieve the goals of the World Food Summit Plan of Action. They provide an additional instrument to combat hunger and poverty and to accelerate attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. The Voluntary Guid elines represent the first attempt by governments to interpret an economic, social and cultural right and to recommend actions to be undertaken for its realization. Moreover, they represent a step towards integrating human rights into the work of agencies dealing with food and agriculture.