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Book (series)The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024
Financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms
2024Six years from 2030, hunger and food insecurity trends are not yet moving in the right direction to end hunger and food insecurity (SDG Target 2.1) by 2030. The indicators of progress towards global nutrition targets similarly show that the world is not on track to eliminate all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2). Billions of people still lack access to nutritious, safe and sufficient food. Nevertheless, progress in many countries provides hope of the possibility of getting back on track towards hunger and malnutrition eradication. Implementing the policies, investments and legislation needed to revert the current trends of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition requires proper financing for food security and nutrition. Despite a broad agreement on the urgent need to increase financing for food security and nutrition, the same cannot be said for a common understanding regarding how this financing should be defined and tracked. The report provides a long-awaited definition of financing for food security and nutrition and guidance for its implementation. There are recommendations regarding the efficient use of innovative financing tools and reforms to the food security and nutrition financing architecture. Establishing a common definition of financing for food security and nutrition, and methods for its tracking, measurement and implementation, is an important first step towards sustainably increasing the financing flows needed to end hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition, and to ensure access to healthy diets for all, today and tomorrow. -
Book (stand-alone)The future of food and agriculture: Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021. -
Book (series)The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024
Blue Transformation in action
2024The 2024 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture features the Blue Transformation in action, illustrated by activities and initiatives, led by FAO in collaboration with Members, partners and key stakeholders, to integrate aquatic foods into global food security and sustainability, enhance policy advocacy, scientific research and capacity building, disseminate sustainable practices and technological innovations, and support community involvement. Part 1 of this edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture benefits from significant improvements in data collection, analytical and assessment tools and methodologies to present the most up-to-date review of world fisheries and aquaculture production and utilization. Part 2 highlights the role of FAO and its partners to catalyse the transformational changes required to support aquaculture expansion and intensification, effective management of global fisheries and upgrading of aquatic value chains. Part 3 covers the high-impact challenges and opportunities of the untapped potential of utilizing whole fish and by-products to improve food security and nutrition, expounds on the role of aquatic food systems in providing critical climate, biodiversity and environmentally sound solutions, and highlights the importance of their integration into national and multilateral processes. It also presents an outlook on future trends up to 2032 based on projections. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 provides the most up-to-date and evidence-based information, supporting policy, scientific and technical insights on challenges, opportunities and innovations shaping the present and future of the sector, for the benefit of a wide and expanding audience of policymakers, managers, scientists, fishers, farmers, traders, civil society activists and consumers. -
Book (series)Improving biosecurity through prudent and responsible use of veterinary medicines in aquatic food production 2012
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No results found.The current trend towards increasing intensification and diversification of global aquaculture has lead to its dramatic growth, thus making aquaculture an important food-producing sector that provides an essential source of aquatic protein for a growing human population. For both developed and developing countries, the sector is recognized as creator of jobs and an important source of foreign export earnings. The expansion of commercial aquaculture, as is the case in commercial livestock and pou ltry production, has necessitated the routine use of veterinary medicines to prevent and treat disease outbreaks due to pathogens, assure healthy stocks and maximize production. The expanded and occasionally irresponsible global movements of live aquatic animals have been accompanied by the transboundary spread of a wide variety of pathogens that have sometimes caused serious damage to aquatic food productivity and resulted in serious pathogens becoming endemic in culture systems and the natura l aquatic environment. The use of appropriate antimicrobial treatments is one of the most effective management responses to emergencies associated with infectious disease epizootics. However, their inappropriate use can lead to problems related to increased frequency of bacterial resistance and the potential transfer of resistance genes in bacteria from the aquatic environment to other bacteria. Injudicious use of antimicrobials has also resulted in the occurrence of their residues in aquacultur e products, and as a consequence, bans by importing countries and associated economic impacts, including market loss have occurred. Since disease emergencies can happen even in well-managed aquaculture operations, careful planning on the use antimicrobials is essential in order to maximize their efficacy and minimize the selection pressure for increased frequencies of resistant variants. The prudent and responsible use of veterinary medicines is an essential component of successful commercial aq uaculture production systems. The FAO/AAHRI Expert Workshop on Improving Biosecurity through Prudent and Responsible Use of Veterinary Medicines in Aquatic Food Production was convened in Bangkok, Thailand from 15 to 18 December 2009, in order to understand the current status of the use of antimicrobials in aquaculture and to discuss the concerns and impacts of their irresponsible use on human health, the aquatic environment and trade. Such discussions became the basis for drafting recommenda tions targeted to the state and private sectors and for developing guiding principles on the responsible use of antimicrobials in aquaculture that will be part of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries Technical Guidelines on Prudent and Responsible Use of Veterinary Medicines in Aquaculture. Since aquaculture is expected to continue to increase its contribution to the world¿s production of aquatic food, offer opportunities to alleviate poverty, increase employment and community de velopment and reduce overexploitation of natural aquatic resources, appropriate guidance to aquaculture stakeholders on the responsible use of veterinary medicines has become essential. Safe and effective veterinary medicines need to be available for efficient aquaculture production, and their use should be in line with established principles on prudent use to safeguard public and animal health. The use of such medicines should be part of national and on-farm biosecurity plans and in accordance with an overall national policy for sustainable aquaculture. This publication is presented in two parts: Part 1 contains 15 technical background papers presented during the expert workshop, contributed by 28 specialists and which served as a basis for the expert workshop deliberations; Part 2 contains the highlights of the expert workshop. -
DocumentNutrition and food systems. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security. September 2017 2018At its 42nd session in October 2015, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare a report on Nutrition and Food Systems, to be presented at CFS 44 in October 2017. This topic is highly relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the implementation of the 2014 Rome Declaration on Nutrition, the subsequent Decade of Action for Nutrition, and the fulfilment of the right to adequate food. The purpose of this report is two-fold: (i) to analyse how food systems influence people’s dietary patterns and nutritional outcomes; and (ii) to highlight effective policies and programmes that have the potential to shape food systems, contribute to improved nutrition and ensure that food is produced, distributed and consumed in a sustainable manner that protects the right to adequate food for all. This report is illustrated by short case studies reflecting the wide variety of practical experiences in diff erent contexts. It also provides a set of action-oriented recommendations addressed to states and other stakeholders in order to inform CFS engagement in advancing nutrition and CFS contribution to the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025).
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Book (series)Restauration de la région méditerranéenne: état et défis
Unasylva No. 255 - Vol. 75 2024/1
2025Ce numéro d’Unasylva est consacré à la restauration des écosystèmes forestiers dégradés dans la région méditerranéenne. Paru dix ans après la dernière publication sur les forêts méditerranéennes, le présent volume fournit un état des ressources forestières en Méditerranée et s’intéresse principalement aux efforts déployés en matière de restauration, aux développements récents et aux opportunités visant à respecter les engagements régionaux et mondiaux. En outre, il met l’accent sur les efforts de restauration de la Méditerranée que la Décennie des Nations Unies souhaite promouvoir à l'échelle internationale. -
BookletInstitutionalizing multi-actors agricultural innovation platforms to foster field-level agricultural innovation systems by empowering smallholder farmers 2025
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No results found.The multi-actor agricultural innovation platforms (MAIPs) are co-innovation platforms established in rural communities where farmers and key value chain actors become empowered through participatory action research (PAR), knowledge co-creation and application, market linkages, policy engagement, and so on. These platforms effectively amalgamate knowledge and insights from researchers alongside the practical experience of farmers. MAIPs, aiming to meet the practical needs of farming communities, are conducive to building a collaborative relationship among multiple actors to activate their potential for co-innovation and develop integrated solutions. The effectivenesses of MAIPs are increasingly acknowledged, and thus their scale-up is now on the agenda. Therefore, there is an urgent need for an effective approach to institutionalizing them as integral agencies to contribute to agrifood system transformation towards sustainability. -
Book (stand-alone)Evolution of global agrifood trade and trade policy and implications for nutrition 2025
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No results found.While international agrifood trade is critically relevant for the availability and supply of food across many countries, import tariffs are a policy instrument with relatively modest potential to steer consumers towards purchasing more nutritious food. Employing a number of newly developed datasets, this research project examines patterns and developments in the links between agrifood trade and nutrition and assesses how trade policy shapes food prices. The analysis is undertaken at a global level with a focus on the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region, a set of countries which is particularly dependent on agrifood imports. The results show that agrifood imports are a critical source of calories, macro-nutrients as well as vitamins and minerals for most countries in the world. On the supply side, a small number of countries account for the bulk of globally traded calories and nutrients. These findings show that calorie and nutrient availabilities are shaped significantly by global trade. With regard to how import tariffs affect the relative prices of foods with different nutritional characteristics, econometric estimations suggest that on average import tariffs have only a relatively modest effect on the relative prices of different foods. The concentration patterns of caloric and nutrient supply in a small number of supplying countries reinforce calls to diversify global food markets and trade. As for trade policy options, the modest effects of tariffs suggest that exploring other domestic and trade policy options would be necessary to significantly improve nutritional outcomes. -
Journal, magazine, bulletinFood Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Bulletin #1, 11 February 2025
Monthly report on food price trends
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No results found.In January 2025, global maize prices increased while both wheat and rice prices declined, with wheat experiencing only a marginal decrease. Maize prices were influenced by unfavourable planting conditions in Argentina and Brazil along with tight supplies in major exporting countries. Wheat prices edged only slightly lower as weak import demand weighed against tight export supplies, especially from the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, international rice prices declined, amid ample exportable supplies and increased competition among exporters. FAO’s analysis of the latest available domestic food price data shows persistently high year-on-year prices in many countries in December 2024 and January 2025, despite month‑on-month price declines in countries with ongoing or recently-concluded harvests. In Far East Asia, rice prices were at near-record levels in Myanmar and the Philippines, partly due to unfavourable harvest prospects and high input costs. In East and West Africa, prolonged conflicts and macroeconomic challenges kept prices of key staples significantly elevated in some countries. In Southern Africa, tight domestic supply conditions drove white maize prices to new record highs in several countries. -
BookletLa construcción de una asistencia técnica y extensión rural digital inclusiva y participativa en la agricultura familiar algodonera
Reflexiones y relatos de vivencias en países de América Latina
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Esta publicación presenta algunas herramientas que las organizaciones de asistencia técnica y extensión rural en áreas rurales han utilizado para reinventarse, especialmente después de la pandemia de la COVID-19, utilizando la digitalización para fortalecer el conocimiento en el campo, particularmente en la agricultura familiar. El tema de la conectividad, especialmente en las zonas rurales, es un desafío enfrentado por todos los países de la región. Según la FAO (2020), la digitalización, junto con un uso más intensivo del análisis de datos y nuevos modelos de gobernanza, es un acelerador de la transformación inclusiva y sostenible de los sistemas agroalimentarios.Esta publicación reúne experiencias del proyecto +Algodón en distintos contextos y que muestran la emergencia de nuevas herramientas, metodologías y técnicas que se apoyan en el uso más intensivo de las innovaciones tecnológicas para contribuir a las transformaciones que aceleren la transición hacia sistemas agroalimentarios más eficientes, inclusivos, sostenibles y resilientes en América Latina y el Caribe. Organizada en artículos, la publicación presenta las bases metodológicas pedagógicas para una asistencia técnica y extensión rural (ATER) digital participativa en el marco del proyecto; relata experiencias en el entorno digital de comunicación rural, como el caso del Ecuador y de Colombia; propone reflexiones sobre los mecanismos para promover la innovación en una ATER digital a partir de las lecciones aprendidas con el proyecto; y ofrece sugerencias de iniciativas de asistencia técnica y extensión rural en la región.Este documento, una contribución del proyecto +Algodón, ejecutado por la FAO y la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación (ABC) en el marco del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO, está dirigido a todos los interesados en el tema de la asistencia técnica y extensión rural, como profesionales de campo, investigadores y estudiantes, así como a quienes se interesan en la digitalización en el medio rural.