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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 (series)World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2024 2024
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No results found.The Statistical Yearbook 2024 offers a synthesis of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape. Statistics are presented in four thematic chapters, covering the economic importance of agricultural activities, inputs, outputs and factors of production, their implications for food security and nutrition and their impacts on the environment. The Yearbook is meant to constitute a primary tool for policymakers, researchers and analysts, as well as the general public interested in the past, present and future path of food and agriculture. -
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 (stand-alone)Climate change and food security: risks and responses 2015
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End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition are at the heart of the sustainable development goals. The World has committed to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2030. But climate change is undermining the livelihoods and food security of the rural poor, who constitute almost 80 percent of the world’s poor. The effects of climate change on our ecosystems are already severe and widespread. Climate change brings a cascade of impacts from agroecosystems to livelihoods. Climate change impacts directly agroecosystems, which in turn has a potential impact on agricultural production, which drives economic and social impacts, which impact livelihoods. In other words, impacts translate from climate to the environment, to the productive sphere, to economic and social dimensions. Therefore, ensuring food security in the face of climate change is among the most daunting challenges facing humankind. Action is urgently needed now to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience of food systems to ensure food security and good nutrition for all. -
Book (series)The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2024
Trade and nutrition: policy coherence for healthy diets
2024Also available in:
No results found.The 2024 edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO 2024) explores complex linkages between food trade and nutrition and generates evidence to identify how trade affects dietary patterns and nutritional outcomes. The report examines the intersection of trade policies and nutrition measures and provides policy makers with an understanding of how to address nutrition objectives in the changing landscape of global food systems. Trade is integral to our food systems as it fulfils the fundamental role of moving food from surplus to deficit regions, thus contributing to food security. Global food markets connect people and countries around the world, shape the availability, diversity and prices of foods and thus can affect diets and nutrition outcomes. These effects can be widely heterogeneous across countries both in direction and magnitude. The 2024 edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets explores the complex linkages between food trade and nutrition and generates evidence to show how trade can affect dietary patterns and nutritional outcomes. The report examines the intersection of trade policies and nutrition measures and provides policy makers with an understanding of how to pursue nutrition objectives in the context of trade agreements and within the changing landscape of global food systems.
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BookletDe la parole aux actes
Rapport du Forum parlementaire pour le renforcement des capacités et le dialogue politique multiacteurs «genre et investissements dans l’agriculture et la sécurité alimentaire pour relever le défi Faim zéro» au Bénin
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No results found.Ce rapport se base sur le forum de haut niveau de renforcement des capacités des parlementaires organisé au Bénin en décembre 2022. Le forum a été une occasion unique de faciliter le dialogue au niveau national entre les parlementaires et d'autres parties prenantes, de renforcer les capacités et connaissances des parlementaires sur les outils nécessaires pour s'engager dans l'élaboration de lois et de politiques contribuant à l'égalité de genre et à l'autonomisation des femmes dans le secteur agricole, dans les zones rurales et dans le contexte familial, en vue d'accélérer le progrès vers les objectifs de développement durable, notamment la Faim zéro. -
BookletAlianza estratégica para el desarrollo local
Opción de buena práctica en El Salvador
2024Also available in:
No results found.La Alianza estratégica para el desarrollo local implementada en El Salvador resalta el poder de la colaboración interinstitucional para mejorar los servicios de extensión agrícola y fomentar emprendimientos sostenibles. La alianza intersectorial, liderada por la FAO y socios locales, logró coordinar acciones entre actores públicos, privados y académicos para fortalecer la gobernanza en 12 municipios de San Miguel. El proyecto, enfocado en mitigar los impactos de la COVID-19, ofreció capacitación técnica y formación empresarial a 200 grupos organizados, beneficiando a 968 hogares rurales. Esta estrategia integró a mujeres y jóvenes como actores clave, abordando desafíos de desigualdad y pobreza mientras se promovía la sostenibilidad ambiental y económica.El proyecto incluyó la creación y fortalecimiento de estructuras de gobernanza que facilitaron la gestión territorial, así como alianzas con proveedores de servicios de extensión. Estas medidas impulsaron la capacitación de técnicos municipales y departamentales, generando sinergias entre instituciones locales y nacionales. Además, se desarrollaron planes de negocio para diversificar actividades económicas, mejorar la resiliencia y crear empleos en comunidades vulnerables al cambio climático y la migración forzada.Esta experiencia evidencia cómo una gobernanza sólida y la integración de enfoques de género y juventudes pueden transformar la dinámica rural. Pese a retos como la centralización de decisiones y limitaciones institucionales, la práctica ofrece lecciones valiosas para replicar en contextos similares. La alianza no solo fortaleció las capacidades locales, sino que también estableció un modelo para escalar estrategias que integren desarrollo económico, inclusión social y sostenibilidad. -
Book (stand-alone)Guía para el establecimiento de bancos locales de semillas
Todo comienza con una semilla
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No results found.Este documento busca orientar la creación de bancos de semillas en las comunidades agrícolas, define el banco de semillas y explica su importancia y funcionamiento. Al mismo tiempo, esta publicación está dirigido a la comunidad agricultora y ha sido elaborada con el propósito de ofrecer información sobre los aspectos básicos necesarios para conformar un banco de semillas.En la Guía para el establecimiento de bancos locales de semillasse describe brevemente la metodología para establecer un banco de este tipo, la infraestructura necesaria de un banco de semillas y las principales actividades a realizar, tales como la identificación, colecta y registro de cultivares, establecimiento de parcelas demostrativas, evaluación de la calidad de las semillas y renovación de las mismas, documentación y análisis.El banco de semillas ha sido reconocido como una estrategia que promueve la producción de semillas, el uso sostenible y la conservación de la diversidad vegetal por parte de la comunidad agricultora. Sin embargo, en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela todavía son incipientes. Se espera que la conformación de un banco local de semillas facilite el acceso de lo agricultores y agricultoras de las comunidades rurales, a semilla de calidad. Además, que promueva la creación de redes de organizaciones sociales para la producción y distribución de semilla. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetHaiti: Executive brief of the DIEM-Monitoring assessment, round 6 (July 2024)
Escalating violence and insecurity continue to seriously impact food security and livelihoods in Haiti
2024Also available in:
No results found.The sixth round of Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) was conducted in Haiti from June to July 2024. The survey covered all 10 departments in the country and reached 2 700 households through computer-assisted telephone interviews. The data are representative at department level and at several communal levels within the metropolitan area of the capital, Port au-Prince. This Executive brief presents the main conclusions of DIEM's analysis, and action points needed to safeguard the agriculture sector and livelihoods.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) established the DIEM-Monitoring System to collect, analyse and disseminate data on shocks and livelihoods in countries prone to multiple shocks. DIEM-Monitoring aims to inform decision-making by providing regularly updated information on how different shocks are affecting the livelihoods and food security of agricultural populations. Information is collected from primary sources in the production process: producers, traders or marketers, input suppliers, extension officers and other key informants. -
BookletEvaluation of FAO’s country programme in Rwanda, 2019–2023 2024
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No results found.The independent evaluation of the FAO Rwanda Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2019–2023 assesses FAO's contributions to Rwanda's agriculture sector, focusing on aligning with national and global agricultural development goals. The evaluation covered 12 districts and 18 project sites.FAO aimed to support Rwanda's transition to a high-income, knowledge-based economy by addressing agricultural challenges, including nutrition emergencies and climate shocks. The "four betters" approach was introduced to improve coordination and results. Key achievements included enhancing agricultural practices, increasing market access, promoting women's empowerment, and creating youth employment opportunities.While FAO’s CPF aligned with Rwanda’s goals, it lacked strategic focus and had weak design elements like vague outcomes and poor tracking. Recommendations include a more targeted approach, improved partnerships beyond the agricultural ministry, and stronger gender and inclusivity measures. FAO should refine its strategy for the next CPF with clear goals, risk analysis, and better resource mobilization.