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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 (stand-alone)全球森林有害生物概况 ―《2005年全球森林资源评估》框架下的一份专题研究
粮农组织林业文集156
2012Also available in:
森林是一个复杂的生态系统，为人类提供了有价值的产品和服务。森林具有重要的美学、社会和文化价值，并为维持农村社会的生计作出重要贡献。因此，保护这些资源免遭昆虫、病菌等有害生物的侵扰十分重要。有害生物可以对树木的生长、存活和长势，以及木材和非木材林产品的产量和质量带来消极的影响。同时，也会影响到野生动植物的栖息地及人们对森林的娱乐、美学诉求和森林的文化价值。有害生物也可能会阻碍人工林营造计划，导致人们必须放弃某些树种或大面积皆伐受感染的树木。有效的有害生物管理需要掌握大量有关有害生物的生物学、生态学和分布信息，以及它们对森林生态系统的影响和可能的控制措施，同时还需要加强国际合作。本书是少有的有关全球水平上森林有害生物全面分析的一本出版物。第一部分概括了对25个国家的森林有害生物专题研究的评估结果；第二部分对具有全球重要性的一些森林有害生物进行了概述；第三部分讨论了部分森林树种及与其相关联的有害生物。本书提供的信息有助于为全世界的森林健康专家、森林经营者和政策制定者提供决策依据。 -
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)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. -
DocumentNon-wood news
An information bulletin on Non-Wood Forest Products
2007Also available in:
No results found.Behind the new-look Non-Wood News is the usual wealth of information from the world of NWFPs. The Special Features section covers two different aspects of NWFPs: a specific product (bamboo) and a developing market (cosmetics and beauty care). Bamboo is versatile: it can be transformed, for example, into textiles, charcoal, vinegar, green plastic or paper and can also be used as a food source, a deodorant, an innovative building material and to fuel power stations. Reports indicate that natural c osmetics and beauty care are a huge global market, with forecasts indicating an annual growth of 9 percent through 2008. The Special Feature on Forest cosmetics: NWFP use in the beauty industry builds on this and includes information industry interest and marketing strategies (consumers are being drawn to natural products and thus their content is emphasized). As can be seen from the articles on shea butter in Africa and thanakha in Myanmar, many societies have always used and benefited from nat ural cosmetics. This issue includes other examples of traditional knowledge, such as the uses of the secretions of a poisonous tree frog in Brazil and the use by the traditional healers in India of allelopathic knowledge.
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Book (stand-alone)Gender transformative change for climate action
Taking a gender transformative approach for resilient and sustainable agrifood systems
2025Also available in:
No results found.This technical study highlights the role of discriminatory social institutions, unequal power relations and agency in influencing climate resilience processes for sustainable agrifood systems. It also defines core characteristics of gender transformative change in climate resilience programming and presents a collection of climate change interventions that address different dimensions of gender transformative change and the management of disaster risks in agrifood systems. The main audience for this study consists of food security, agriculture, climate and gender practitioners and experts with an interest in gender transformative change in interventions related to climate adaptation and disaster risk management. The paper was developed in the framework of the Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition (JP GTA). -
Book (stand-alone)Guía paso a paso para integrar un enfoque de género transformador a lo largo del ciclo del proyecto 2025
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En esta guía se ofrece ayuda a los profesionales del desarrollo para integrar el enfoque de género transformador en las intervenciones de los proyectos que se centran en la seguridad alimentaria, la nutrición y la agricultura sostenible, con vistas a promover la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de las mujeres. Proporciona orientación detallada paso a paso para el personal de proyectos y programas sobre cómo integrar un enfoque de género transformador en cada fase del ciclo del proyecto. También ofrece ejemplos de herramientas y metodologías prácticas que pueden ayudar a capacitar a mujeres y hombres y a transformar las relaciones de poder desiguales y las instituciones sociales discriminatorias. En la Parte 1, esta guía ofrece una visión general del enfoque de género transformador, explicando las dimensiones clave y las esferas de influencia para el cambio transformador en materia de género y describiendo las consideraciones clave en la programación de género transformadora. La Parte 2 ofrece orientación paso a paso sobre cómo integrar el enfoque de género transformador en todo el ciclo del proyecto: identificación, formulación, ejecución y seguimiento, evaluación y cierre. La guía se ha elaborado en el marco del Programa conjunto sobre enfoques de género transformadores para lograr la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición (JP GTA). -
Book (series)Report of the Consultative Workshop on Fisheries and Aquaculture Knowledge Management and Information Dissemination in Africa
Lusaka, Zambia, 13−16 November 2023
2025Also available in:
No results found.The consultative workshop on the fisheries and aquaculture knowledge management and information dissemination in Africa was held in Lusaka, Zambia, from 13 to 16 November 2023. The workshop convened key experts and stakeholders from thirteen countries and included researchers, policymakers, industry representatives, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), World Bank (WB) and the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) delegates to address critical challenges and opportunities in harnessing, sharing, and utilizing knowledge effectively. This workshop focused on improving knowledge management and information dissemination within the fisheries and aquaculture sectors across Africa. -
Book (stand-alone)Domestic tuna value chain in Kiribati
Analysis and ten-year upgrading strategy (2023–2033)
2025Also available in:
No results found.With a population of just 119 000, the remote island nation of Kiribati boasts one of the world’s largest exclusive economic zones, with abundant marine resources and tuna stock within its waters. The country’s economy is heavily reliant on fisheries, with subsistence, artisanal fisheries and small-scale commercial fishing play a further critical role in local food security and protein intake. In light of the economic and social benefits derived from the tuna value chain, a comprehensive value chain analysis report was developed, serving as a foundation for local intervention under the Sustainable Fish Value Chains for Small Island Developing States (SVC4SIDS) project. The focus is on the domestic market, especially in the areas of South Tarawa, Makin and Nikunau, with the aim of enhancing sustainable development and competitiveness of the domestic tuna value chain in Kiribati. The analysis is divided into two main sections. Firstly, a functional analysis examines the dynamics, performance as well as roles and interactions of the different actors involved within the domestic tuna value chain. It delves into the various stage of the value chain, from the harvesting of tuna to the final sale in domestic markets, considering the value chain importance to national food security in Kiribati. The functional analysis is followed by a triple-bottom sustainability assessment. This draws from a range of primary and secondary sources; primary data was obtained through stakeholder and actor interviews conducted in South Tawara, Makin and Nikunau. These are complemented by various reports and studies from government and academic bodies that detail the performance of relevant actors. The assessment further evaluates the resilience of the value chain, paying particular attention to responses to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to better understand the mechanisms underpinning the country’s systematic responses and resilience. -
Book (stand-alone)Collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa
What are priority investments in rights to achieve long-term sustainability of forest areas?
2025Also available in:
No results found.The study on collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa aims to consolidate and analyse the state of the evidence on how tenure arrangements – in particular collective ownership and management of forests operating in complex systems of contingent factors – impact forest condition outcomes, as well as livelihood outcomes of forest dwellers in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on this evidence, it also presents guidance on actions that can improve these environmental and livelihood outcomes in forest areas.In recent years, growing evidence has documented the contributions to climate change mitigation of lands and forests held under collective tenure by local communities and Indigenous Peoples, and more broadly their contributions to natural resource conservation and increased resilience. Africa is an important region for the recognition of collective rights to forests. Taking collective tenure fully into account is critical for climate action and livelihoods because forms of collective tenure and use rights are the predominant basis for the ownership, control and use of most forests in Africa.With the opportunity presented by increased international attention to the roles of community governance in combating climate change, it is urgent that the evidence base for tenure-forest relationships in sub-Saharan Africa be rapidly assessed and expanded. Assessments should include careful consideration of the roles of contingent factors, as well as agendas for strategic action in the short and medium term, based on this evidence. The costs of inaction are substantial: deforestation and land degradation are accelerating across the African continent, and many high-value forests that were stable in previous decades are now threatened. This trend highlights the need to focus support on the occupant communities who are the stewards of these globally important landscapes and can play a central role in on-the-ground forest conservation.