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Book (series)Respecting free, prior and informed consent
Practical guidance for governments, companies, NGOs, indigenous peoples and local communities in relation to land acquisition
2014Improving governance of tenure is the objective of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Guidelines), which serve as a reference and set out principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practices. The Guidelines state that responsible investments should do no harm, safeguard against dispossession of legitimate tenure right holders and environmental damage, and should respect human rights. This technical guide on Respecting free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) sets out practical actions for government agencies to respect and protect FPIC and for civil society organizations, land users and private investors globally to comply with their responsibilities in relation to FPIC, as endorsed by the Guidelines. -
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
2024Also available in:
No results found.Six 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)Compulsory acquisition of land and compensation 2008
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No results found.Compulsory acquisition is the power of government to acquire private rights in land without the willing consent of the owner or occupant in order to benefit society and is often necessary for social and economic development and the protection of the natural environment. The exercise of these powers is frequently contentious and problematic. The guide explains what compulsory acquisition and compensation are, and what constitutes good practice in this area, examining the consequences of poor legi slation, procedures and implementation. It is likely to be of most use in countries that are seeking to understand good practice in this area and to improve their own legislation, procedures and implementation in compulsory purchase and compensation in the interests of society as a whole. -
Book (series)Edible insects
Future prospects for food and feed security
2013This book assesses the potential of insects as food and feed and gathers existing information and research on edible insects. The assessment is based on the most recent and complete data available from various sources and experts around the world. Insects as food and feed emerge as an especially relevant issue in the twenty-first century due to the rising cost of animal protein, food and feed insecurity, environmental pressures, population growth and increasing demand for protein among the middl e classes. Thus, alternative solutions to conventional livestock and feed sources urgently need to be found. The consumption of insects, or entomophagy , therefore contributes positively to the environment and to health and livelihoods. This publication grew from a small effort in 2003 in the FAO Forestry Department to document the role of insects in traditional livelihood practices in Central Africa and to assess the impact of harvesting insects in their natural habitats on the sustainability o f forests. This effort has since unfolded into a broad-based effort to examine the multiple dimensions of insect gathering and rearing to clarify the potential that insects offer for improving food security worldwide. The purpose of this book is to bring together for the first time the many opportunities for, and constraints on, using insects as food and feed -
Book (stand-alone)Free Prior and Informed Consent: An indigenous peoples’ right and a good practice for local communities 2016
This Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Manual is designed as a tool for project practitioners of a broad range of projects and programmes of any development organization, by providing information about the right to FPIC and how it can be implemented in six steps.
In an FPIC process, the “how”, “when” and “with and by whom”, are as important as “what” is being proposed. For an FPIC process to be effective and result in consent or lack of it, the way in which the process is conducted is paramount. The time allocated for the discussions among the indigenous peoples, the cultural appropriateness of the way the information is conveyed, and the involvement of the whole community, including key groups like women, the elderly and the youth in the process, are all essential. A thorough and well carried FPIC process helps guarantee everyone’s right to self-determination, allowing them to participate in decisions that affect their lives.
This FPIC Manual will ena ble field practitioners to incorporate FPIC into project and programmes’ design and implementation, ensuring that indigenous peoples’ rights are duly respected. FPIC can be considered the “gold standard” because it allows for the highest form of participation of local stakeholders in development projects.
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BookletTowards a common definition of aid for food security and nutrition
Background note
2024Also available in:
No results found.Although there are agreed definitions of food security and nutrition and a common aid database, there is no common standard for tracking official development assistance (ODA) for food security and nutrition. This creates confusion and undermines donor efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and transform agrifood systems. This background note reviews the current definitions of ODA for food security and nutrition, assesses the implications, and proposes a new food security and nutrition aid tracker which would allow to develop a more coherent framework that will enable better targeting and use of ODA resources. Specifically, the new tracker would enable donors to better analyse, monitor, and track ODA resources provided to food security and nutrition, and the extent to which they are aligned with scientific evidence on how to end hunger sustainably. Better analysis, monitoring and tracking of resources in the system will ultimately enable better evidence-based decisions to select the highest priority countries, the most effective intervention areas and the scale of resources needed. -
No Thumbnail AvailableJournal, magazine, bulletinPrincipales Frutas Tropicales. Análisis de Mercado 2023 2024
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El Análisis del mercado de las principales frutas tropicales se publica anualmente para los miembros y observadores del Subgrupo sobre el banano del Grupo intergubernamental sobre el banano y las frutas tropicales, órgano auxiliar del Comité de Problemas de Productos Básicos. El presente informe describe los resultados relativos al año completo 2023 sobre la evolución en el comercio mundial de las principales frutas tropicales y representa una actualización de los Resultados preliminares del mercado de las principales frutas tropicales de 2023. Los resultados del análisis incorporan información y datos revisados disponibles hasta finales de mayo de 2024. Todos los datos que se presentan en el informe deben considerarse provisionales. La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) realiza un seguimiento continuo de los flujos comerciales de las principales frutas tropicales a nivel mundial y actualiza estos resultados en caso de publicación de revisiones de los datos notificados oficialmente. -
BookletHaiti: Response Overview, August 2024 2024
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No results found.In Haiti, the rise in armed gang violence, especially in the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince, has led to significant population displacement within the country. Moreover, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis (March 2024), half of the population in Haiti is in high acute food insecurity. The main drivers of food insecurity in the country include increased violence, poor agricultural production due to below-average rainfall, inflation and the lingering impact of recurrent climate hazards. In response, FAO requires a total funding of USD 52.6 million to assist 608 000 people. For the remaining months of 2024, FAO will focus on implementing its emergency activities in some of the areas most affected by the crisis, namely the Grand’Anse, Artibonite and Nippes departments, and the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince. -
BookletUna Introducción al Análisis de Suelo Utilizando Espectroscopía Visible e Infrarrojo Cercano (vis-NIR) y Espectroscopía de Infrarrojo Medio (MIR)
Manual de capacitación en espectroscopía de suelos
2024La espectroscopía de reflectancia visible e infrarrojo cercano (vis-NIR) y en el infrarrojo medio (MIR) ha surgido y se ha desarrollado como un método importante para el análisis cuantitativo del suelo, con el potencial de convertirse en una alternativa al análisis convencional realizado en laboratorio y los análisis de química húmeda para diferentes propiedades del suelo. La espectroscopia vis-NIR y MIR se ha destacado debido a su rapidez, bajo costo y a que no destruye las muestras en el análisis, pero, requiere de un conjunto nuevo de habilidades por parte del personal de laboratorio y los profesionales a cargo. Este documento introductorio está destinado a principiantes que deseen utilizar la espectroscopía vis-NIR y MIR en el análisis de suelos. El manual de entrenamiento abarca los siguientes temas: (1) fundamentos de vis-NIR y MIR y sus interacciones con el suelo, (2) procedimientos comunes de laboratorio para el análisis de suelo a través de vis-NIR y MIR, con énfasis en la adquisición de datos espectrales, preprocesamiento espectral, calibración y validación de modelos, regresión por mínimos cuadrados parciales y evaluación de desempeño del modelo, y (3) bibliotecas espectrales vis-NIR y MIR de suelos a nivel regional, nacional y global. Este documento es el primero de una serie de tres materiales de entrenamiento que abordan temas básicos, intermedios y avanzados en la espectroscopía de suelos vis-NIR y MIR. -
Journal, magazine, bulletinMajor Tropical Fruits. Market Review 2023 2024
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The Major Tropical Fruits Market Review is issued on an annual basis to Members and Observers of the Sub-Group on Tropical Fruits of the Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical Fruits, which is a subsidiary body of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP). The review describes full-year results on developments in global major tropical fruit trade in 2023 and represents an update to the Major Tropical Fruits Market Review Preliminary Results 2023. The analysis contained in this review is based on data on trade quantities that were compiled from various sources as outlined in the note on methodology. The findings incorporate revised data and information as available up to the end of May 2024. All data in this report should be considered as provisional. FAO is continuously monitoring global trade flows of major tropical fruits and will update these results should revisions of officially reported data be released.