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BookletAnticipatory action: Annual report 2023 2024
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No results found.In 2023, about 281 million people in 59 countries faced high levels of acute food insecurity, marking the fifth consecutive year of rising humanitarian needs. Weather extremes were the main driver of food crises in 18 of these countries, and affected the food security of almost 72 million people. Such worrying trends, combined with strained resources, call for scaling up innovative approaches, such as anticipatory action, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of support provided to vulnerable agriculture-dependent households.This annual report highlights the proactive measures that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) takes to safeguard agricultural livelihoods and food security against forecast hazards and shocks. In 2023, FAO's anticipatory actions reached over 2 million people across 24 countries, focusing especially on mitigating the effects of El Niño-induced floods and droughts globally. This included the provision of tailored early warnings, trainings, drought-tolerant seeds, animal health support, and conditional and unconditional cash transfers, which have helped farmers and herders keep their animals healthy, sustain agricultural production and safeguard their food security ahead of climate extremes.FAO’s regional and national efforts – closely coordinated with partners at all levels – have been instrumental in establishing and implementing anticipatory action frameworks. In 2023, FAO was engaged in 29 anticipatory action protocols serving as effective tools to monitor priority risks and to inform timely interventions ahead of disasters.The report also emphasizes the need for pre-arranged, flexible financing to ensure timely anticipatory action implementation, and highlights successful collaborations with governments, international organizations and local communities. Looking forward, FAO aims to expand its anticipatory action reach, improve early warning systems and strengthen partnerships in the face of food crises. -
Book (series)An Overview on How Sustainability is Addressed in Official Bioeconomy Strategies at International, National and Regional Levels 2016
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No results found.This report provides an overview of about twenty bioeconomy strategies, at international , national and sub-national levels. It analyses how these strategies have addressed sustainability issues. The report also provides a brief discussion on approaches used to develop bioeconomy strategies. Finally, it also discusses the action plans of 10 action plans related to some of these strategies,and some comncluding remarks. -
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 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.
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Book (series)Анализ кооперативного законодательства Российской Федерации и других стран СНГ 2025
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No results found.Переход к инклюзивным, устойчивым и стабильным агропродовольственным системам существеннен для сокращения маштабов бедности в сельских районах и укрепления продовольственной безопасности. Кооперативы играют ключевую роль в этих преобразованиях, расширяя возможности мелких производителей за счет доступа к ресурсам, обучения, технологий и участия в процессах принятия решений. Признавая их социально-экономическую значимость, Генеральная Ассамблея ООН (ГА ООН) объявила 2025 год Международным годом кооперативов.Данная публикация исследует законодательство о сельскохозяйственных производственных и потребительских кооперативах в странах Содружества Независимых Государств (СНГ) в сопоставлении с международными стандартами, включая Рекомендацию № 193 Международной организации труда (МОТ) и Заявление Международного кооперативного альянса о кооперативной идентичности. Исcледование предлагает рекомендации по совершенствованию и гармонизации кооперативного законодательства в соответствии с международными кооперативными нормами и принципами. -
Book (series)Crop Prospects and Food Situation
Triannual Global Report, No. 2, July 2025
2025Also available in:
No results found.The triannual Crop Prospects and Food Situation report provides a forward-looking global analysis of cereal production, market trends and food security conditions, with a particular attention on low-income food-deficit countries. FAO assesses that 45 countries, including 33 in Africa, nine in Asia, two in Latin America and the Caribbean, and one in Europe, are in need of external assistance for food. Persisting conflicts and civil insecurity remain the primary drivers of severe acute food insecurity, with populations in the Gaza Strip (Palestine) and the Sudan facing IPC Phase 5 levels of acute food insecurity, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis. The report also includes FAO's first forecast for global wheat production in 2025, which indicates modest year on year growth, largely driven by expected production recoveries in the European Union. -
ArticleExtent of pre-harvest and post-harvest losses and their causes: identifying critical loss points in the dried bean supply chain of the school meals program in Kajiado and Kitui counties of Kenya 2025
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No results found.The extent of pre- and post-harvest losses in supply chains linked to the home-grown school meals program (HGSMP) is not documented. This study sought to fill this gap and determine critical loss points along the dried bean supply chain of the HGSMP. The study was conducted in Kajiado and Kitui Counties. Secondary and primary data were collected for this study. Primary data was collected from all the schools implementing the HGSMP and all other supply chain actors linked to the programme within the two counties through interviews and direct measurement of the losses (load-tracking). Data was analysed using the FAO case study methodology. Producers reported quantitative losses of about 18.4% and 6.6% in Kitui and Kajiado Counties, respectively. Traders estimated quantitative losses at 5.8% and 12.6% in Kajiado and Kitui, respectively. The study revealed that the storage stage is a critical loss point for both producers and traders. Promotion of awareness and appropriate technologies and practices for storage and post-harvest handling of food commodities procured for school meals can contribute to reducing losses. Capacity building of supply chain actors on proper pre-harvest agricultural practices and post-harvest management is also essential for the reduction of pre- and post-harvest losses. -
Book (stand-alone)Cereal supply and demand balances for sub-Saharan African countries
Situation as at June 2025
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No results found.The cereal supply and demand balances included in this report present a subset of data from the FAO/GIEWS Country Cereal Balance System (CCBS) database created and continuously kept up to date by the Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS) and Basic Foodstuffs teams of the Markets and Trade Division, with data since 1980. It contains annual supply and utilization balances for the main cereals produced and consumed for over 220 countries/areas, from which (sub) regional and global aggregates are drawn.This statistical report contains a subset of cereal country balance sheets (CCBS) data and presents updated cereal supply and demand balances for all sub-Saharan African countries. It complements the information of the FAO/GIEWS Crop Prospects and Food Situation report and is published four times a year with the same schedule.This report is based on information available as at June 2025. -
Book (series)Tipología de microrregiones en el sector agrícola de El Salvador
Una herramienta para priorizar inversiones en el marco de la Iniciativa Mano de la mano
2025Also available in:
No results found.Desde junio de 2021, la FAO ha trabajado en conjunto con el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería de El Salvador para identificar y priorizar territorios con alto potencial para la inversión agrícola. Estas zonas se caracterizan por una alta incidencia de pobreza rural, inseguridad alimentaria y un considerable potencial de desarrollo agrícola y aumento de ingresos. Esta labor forma parte de la Iniciativa Mano de la Mano de la FAO, cuyo objetivo es acelerar la transformación de los sistemas agroalimentarios mediante programas nacionales enfocados en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible 1 (Fin de la pobreza), 2 (Hambre cero) y 10 (Reducción de las desigualdades). La Iniciativa Mano de la mano emplea modelos geoespaciales avanzados y un enfoque basado en alianzas para impulsar transformaciones basadas en el mercado, aumentar los ingresos rurales, mejorar la nutrición y fortalecer la resiliencia frente al cambio climático. Se priorizan los países y territorios con mayores niveles de pobreza, hambre o limitaciones institucionales, así como aquellos afectados por crisis.En El Salvador, las áreas de intervención incluyen el desarrollo de cadenas de valor de productos prioritarios, el fomento de agroindustrias, la gestión eficiente del agua, la introducción de servicios digitales y agricultura de precisión, la reducción de pérdidas y desperdicio de alimentos, y la atención a riesgos climáticos. Los resultados han sido validados por el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería y servirán como base para la elaboración de planes de inversión, con el apoyo de la FAO en la movilización de recursos.