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MeetingMeeting documentScientific Consultation and High-Level Meeting on Red Palm Weevil Management. REPORT
Rome, Italy, 29-31 March 2017
2017The Scientific Consultation was held during the first two days of the event (29–30 March). It brought together all stakeholders involved in the management of red palm weevil (RPW) ), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. National authorities, international experts and scientists, private sector representatives and non-governmental organizations held comprehensive technical discussions on the current global situation, challenges facing the effective management of the pest and options for improving managemen t programmes. In addition to the state of the art on current global RPW research programmes, the consultation covered advances in combating RPW by employing different integrated pest management (IPM) tactics. -
MeetingMeeting documentScientific Consultation and High-Level Meeting on Red Palm Weevil Management. Draft Declaration (Farmers)
Rome, Italy, 29-31 March 2017
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAgro-industrial supply chain management: concepts and applications 2007
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This publication was conceived as an introduction to the discipline of Supply Chain Management (SCM), with particular reference to the agro-industrial domain. It introduces fundamental SCM concepts and illustrates them with selected agrifood related cases from different regions of the developing and developed world. SCM concepts are already consolidated as an essential part of modern management thinking. Its tools and techniques have helped companies in traditional areas such as manu facturing and retailing to achieve unprecedented levels of operational performance and efficiency in transaction coordination with suppliers and customers. Yet, the discipline is still rather incipient in the agrifood domain. While managerial literature abounds with textbooks and publications about SCM in general, publications specific to agrifood enterprises are few and far between. The present publication represents a contribution to fill this gap. -
Book (stand-alone)GuidelineAgricultural hand tools in emergencies: guidelines for technical and field officers 2013
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No results found.FAO has been intricately involved with activities emanating from emergency situations for many decades. Under such circumstances, not only is assistance required urgently but it is also essential to ensure that it is sufficient both in quantity and quality. Overall objectives are carefully focused on encouraging sustainable recovery programmes and although this will eventually involve the use of power sources of a higher level, there remains a widespread need for handtools by the sma llscale farmer. Such tools may appear simple at first glance but failure to understand the importance of selecting the correct tool and to ensure that it is of adequate quality for the job required is fundamental for the success of any recovery programme. A draft document was released in 2001 under the title “Guidelines for the technical specifications and procurement of agricultural hand tools” and this has served as a reference document for the technical and emergency services of FAO for the past decade. It was and still is frequently consulted by FAO Field Officers and other aid agencies and NGOs. It is therefore opportune to update the material. The present Guidelines have been prepared in an entirely different style and in two distinct Parts. The aim of Part I is to make it “user-friendly” to Field Officers. It is very brief in text but amply illustrated with photographs so that each tool can be clearly identified even by non-technical staff. The comm only used terms for the tools in French and Spanish have also been included. The objective is to ensure that an appropriate tool can be ordered and supplied for the task in hand.