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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFAO Green City principles and criteria
A pathway for defining, activating and recognizing integrated urban action
2025Also available in:
No results found.The FAO Green Cities Principles and Criteria establish a framework to guide cities on their pathway toward becoming greener, healthier and more resilient. The framework translates the shared FAO Green City vision into enabling criteria that help cities assess readiness, track progress, mobilize finance and engage citizens in shaping inclusive and sustainable urban environments. Building on the FAO Green Cities Initiative and its three pillars, namely, urban and peri-urban forestry, urban and peri-urban agriculture, and sustainable bioeconomy, it provides mayors and local administrations with both a reference and a pathway for action to advance toward recognition as an FAO Green City. The aim is to align stakeholders, inspire long-term commitment, and accelerate sustainable urban development where people, ecosystems and the economy thrive together. -
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ArticleJournal articleIncreasing green cover and carbon accumulation through afforestation of salt affected areas in drylands of India
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.As part of its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) to the Paris climate agreement 2015, India has committed to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030. One of the strategies worked out towards this is to afforest about 2.98 million ha of salty wastelands in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab states of India. Trials were conducted on barren lithic, calcid, coarse sandy to loamy sand salt affected soil in Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and silty black highly saline soil in little Rann of kachchh (Gujarat). The approach was to grow salt tolerant species & use soil amendments. The indigenous multipurpose halophytic tree Salvadora persica maintained 66.7 to 85.2 % survival even after ten years. Gypsum + 9g N treatment gave 85.2 % survival and 12.0 & 5.67 kg tree-1 of fresh & dry biomass in arid sandy soils in Rajasthan while on black soil in Gujarat, wheat husk (WH)+FYM+urea treatment gave 90% survival and 7.17 & 3.71 kg tree -1 Green & dry biomass. A. bivenosa was more suitable with WH+FYM treatment on black soil. Acacia ampliceps (Australian tree) recorded 76 % survival on gypsum treated deep alkali soils (60 to 75 cm depth) and yielded twofold biomass (12.0 & 5.35 tree-1 to 5.43 & 2.14 kg tree-1 fresh & dry biomass for gypsum treated and 8.1 & 5.35 kg tree-1 to 3.9 & 1.56 kg tree-1 fresh & dry biomass for untreated trees on deeper and shallow soils) at five years of age. Natural regeneration of S. persica was also observed on sandy soil in Rajasthan, especially under Prosopis juliflora. Overall, significant improvement in site conditions improved and growth of indigenous vegetation was observed. Keywords: Sustainable forest management; Deforestation and forest degradation; Landscape management; Climate change; Economic Development ID: 3485327
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Book (stand-alone)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2016 (SOFA): Climate change, agriculture and food security 2016
The 2016 SOFA report presents evidence on today and tomorrow’s impact of climate change on agriculture and food systems. The report assesses the options to make agriculture and food systems resilient to climate change impacts, while minimizing environmental impacts. It shows that making agriculture and food systems sustainable is both economically and technically feasible. However barriers to the adoption of appropriate technologies and management practices will have to be lowered, especially for smallholder farmers and women farmers amongst them. Likewise, an overhaul is needed of agricultural and food policies to shift incentives in favour of investments, worldwide, in sustainable technologies and practices.
The following complementary information is available :
- Read the In-Brief summary of the full report.
- Read the Flyer.
- See the Infographic - Mitigation
- See the Infographic - Adaptation
- Visit the SOFA webpage. Purchase a print copy.
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Policy briefPolicy briefAntibiotic use in horticulture and crop production in India
A review
2025Also available in:
No results found.Antibiotics have been used in agriculture since the 1950s to control bacterial diseases in high-value crops, with over 39 countries adopting this practice. In India, growing misuse and overuse of antibiotics in agriculture raise concerns due to potential public health risks, particularly antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This technical brief explores antibiotic use in India's agriculture, examining types used, regulatory gaps, and impacts on health and the environment. It also compares usage across agriculture sectors and offers recommendations to curb misuse and mitigate AMR. The aim is to inform policy and promote responsible antibiotic use in Indian agriculture. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookClimate 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.