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ProjectFactsheetDriving Rural Development by Empowering Smallholders in Kazakhstan’s Agrifood Sector - GCP/KAZ/004/HUN 2025
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No results found.Kazakhstan, with a rural population of approximately 8.3 million people (42 percent of the total population in 2023), relies heavily on agriculture for rural livelihoods. While the country’s agricultural sector is characterized by a dualistic structure, comprising large export-oriented farms and small household farms with an average landholding of 0.15 hectares, household farms play a vital role, producing over 50 percent of poultry and livestock and more than 70 percent of milk. Despite this, rural development in Kazakhstan has traditionally been narrowly focused on agricultural production, lacking a holistic approach to community development. Local communities have limited influence over their development objectives, with policy frameworks primarily driven by top-down approaches. The project was initially designed to support investment in smallholder inclusive value chains but had to be restructured in 2022 due to COVID 19 constraints. The revised focus shifted toward addressing the broader needs, challenges and constraints of rural households and promoting rural development as a comprehensive concept. -
ProjectFactsheetEnhancing Policy-Making on Rural Development and Smallholder Support Through the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 - TCP/RER/3804 2025
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No results found.The project addressed the critical need for sustainable development in rural communities across Europe and Central Asia (ECA), aligning with SDGs 1 (No Poverty) and 2 (Zero Hunger). In the ECA region, nearly one-third of the population resided in rural areas, where small family farms dominated the agricultural sector. Despite some progress, these areas continued to suffer from significantly lower income levels compared to urban areas. Challenges included limited access to resources such as land, finances, and technology, as well as a lack of entities capable of providing training on sustainable agricultural practices and disseminating knowledge to communities and governments. The COVID-19 crisis further highlighted the need for stronger local production systems, shorter value chains, and enhanced resilience of smallholders through nature-based solutions and agroecology. -
BookletProgramme / project reportDriving agrifood systems transformation through sustainable rural agricultural development
Practical examples from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2025Also available in:
No results found.This publication is a compilation of some practical examples of the changes that are being introduced by the project under implementation. It discusses their context and the approach and presents some preliminary results mapped under the organizing principle of the Four Betters. As the project advances, further fine-tuning for optimization and new examples can be expected to be added. Moving forward, it will require sustained government support for scaling up the promising solutions in an equitable and contextual manner to maximize benefits for the rural livelihoods of Saudi Arabia.
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BookletCorporate general interestFAOSTYLE: English 2024The objective of having a house style is to ensure clarity and consistency across all FAO publications. Now available in HTML, this updated edition of FAOSTYLE: English covers matters such as punctuation, units, spelling and references. All FAO staff, consultants and contractors involved in writing, reviewing, editing, translating or proofreading FAO texts and information products in English should use FAOSTYLE, together with the practical guidance on processes and layout questions provided in Publishing at FAO – strategy and guidance.
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Book (series)Technical studyMicroplastics in food commodities
A food safety review on human exposure through dietary sources
2022Also available in:
No results found.Plastic contamination in the environment is one of the most currently discussed topics. In addition to environmental matrices, microplastics have been detected in fisheries and aquaculture species, but also in other important food commodities. Food consumption is considered as one of the main and most important pathways of human exposure to microplastics. Concerns might arise not only from the exposure to the plastic polymer itself which, although generally considered as biologically inert, might still contain some reactive monomers in its structure, but also to associated chemicals. Many researchers have reported oxidative stress and immunotoxicity among the main consequences of exposure to virgin micro and nanoplastic particles, with the least having a longer retention time within the organism. Moreover, many studies have also reported information on the individual toxicity of many plastic additives and components (e.g. flame retardants, plasticizers, monomers), in addition to the possible adverse effects elicited by the environmental pollutants sorbed to the microplastics. This document gathers and illustrates what is already known and the knowledge gaps on the presence of microplastics and plastic associated chemicals in food commodities, performing an exposure assessment on the dietary exposure to these synthetic materials and providing information on their possible biological effects on humans. The report was consolidated by a group of selected experts, and sets up the basis for future risk assessment exercises and the information can be used for the provision of risk management options.