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MeetingMeeting documentAsian Soil Partnership Workshop on Digital Soil Organic Carbon Mapping: Towards the development of national soil organic carbon stock maps Asia Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 24-29 April 2017 Final workshop and financial report 2017
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The 25th Committee of Agriculture - COAG (FAO, Rome, 26-30 September 2016) and the 155th FAO Council (5-9 December 2016), assigned to the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) of FAO the task to establish the Global Soil Information System and prepare the Global Soil Organic Carbon Map (GSOC) by 2017. The GSOC map will be developed using a distributed approach which will strongly rely on country inputs to build a global map from national soil organic carbon (SOC) maps. To this end, countries were invite d to develop national SOC maps according to predetermined specifications developed by FAO. This would also allow countries to develop nationally important products in order to report on SDG 15.3.1 on land degradation and support the endorsed metrics for the assessment of land degradation neutrality (LDN). -
MeetingMeeting documentReport of the Third Asian Soil Partnership Workshop "Towards a Regional Implementation Plan for Asia". Bangkok, Thailand, 14-16 December 2016 2016
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No results found.Asia is the Earth’s largest and most populous continent of the world, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. With approximately 3.9 billion people, the population density of the region is as high as 1.87 person ha-1, which is much higher than the world average of 0.54 person ha-1. Recognizing the risk for soil degradation in the region, the Bangkok Communique (May 2015) reported that soil degradation due to soil erosion (onsite and offsite effect), soil pollution, soil organi c matter and carbon depletion, soil sealing/capping, soil compaction, and soil acidity, salinity and alkalinity, is negatively affecting food production and associated food security, national economies, provision of ecosystem services, adaptation to climate change, and increasing poverty. The situation is being aggravated by climate change and unsustainable soil management practices partially resulting from the rapid economic development and urbanization characterizing some countries in the regi on. In order to preserve and increase soil health, and stop and revert soil degradation, the following priorities were identified: - Promotion of sustainable soil management (SSM) practices at all levels and in all land use types; - Restoration/rehabilitation of degraded soils with focus on soil erosion, nutrient imbalance, soil acidification, soil salinity and alkalinity, soil pollution, and loss of organic carbon; and - Enhancement of soil information by using state of the art methods of dig ital soil mapping and advocating for having national soil information systems. Addressing these priorities encompasses various aspects falling into the Five Pillars of Action of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP). At this regard, this implementation plan identifies outcomes and activities per each pillar, which are considered priority in this first phase of establishing the Asian Soil Partnership (ASP). It is envisaged that funding for these activities will be secured by capitalizing on existing in-country initiatives and activities, as well as by actively sourcing additional external funding. -
MeetingMeeting documentPlan of Action for Pillar Five of the Global Soil Partnership.Harmonization of methods, measurements and indicators for the sustainable management and protection of soil resources
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DocumentTechnical reportCommune-level Simulation Model of HPAI H5N1 Poultry Infection and Control in Viet Nam
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No results found.This report describes a farm-based disease transmission model that approximates the dynamics of HPAI H5N1 outbreaks in Vietnam poultry farms. During model experimentation the impact of varying different sets of epidemiological parameters on the number of infected farms, the force of infection and on the net reproductive number within a commune were simulated. The average net reproductive number (secondary cases arising from one infected farm in a vaccinated population), Rn, in the most lenient c ontrol scenario was 2.26. Current disease control measures are predicted to significantly reduce disease transmission but do not completely eliminate the possibility for circulation of residual infection (Rn. = 1.05). A disease control optimization process which takes into account the differences in farm structure between geographical regions shows that optimal disease control policies differ, depending on local conditions. However, they also suggest that complete elimination of HPAI H5N1 from d omestic poultry in Vietnam requires high levels of vaccination coverage of S4 backyard farms, levels that are unlikely to be achievable. Therefore, more attention must be paid to early detection of infection and reduced response time. -
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2022ينبغي أن يُبدد تقرير هذا العام أي شكوك لا تزال عالقة بشأن انتكاس جهود العالم نحو القضاء على الجوع وانعدام الأمن الغذائي وسوء التغذية بجميع أشكاله. ولم تعد تفصلنا حاليًا سوى ثماني سنوات عن عام 2030، ولكن المسافة اللازمة لبلوغ كثير من مقاصد الهدف 2 من أهداف التنمية المستدامة آخذة في الاتساع عامًا بعد عام. وتُبذل بالفعل جهود لإحراز تقدم نحو الهدف 2 من أهداف التنمية المستدامة، ولكنها ليست كافية في مواجهة سياق حافل بمزيد من التحديات وتُخيم عليه أجواء من عدم اليقين. وسيظل تكثيف الدوافع الرئيسية الكامنة وراء الاتجاهات الأخيرة في انعدام الأمن الغذائي وسوء التغذية (أي النزاع، والظواهر المناخية المتطرفة، والصدمات الاقتصادية) بالاقتران مع ارتفاع كلفة الأغذية المغذية وتنامي أوجه انعدام المساواة، يُشكل تحديًا للأمن الغذائي والتغذية. وسيبقى الوضع كذلك ما لم تشهد النُظم الزراعية والغذائية تحولًا فتُصبح أكثر قدرة على الصمود وتوفر أغذية مغذية أقل كلفة وأنماطًا غذائية صحية بكلفة ميسورة للجميع بصورة مستدامة وشاملة.Last update 15/12/2022 -
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