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ProjectFactsheetAdvancing Coastal and Marine Fisheries Management in Bangladesh through Electronic Registration, Monitoring and Information Systems - UTF/BGD/081/BGD 2024
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No results found.Fisheries play a crucial role in Bangladesh's food supply, food security and economy, supporting millions of fishers and stakeholders along the production chain. Over the past decade, the sector has consistently contributed around four percent to the gross domestic product, with a significant export value of close to USD 638 million, making it the second largest foreign currency earner after the garment industry and employing approximately eleven percent of the population. Up to 60 percent of all animal protein consumed in the country comes from fish, making Bangladesh one of the highest fish consumers globally and emphasizing its importance in the country’s diet and economy. This technical assistance project was implemented as part of a financial agreement between the Government of Bangladesh and the World Bank under the Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Management Project, supporting the MoFL in enhancing marine fisheries management by introducing catch and effort monitoring systems, as well as an online electronic registration and licensing system. -
ProjectProgramme / project reportImproving Food Security and Reducing Poverty of Poor Fisheries-Dependent Coastal Communities in South West Indian Ocean - GCP/SFS/005/SWE 2025
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In the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region, fisheries operating from the coastal zones are of high social and economic importance, representing over 70 percent of the fisheries in the region. Small-scale fisheries are the backbone of many coastal communities’ livelihoods. However, it is estimated that around 40 percent of the fish stocks targeted by these fishers in the WIO region are unsustainably exploited. It is thought that direct and indirect employment exceeds one million fish workers, including a significant proportion of women and youth. The capacity to address unsustainable exploitation of valuable marine resources within a fisheries management framework is still very limited in the region. Besides the root causes of vulnerability, governance processes in the region have fallen short in dealing with the complexities of coastal and ocean ecosystems management. Weaknesses in policy and legislative frameworks, limited institutional capacities, and inadequate financial resources and mechanisms all contribute to poor governance of coastal and marine resources in the region. Against this background, the main purpose of the project was to strengthen collaboration between fisheries and environment management to more effectively address areas of joint concern, in order to improve food security, resilience and participation in poor fisheries-dependent coastal communities in the South West Indian Ocean (SWIO). -
ProjectFactsheetImplementing Recommendations to Strengthen and Enhance Tonga’s Special Management Area (SMA) Programme towards Better-Managed Coastal Fisheries Resources and Empowered, Food Secure Communities - TCP/TON/3603 (Phase I) and TCP/TON/3801 (Phase II) 2024
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No results found.Coastal fisheries are vital to the livelihoods and economy of Tonga. However, dwindling coastal fisheries resources have raised concerns among coastal communities highlighting the need to better manage these resources. In 2006, Tonga introduced the community-based Special Management Area (SMA) programme, which aimed to strengthen the management of these resources. A decade later, the Tonga Government requested FAO to review the SMA's effectiveness, which led to the identification of priority issues and recommendations for improvement. In collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries (MoF), Phase I of this project was designed to address technical gaps identified during the review, streamline the SMA programme and empower food-secure communities with the goal of achieving a more cost-effective and efficient SMA programme. However, the project’s implementation encountered challenges, which halted the original plans. In response, Phase II was established to continue the implementation of the project activities, including completing the SMA manual and training MoF staff and local communities.
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ArticleJournal articleGlobal greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods 2021
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No results found.Agriculture and land use are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but previous estimates were either highly aggregate or provided spatial details for subsectors obtained via different methodologies. Using a model-data integration approach that ensures full consistency between subsectors, we provide spatially explicit estimates of production- and consumption-based GHG emissions worldwide from the plant and animal-based human food in circa 2010. Global GHG emissions from the production of food were found to be 17,318 ± 1,675 TgCO2eq yr−1, of which 57% corresponds to the production of animal-based food (including livestock feed), 29% to plant-based foods, and 14% to other utilizations. Farmland management and land-use change represented major shares of total emissions (38% and 29%, respectively), whereas rice and beef were the largest contributing plant- and animal-based commodities (12% and 25%, respectively), and South and Southeast Asia and South America were the largest emitters of production-based GHGs. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
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No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018. -
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.