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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureGlobal Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GASCA) Enabling Environment Action Group. (DRAFT) Inception Year Program of Work: Outline of Actions 2015
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Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of the forty-fifth session of GESAMP
Rome, Italy, 17-20 September 2018
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No results found.GESAMP held its 45th Session during 17-20 September 2018, at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. GESAMP was established in 1969 by a number of United Nations’ Organizations as a Joint Group to encourage the independent, interdisciplinary consideration of marine pollution and environmental protection matters in order to avoid duplication of efforts within the United Nations system. The Group discussed: Evaluation of the hazards of harmful substances carried by ships; Active substances to be used in ballast water management systems; Atmospheric input of chemicals to the ocean; Trends in global pollution in coastal environments; Sources, fate and effects of plastics and microplastics in the marine environment; Marine geoengineering; Impacts of wastes and other matter in the marine environment from mining operations, including marine mineral mining; Sea based sources of marine litter including fishing gear and other shipping related litter; Harmful algal blooms and food security and safety in the context of climate change; The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. -
ArticleJournal articleRecent and emerging food packaging alternatives: Chemical safety risks, current regulations, and analytical challenges 2024
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No results found.Food contact materials should not release their constituent substances into food at levels harmful to human health nor change the food composition, taste, or odor unacceptably. The historical evolution of food packaging shows that the use of plastics has increased dramatically, because of its convenience, lightweight, and cost effectiveness, but carries a significant environmental impact. Influenced by trends such as growing awareness of the environmental footprint and stricter safety requirements, conventional packaging is now progressively evolving toward new alternatives. All stakeholders in the agrifood system are involved in the journey to transform food packaging to more sustainable alternatives, while maintaining the important functionalities of suitable food packaging. The current most promising food packaging alternatives are presented in this review with their benefits, limitations, and associated potential safety hazards, with a focus on chemical hazards. Although some potential hazards are common to conventional packaging, others are specific to the new alternatives. Identification of potential chemical hazards associated with these new packaging alternatives is important to anticipate any risks posed to consumer safety.With much diversity in packaging types and rules aimed at ensuring safety drastically varying between jurisdictions, it is not always easy to determine the best way to assess the safety of food packaging. International guidance on principles for safe food packaging could help drive global harmonization and would play a crucial role in ensuring a consistent and science-based framework for the safety and compliance of new and emerging food packaging.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical studyInbreeding and brood stock management. 1999
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No results found.This manual, written for extension workers, aquaculturists, and those who work with natural resource management programmes, primarily deals with the problems caused by unwanted inbreeding in cultured fish populations and describes management techniques that can be used to prevent or minimize inbreeding. The manual also describes how inbreeding can be used to improve captive populations of fish. The manual contains chapters on: basic genetics and the genetics of inbreeding; how to determine indiv idual inbreeding values when pedigrees are known; how to determine the average inbreeding value in a population when pedigrees are not known; genetic drift, which is random changes in gene frequency; how inbreeding programmes can be used to improve cultured populations of food fish; how to prevent inbreeding depression and loss of genetic variance in farmed populations; and recommendations on how to manage cultured populations of fish to prevent unwanted inbreeding and genetic drift from depress ing productivity, profits, and survival. One of the most important aspects of managing a closed population of fish at a fish farm or fish culture station is the management of the population's effective breeding number, because inbreeding is inversely related to the effective breeding number. Techniques to determine and manage the effective breeding number are described, and recommended minimum effective breeding numbers are provided for a variety of farm sizes and fish culture goals. A number of culture techniques can affect inbreeding, and ways to modify them so there is minimal impact on inbreeding are discussed. Finally, ways to minimize inbreeding during selective breeding programmes are described. -
BookletCorporate general interestBiodiversity for Food and Agriculture – Frequently asked questions 2020The issue of biodiversity loss is attracting increasing attention worldwide. Yet, information related to biodiversity, particularly in the context of food and agriculture, can be challenging to communicate. Based on information found in FAO’s report on The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture published in 2019, this document provides simple answers to key questions about biodiversity for food and agriculture:
- What is biodiversity for food and agriculture?
- Why is biodiversity for food and agriculture important?
- What are the trends in biodiversity for food and agriculture?
- What are the threats to biodiversity for food and agriculture?
- Is management of biodiversity for food and agriculture getting better?
- How can we better manage biodiversity for food and agriculture?
- Why is international cooperation important and what is the role of the Commission?
- How can I help support biodiversity for food and agriculture?