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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical reportFAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) - 10 August 2000 2000
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An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (excluding the UN Administered Province of Kosovo) between 21 June and 7 July 2000. In view of the adverse agro-meteorological conditions in 1999/2000 which exacerbated the economic difficulties, the aim of the Mission was to conduct a thorough examination of the information about the expected production of wheat, appraise first-hand the standing foodcrops, forecast the 2000 harvest and assess the current and prospective food supply situation at the national level. Throughout its work, the Mission received assistance from the government, the Economics Institute, the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the International Rescue Committee, and all UN agencies present. During its stay, the Mission made field visits to the Vojvodina, (Pancevo, Novi Sad, Stara Pazova, Zrenjanin, Kikinda, Kovacica, Konak, Mokrin, Jasatomic, Sid), and Central Serbia (Kraljevo valley, Kragujevac, Cuprija, Nis, Pirot, Zajecar, Vranje, Leskovac), visiting 40 out of the 160 municipalities in Serbia. These visits enabled the Mission to observe fields and talk with large and small scale farmers in different geographical, economic and organizational settings. Information on the harvest outlook in Montenegro, where cereal production is not significant, was obtained from in-country project staff. The agricultural sector in the country has been generally in decline since the early 1990's, but the 199 9/2000 cropping year was particularly difficult. Man-made and natural disasters, (sanctions, bomb damage, floods, water logging and drought), shortages of inputs, particularly fertilizer, but also fuel, and low prices have combined to reduce average yields. The yields of winter and spring cereals as well as fodder and industrial crops are expected to be lower than in 1999. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical reportFAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO UN-ADMINISTERED PROVINCE OF KOSOVO - 14 August 2001 2001
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An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) visited the UN-administered Province of Kosovo (Kosovo) between 1 July and 7 July to: (i) assess prospects for crop production in 2001; (ii) review the overall food supply situation and prospects and (iii) re-examine the degree of vulnerability. The Mission's findings are based on crop and livestock data collected throughout the year by the FAO/WFP Food Security Surveillance Unit (FSSU), cross-checked by the Mission through discussi ons with bilateral and UN agencies, NGOs, the emerging UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Department of Agriculture and the Municipal Directorates of Agriculture. Key informants with whom detailed semi-structured interviews were conducted included millers, traders and farmers, some of whom were already harvesting at the time of the Mission. Transects driven through 20 of the 30 municipalities of Kosovo gave ample opportunity for crop inspections, sample crop-cutting and general observations of the agr icultural and livestock situation. The Mission found that the determination and optimism exhibited by the farming community during the rapid recovery last year has been sustained during the 2000/2001 growing season. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical reportFAO CROP ASSESSMENT MISSION TO THE KOSOVO PROVINCE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA - 27 January 2000 2000
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In August 1999, an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to the Kosovo Province of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia reported significant reduction in the Province's agricultural output in 1999 due to civil unrest, which had been prevalent in some areas since March 1998 but escalated throughout most of the Province in the period between March to early June 1999. The Mission noted that the losses incurred would have both nutritional and economic consequences for the population who woul d remain heavily reliant on external assistance to meet basic food needs at least until the spring of 2000. Reducing the dependence of the Kosovo population on food aid in 1999/2000 depends largely on the speed of recovery and rehabilitation in the agriculture sector. In June 1999 FAO established an Emergency Coordination Unit in Pristina to ensure that a coherent and technically sound agricultural assistance programme is implemented in Kosovo, through the coordination of the various partne rs involved in emergency agricultural relief operations. In addition, FAO initiated various project activities that address in a comprehensive manner the needs for assistance in the agricultural sector, including supply of fertilizer, wheat and vegetable seeds, fielding of agricultural experts, establishment of a seed quality control laboratory, repair of farm machinery and livestock vaccination.
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IndexesLibrary Classified Catalogue (2)/ Bibliothèque de catalogues systématiques (2) 1948
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No results found.The Protocol of 8-9 July 1946 relative to the dissolution of the International Institute of Agriculture, transferred the functions and assets of the said Institute to FAO. Of these assets, the Library is unquestionably the most outstanding and is a lasting record of the Institute's work and its achievement in the field of agriculture. This catalogue will undoubtedly contribute towards a better knowledge of this international Library. This volume in its present form, represents the systematic card-index, by subject of the Brussels Decimal Classification, in French and English, and it's supplemented by the general alphabetical index of authors.
This is Part 2 of 4 - Books - section Pure Sciences, Applied Sciences, Hygiene, Fine Arts, Literature, History, Geography and Biography.
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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Training materialPlanning in government forest agencies how to balance forest use and conservation: agenda for training workshop. 1998
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No results found.The purpose of planning for forestry development is to establish a workable framework for forest use and conservation which incorporates the economic, social and environmental dimensions on a sustainable basis. The framework is about creating a shared vision of how forests will be used and protected. This can be summed up in a single central question: Trees and forests for whom and for what? The question is not new but what is new is the perception that so many different groups have an interest in the reply. Forestry planning has traditionally been mainly concerned with the production of timber for industry and other wood products, and with forest industry development. Planning for environmental goals also has a long history but was largely restricted to designated areas for exclusive conservation. National forestry development agencies were essentially responsible for the sustained yield management on protected public forest lands and for reserved forests. The term "sustained yield " was mostly limited to wood production and therefore excluded the majority of other forest products and services. Although most forestry agencies have made progress towards multiple-use management, planning remains often biased towards timber in a wide range of countries. Many of the actions taken in order to stimulate forestry development in the immediate failed to sustain the momentum of growth in the longer term. Short term achievements sometimes resulted in degradation or destruction of the stock of natural capital needed in order to maintain growth in the future or reduced options for future end uses by degrading the forest capital. -
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