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ProjectFactsheetAdvancing “Healthy Street Food Incentives” to Boost the Safety and Nutritional Balance of Street Food in Sub-Saharan Africa - TCP/RAF/3611 2020
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No results found.Street food vendors (SFVs) have proliferated in the last three and a half decades throughout Africa, owing to ongoing urbanization. On the one hand, this type of work provides a regular source of income for millions of people (mostly women) with limited access to the formal wage labour market; on the other hand, it represents a significant part of the daily diet for millions of low and middle-income urban dwellers who spend long hours out of the house. Despite its important role in securing food and reducing poverty in urban areas across Africa, the sector is largely affected by food safety issues, and it is characterized by an overwhelming presence of carbohydrate, protein, and fat-rich food, while micronutrient-rich foods are largely neglected. Against this background, the project aimed to introduce “Healthy Street Food Incentives” (HSFI), a financially self-sustainable strategy aimed at: i) making street food safer through a decentralized, participatory customer-led monitoring, enabling targeted inspections and rewards to safer vendors; and ii) making street food nutritionally more balanced through a Lottery or Scratch & Win that favours vendors and consumers who serve and eat more fruit. The pilot of the plan was to be implemented in Accra (Ghana) and Dar es Salaam (the United Republic of Tanzania); while a region-wide baseline study on the current situation of the street food sector would be carried out in 10 Low-Income-Food-Deprived Countries in Africa ([LIFDCs] Ethiopia, Rwanda, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique, Kenya, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo), in order to assess the feasibility of scaling up the plan, and to fine-tune it on the basis of each specific context. -
ProjectFactsheetTechnical Assistance on Food Safety to Promote Public Health and Food Export - TCP/PAK/3906 2025
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No results found.Pakistan is a key producer of staple and high-value food crops such as wheat, rice, maize, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables and chillies. These crops are predominantly cultivated using conventional agricultural practices, often marked by the indiscriminate application of pesticides and outdated pre- and post-harvest handling techniques. Consequently, food safety concerns have emerged due to elevated levels of aflatoxin contamination and pesticide residues, frequently exceeding internationally prescribed maximum residue limits (MRLs), particularly in commodities like maize, rice, groundnut and chillies. The presence of aflatoxins and pesticide residues poses a significant public health risk and undermines the export potential of Pakistani agricultural produce. Aflatoxins are recognized as potent carcinogens and mutagens, capable of contaminating crops both during cultivation and post-harvest storage. Ingestion of aflatoxin-contaminated food can lead to severe health complications, including liver cancer and aflatoxicosis. According to World Bank estimates, aflatoxin exposure causes approximately 90 000 cases of liver cancer annually. Consequently, stringent regulations have been enacted globally to control permissible aflatoxin levels in food and feed products. -
ProjectFactsheetBuilding Capacity of Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department to Facilitate Seed and Plant Supply Industry Regulation - TCP/PAK/3601 2020
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No results found.Over the years, Pakistan’s seed sector has grownsignificantly. The seed system was initially dominatedby the public sector in activities ranging from cropvariety development, release/registration, seedmultiplication/production, processing and marketing,to seed certification and quality control. Currently,the private sector comprises over 700 national and fivemultinational seed companies; thus, it is a major player.The public sector at the federal level is mandated toregulate the seed sector across the country; while at theprovincial level public sector seed corporations have beenassigned to produce and distribute certified seed of majorcrops to the farming community. However, public-sectorseed supplies are currently on the decline. The seedsector’s legislative environment has been improved to alarge extent by the incorporation of 2015 amendments inthe Seed Act 1976, and the legislation of the PlantBreeders’ Rights Act, 2016. In general, the level of servicedelivery by both the public and private sectors is not on apar with international good practices, hence the seedindustry has not yet harnessed the available potential. In other words, Pakistan’s seed industry, despite itslarge size and growth, has not evolved to the level ofsophistication required to compete with its regionalcounterparts. Against this background, the project aimedto strengthen the capacities of the Federal SeedCertification and Registration Department (FSC&RD), aswell as other public and private sector institutions/entities, to enable them to provide higher quality servicesto the seed and plant supply industry in Pakistan; and toimprove the systematic seed supply in the country.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileStatus of the World's Soil Resources: Main Report 2015
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No results found.The SWSR is a reference document on the status of global soil resources that provides regional assessments of soil change. The information is based on peer-reviewed scientific literature, complemented with expert knowledge and project outputs. It provides a description and a ranking of ten major soil threats that endanger ecosystem functions, goods and services globally and in each region separately. Additionally, it describes direct and indirect pressures on soils and ways and means to combat s oil degradation. The report contains a Synthesis report for policy makers that summarizes its findings, conclusions and recommendations.The full report has been divided into sections and individual chapters for ease of downloading:
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BookletHigh-profileFAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 2022The FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 was endorsed by FAO Council in June 2022. This new strategy replaces the previous strategy from 2017 to better FAO's climate action with the Strategic Framework 2022-2031, and other FAO strategies that have been developed since then. The Strategy was elaborated following an inclusive process of consultation with FAO Members, FAO staff from headquarters and decentralized offices, as well as external partners. It articulates FAO's vision for agrifood systems by 2050, around three main pillars of action: at global and regional level, at country level, and at local level. The Strategy also encourages key guiding principles for action, such as science and innovation, inclusiveness, partnerships, and access to finance.
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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.