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ProjectFactsheetSupport to Address the Vulnerabilities of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition due to COVID-19 - TCP/SAM/3801 2024
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No results found.The global and local effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt throughout the entire agrifood system. Samoa experienced unique challenges given its geographic isolation and economic reliance on agriculture and tourism. Presently, local farmers still grapple with limited access to essential production inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and livestock breeders, among others. In response, the Government of Samoa has reemphasized the critical role agriculture plays in ensuring the well-being of its citizens, especially during crises. Therefore, the government has identified key priority areas for interventions, namely crop and the small-scale livestock sectors. These priorities aim to provide both short and long-term solutions to prevent a reoccurrence of the economic downturn experienced during COVID-19. The proposed solutions involve identifying potential production areas within Samoa for chicken, eggs, fish, fruits and vegetables, and determining where technical assistance can make a meaningful impact. -
ProjectFactsheetPromoting Stable Incomes and Food Security for Rural Communities in Eswatini - GCP/SWA/025/IFA 2023
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No results found.The outbreak of COVID-19 had a severe impact in Eswatini, with the measures taken to address the crisis exacerbating an existing and underlying national food insecurity challenge. This is due to below average agricultural production, resulting in a 49 per cent deficit in national consumption requirements, compounded by soaring food prices. Restrictions in mobility and the partial lockdown immediately reduced incomes from micro, medium and small-scale enterprises, as well as informal jobs and self-employment activities. The impact of COVID-19 in Eswatini is magnified by the country’s vulnerability to recurrent climate-related and external shocks, with drought, dry spells, heatwaves, flash floods, hailstorms and a heavy burden of epidemics (HIV and AIDS, cholera, diarrhoeaand malaria) posing the highest risks. In this context, the main objective of the project was to provide a systemic stimulus and cushion for small-scale agricultural producers, transporters and traders in the agro-food value chain. In particular, it aimed to stimulate and stabilize the disrupted agro-food system by providing a productive social protection cushion for poor agricultural producers, transporters and traders. -
ProjectFactsheetEmergency Response to the Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Livelihoods and Food Systems - TCP/RLA/3802 2023
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The pandemic generated by the novel coronavirus (COVID 19 which causes respiratory disease, has resulted in millions of cases worldwide and an exponential increase in cases in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean The health measures taken to contain it are directly affecting food systems because of its impacts on food supply and demand, as well as indirectly through reduced purchasing power and the capacity to produce and distribute food and the need for additional care in the execution of activities This has led to different levels of impact among the population and affected the poor and vulnerable population to a greater extent.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookRussian Federation: Meat sector review
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World food demand has seen massive changes, including a shift from staple foods to animal proteins and vegetable oils. In the short to medium term, this trend in global food demand will continue. There will be an increased demand for vegetable oils, meat, sugar, dairy products and livestock feed made from coarse grains and oilseed meals. There are numerous mid-term forecasts for the Russian Federation’s meat sector. Most of them agree on the following trends: (i) the consumption of poultry and p ork meat will increase; (ii) the consumption of beef will decrease or stabilize; and (iii) the Russian Federation will remain a net importer of meat on the world market. According to OECD and FAO projections, meat imports from the Russian Federation will decrease from 3 to 1.3 million tonnes, owing to an anticipated growth in domestic chicken meat and pork production. The country’s share in global meat imports is anticipated to decrease from 12 percent in 2006–2010, to 4 percent in 2021. While t he Russian Federation will continue to play an important role in the international meat market, it will fall from its position as the largest meat importing country in 2006–2010 to the fourth largest global meat importer by 2021, behind Japan, sub-Saharan African countries, and Saudi Arabia. -
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.