Related items
Showing items related by metadata.
-
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureAccelerated vocational training in agriculture curriculum of module on the stone pine in Lebanon: production, cultural practices and harvesting 2021
Also available in:
This curricula was prepared under the project "Upgrading the Technical Agricultural Education System in Lebanon, OSRO / 601 / LEB / NET". In line with the SDG 4, this project was prepared by FAO - in cooperation with AVSI and WARD and based on the Guidelines on Integrated Management of Sustainable Fruitful Pine Forests in Lebanon. Beirut: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Ministry of Agriculture Lebanon within the framework of the Technical Cooperation Project: Evaluation and development of a program to mitigate losses in the pine fruit forests in Lebanon. TCP / LEB / 3501 - FAO (2017). This curriculum aims to train young people and introduce them to areas related to cultivation, care and harvesting of fruitful stone pine in Lebanon, through its application in technical and vocational training and education for the age group of 14 to 25 years. At the end of this training, the trainee will be able to identify resources related to how to grow and care for the fruitful pine trees in Lebanon, learn about resources related to pine harvesting, packing and storing operations, and learn about resources related to post-harvest operations. -
BookletTraining materialAccelerated vocational training in agriculture curriculum of module on fruit trees table grape production 2021
Also available in:
This curricula was prepared under the project "OSRO / 601 / LEB / NET". In line with the strategic objectives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, in particular, Strategic Objective No. 3: “Rural Poverty Reduction” and Strategic Objective No. 5: “Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises”, prepared by FAO - in cooperation with AVSI and WARD and based on a farmer's guide to good agricultural practices for table grapes. Beirut, Lebanon: FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture: Project to strengthen the production and marketing of Lebanese agricultural products GCP / LEB / 021 / ITA - Charbel Hobeika (2011). This curriculum aims to train young people and introduce them to areas related to table grape production through its application in training and technical and vocational education for the age group of 14 to 25 years. At the end of this training, the trainee will be able to identify resources related to vine cultivation, how to establish vines, choose wild assets, grape varieties and grafting, identify resources related to good agricultural operations for vine cultivation in terms of soil, irrigation operations, fertilization and pruning, as well as identify resources related to pest and disease management to reach to integrated control. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureAccelerated vocational training in agriculture curriculum of module on organic agriculture 2021
Also available in:
This curricula was prepared under the project "Upgrading the Technical Agricultural Education System in Lebanon, OSRO/601/LEB/NET". In line with SDG NO 4, prepared by FAO - in cooperation with AVSI and WARD and based on the principles of organic farming, Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, 2016. This curriculum aims to train young people and introduce them to organic agriculture through its application in training and technical and vocational education for the age group of 14 to 25 years. At the end of this training, the trainee will be able to identify resources related to the principles of organic farming, to learn about resources related to pest management in organic agriculture (preventive measures and remedial measures), and to identify resources related to the preparation and use of plant extracts, extracting and preserving seeds, fertilizing the soil, preparing organic fertilizers and composting.
Users also downloaded
Showing related downloaded files
-
Book (series)Corporate general interestNear East and North Africa – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2024
Financing the transformation of agrifood systems
2024Also available in:
No results found.Hunger in the Arab region worsened amid deepening crises in 2023. The Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition warns that the Arab region remains off-track to meet the food security and nutrition targets of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.In 2023, 66.1 million people, approximately 14 percent of the population in the Arab region, faced hunger. The report highlights that access to adequate food remains elusive for millions. Around 186.5 million people – 39.4 percent of the population – faced moderate or severe food insecurity, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from the previous year. Alarmingly, 72.7 million people experienced severe food insecurity. -
Book (series)NewsletterSpecial report – 2023 FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Republic of the Sudan
19 March 2024
2024Also available in:
No results found.Between 2 and 17 January 2024, following a request by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoA&F), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in close cooperation with the Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) and the State Ministries of Agriculture, carried out its annual Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to estimate the 2023 crop production and assess the food supply situation throughout the 18 states of the country. The report's recommendations are to provide immediate response to the needs of the population most affected by acute food insecurity as well as to support the recovery of the agriculture sector, increasing food production and farmers’ incomes, and enhancing efficiency along the value chain to reduce production costs. -
Book (stand-alone)General interest bookFood policies and their implications on overweight and obesity trends in selected countries in the Near East and North Africa region
Regional Program Working Paper No. 30
2020Also available in:
No results found.Regional and global trends in body weight show that the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region countries, especially the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries, have the highest average body mass index and highest rates of overweight and obesity in the world. There exist several explanations that expound the high rates of overweight and obesity in most NENA countries, including the nutrition transition, urbanization, changes in lifestyle, and consequent reduction of physical activities. This study examines the implication of food policies, mainly trade and government food subsidies, on evolving nutritional transitions and associated body weight outcomes. We examine the evolution of trade (food) policies, food systems, and body weight outcomes across selected countries in the NENA region – Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq. In particular, we investigate the implications of important trade (food) policies in shaping diets and food systems as well as their implications on public health outcomes, mainly the rising levels of overweight and obesity in the NENA region. We provide a simple conceptual framework through which trade policies (tariff rates) and domestic government food policies (subsidies) may affect food systems and nutritional outcomes. An important and innovative feature of this study is that it compiles several macro- and micro-level datasets that allow both macro and micro-level analyses of the evolution of trade (food) policies and associated obesity trends. This approach helps to at least partly overcome the data scarcity that complicates rigorous policy research in the NENA region. Overweight and obesity rates have almost doubled between 1975 and 2016, with varying rates and trends across regions. For instance, whereas body weight in the NENA region was comparable with that found in high-income countries in the early years, after the 1990s regional overweight and obesity rates became much higher than those in high-income countries. Specifically, while most high-income countries are experiencing a relative slowing of increases in overweight rates, the trend for the NENA region continues to increase at higher rates. The evolution of overweight rates for the GCC countries are even more concerning. These trends are likely to contribute to the already high burden of non-communicable diseases in the NENA region. Contrary to the conventional view that overweight and obesity rates are urban problems, our findings show that rural body weight has been rising over the past few decades, sometimes at higher rates than in urban areas.