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ProjectFactsheetHorticulture Cultivars Performance Information - MTF/GLO/697/MUL 2021
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The aim of the HORTIVAR database is to facilitate access to information on the performance of horticultural crop cultivars and to help users to identify cultivars and cropping practices adapted to their specific requirements and environment. This aim was achieved and the database currently contains over 90 000 horticultural data sets, covering more than 28 000 cultivars and 1 000 species. It can now function as an information tool to help small scale farmers to take decisions based on factual information. In order to ensure sustainability, the project established a network of institutional and individual partners who can continue to use and enrich HORTIVAR without further project support. In addition, the awareness raising and training workshops organized under the project enabled many people to participate in knowledge exchange activities based on the HORTIVAR database, improving users’ capacities for conducting analysis on data sets. -
ProjectFactsheetSupport to Tonga Horticulture Competitiveness - TCP/TON/3701 2023
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No results found.Tonga, a Polynesian sovereign state, relies heavily on agriculture. Yet, this sector has become vulnerable to economic shocks, climate change and natural disasters. The country's economy is characterized by its small economic base, isolation from global markets and dependence on remittances, which has also been experiencing negative growth due to various factors, including cyclones, political instability and the collapse of major export industries. Tonga heavily relies on imported agricultural products, thus the project was developed to address this agricultural and economic challenge to ultimately boost its export potential by improving agricultural production, enhancing biosecurity and food safety practices of value-added products following the Hazard Analysis and Critical Point (HACCP) standards and strengthening capacities of stakeholders along the agricultural supply chain. The project was designed following extensive consultations and requests from the Government, ensuring that it accurately addressed the identified needs and priorities of Tonga. By aligning with the Government's input, the project aimed to effectively target the specific challenges and requirements related to HACCP, food safety and biosecurity in the country. -
ProjectFactsheetIntroduction and Promotion of Innovative Approaches for Adopting Best Technologies for Horticulture - TCP/KYR/3904 2025
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No results found.Agriculture in the Kyrgyz Republic faces significant challenges, particularly affecting its promising horticulture sector. Smallholder farmers are the backbone of agricultural production in the country but often struggle with limited access to quality inputs, including seeds, fertilizers, improved planting materials, appropriate technologies, and technical knowledge. Although the Kyrgyz Republic has a comparative advantage in stone fruit production, farmers and producers of seedlings and planting materials lack the capacity to meet market demand in terms of both quality and quantity.
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BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
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No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021. -
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.