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Policy briefPolicy briefEnabling inclusive agricultural automation 2022
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No results found.Agricultural automation reshapes the labour market. In situations of rising wages and labour scarcity, agricultural automation can stimulate employment by allowing producers to expand production and by creating jobs along agrifood systems. Conversely, when labour is plentiful and subsidies lower the cost of automation, there is a risk of job displacement and unemployment, especially for poor and low-skilled workers. Governments should neither subsidize automation, nor restrict it. Instead, they should create an enabling environment for an inclusive process of agricultural automation that ensures access by marginalized groups such as women and small-scale producers, and focuses on building the knowledge and skills of the agricultural workforce to facilitate the transition to new jobs within and outside agriculture. -
Policy briefPolicy briefTransforming agriculture with digital automation 2022
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No results found.The adoption of digital automation technologies in agriculture has been slow despite its potential to enhance the precision of agricultural operations, improve working conditions, and address environmental challenges, while building resilience to shocks and stresses. Most technologies are still relatively new and costly, especially for low- and middle-income countries, where poor connectivity and energy supply, and limited human capacity further hinder adoption. Incentivizing uptake requires creating a conducive business environment and suiting technologies to local conditions, especially for small-scale agriculture. -
Book (series)Working paperAgricultural mechanization and sustainable agrifood system transformation in the Global South
Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.This paper provides an overview of the state of agricultural mechanization across the Global South – i.e. Eastern and South-eastern Asia, Southern Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean – and explores the potentials and risks of agricultural mechanization for the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems. A wide range of technological and institutional solutions is identified to harness the potential of agricultural mechanization for sustainable agrifood system transformation, while at the same minimizing the risks.
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BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
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. -
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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DocumentOther documentSeguridad y soberanía alimentaria
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2013Also available in:
En el marco de la 32ª Conferencia Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, realizada en Buenos Aires en marzo de 2012, uno de los asuntos puestos en la agenda y acordado por los asistentes, fue que “la FAO organice un debate amplio y dinámico que cuente con la participación de la sociedad civil y de la academia para analizar el concepto de soberanía alimentaria, cuyo significado no ha sido consensuado por los Estados Miembros de la FAO y del Sistema de Naciones Unidas” (FAO, 2012, pár rafo 25). Este documento, elaborado por Gustavo Gordillo, contiene información y análisis respecto a: a) La evolución en la utilización de los conceptos de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, y de soberanía alimentaria, b) El concepto y las implicaciones de la soberanía alimentaria: globalización, papel del Estado y de la ciudadanía en la construcción de las políticas públicas, c) La seguridad alimentaria y nutricional y la soberanía alimentaria: ¿conceptos antagónicos o complementarios? d) Con clusiones y elementos para el debate a nivel regional. En este resumen, estos puntos se sintetizan y relacionan entre sí.