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ProjectFactsheetAgua y seguridad alimentaria bajo el Programa de desarrollo de la agricultura africana - GCP/RAF/464/SPA 2024
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El Gobierno del Reino de España ha colaborado con los países africanos en el Sahel para enfrentar la extrema pobreza que prevalece en la región. A pesar de la falta de regulación en el sector agrícola, estos países poseen un gran potencial para el desarrollo hidroagrícola a través de la explotación de aguas superficiales y subterráneas. El Programa de desarrollo de la agricultura africana busca mejorar la seguridad alimentaria en áreas rurales y periurbanas, fortaleciendo el control y la gestión del agua, mejorando las capacidades técnicas de los productores y apoyando al sector ganadero. Este programa ha beneficiado en su mayoría a mujeres y jóvenes, y ha logrado mejorar la alimentación, nutrición y los ingresos de la población gracias al aumento en la producción agrícola y ganadera en la lucha contra el hambre. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureAspectos destacados del proyecto “Incorporación de iniciativas de reducción de las pérdidas de alimentos para pequeños agricultores en zonas con déficit de alimentos”
Ejecutado conjuntamente por los organismos de las Naciones Unidas con sede en Roma
2021Este folleto destaca los logros y resultados del proyecto, elaborado y ejecutado conjuntamente por los tres organismos de las Naciones Unidas con sede en Roma — la FAO, el FIDA y el PMA— entre 2013 y 2020, financiado por la Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperacion, que ha contribuido a los progresos en el cumplimiento de la Declaración de Malabo de la Unión Africana sobre reducción de las pérdidas poscosecha y las metas de los ODS. Ha tenido un alcance mundial gracias a la plataforma dinamica basada en la Web de la comunidad de practica, que facilita el acceso al conocimiento, asi como actividades a escala nacional en tres paises: Burkina Faso, la Republica Democratica del Congo y Uganda. El proyecto conjunto de los organismos de las Naciones Unidas con sede en Roma ha apoyado la reduccion de la perdida de alimentos en determinadas cadenas de valor de los cereales de cada uno de estos paises y ha aplicado un enfoque multidimensional diseñado para abordar de manera eficaz las causas de la pérdida de alimentos que se relacionan entre sí. -
ProjectFactsheetCreación de alianzas para sistemas de arroz sostenibles en el África subsahariana mediante la cooperación sur-sur - GCP/RAF/489/VEN 2021Rice consumption in Africa has grown exponentially in recent decades; however, most African countries are not self-sufficient in rice production. In sub-Saharan Africa, it is strongly believed that rice yields could be increased through a holistic strengthening of rice value chains. By increasing and improving production, countries would therefore be empowered to meet consumer demand for rice. This project was formulated in the context of South-South Cooperation (SSC) to contribute to the development of sustainable rice systems in sub-Saharan Africa by creating and leveraging partnerships between international, national and local actors from both the public and private sectors. Elements of its design included the promotion and production of the seeds of improved rice varieties, the improvement of post-harvest techniques among local farmers, and the identification, dissemination and adoption of good agricultural practices (GAPs) and effective rice production technologies.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020
Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets
2020Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible data enabled the revision of the entire series of undernourishment estimates for China back to 2000, resulting in a substantial downward shift of the series of the number of undernourished in the world. Nevertheless, the revision confirms the trend reported in past editions: the number of people affected by hunger globally has been slowly on the rise since 2014. The report also shows that the burden of malnutrition in all its forms continues to be a challenge. There has been some progress for child stunting, low birthweight and exclusive breastfeeding, but at a pace that is still too slow. Childhood overweight is not improving and adult obesity is on the rise in all regions.The report complements the usual assessment of food security and nutrition with projections of what the world may look like in 2030, if trends of the last decade continue. Projections show that the world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and, despite some progress, most indicators are also not on track to meet global nutrition targets. The food security and nutritional status of the most vulnerable population groups is likely to deteriorate further due to the health and socio economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.The report puts a spotlight on diet quality as a critical link between food security and nutrition. Meeting SDG 2 targets will only be possible if people have enough food to eat and if what they are eating is nutritious and affordable. The report also introduces new analysis of the cost and affordability of healthy diets around the world, by region and in different development contexts. It presents valuations of the health and climate-change costs associated with current food consumption patterns, as well as the potential cost savings if food consumption patterns were to shift towards healthy diets that include sustainability considerations. The report then concludes with a discussion of the policies and strategies to transform food systems to ensure affordable healthy diets, as part of the required efforts to end both hunger and all forms of malnutrition. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSoil erosion: the greatest challenge for sustainable soil management 2019
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Despite almost a century of research and extension efforts, soil erosion by water, wind and tillage continues to be the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services in many regions of the world. Our understanding of the physical processes of erosion and the controls on those processes has been firmly established. Nevertheless, some elements remain controversial. It is often these controversial questions that hamper efforts to implement sound erosion control measures in many areas of the world. This book, released in the framework of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (15-17 May 2019) reviews the state-of-the-art information related to all topics related to soil erosion. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileState of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities
Report 2020
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No results found.There is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals. However, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership and its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the European Commission. It presents concisely the state of knowledge on soil biodiversity, the threats to it, and the solutions that soil biodiversity can provide to problems in different fields. It also represents a valuable contribution to raising awareness of the importance of soil biodiversity and highlighting its role in finding solutions to today's global threats.