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Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAchieving Social and Economic Development in Africa through Ecological and Organic Agricultural Alternatives
Proceedings of the Plenary presentations of the 3rd African Organic Conference, 5-9 October 2015, Lagos, Nigeria
2018Also available in:
No results found.This publication, Achieving Social and Economic Development in Africa through Ecological and Organic Agricultural Alternatives, is a follow up to FAO’s 2013 publication Organic Agriculture: African Experiences in Resilience and Sustainability. It gathers in one volume the plenary papers presented during the Third African Organic Conference that took place in Lagos, Nigeria from 5-9 October 2015. The different chapters document the institutional support that is developing across Africa to ensure that research, markets, and policies can contribute to the positive developmental impact of ecological organic agriculture. Together, they provide information about the status of ongoing initiatives to develop continent wide policy supports, national approaches and local innovations. The topics addressed in this volume reiterate the contribution of farmers, consumers, researchers, educators, public officials, civil servants, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, financiers and other promoters of ecological organic agriculture to reducing food insecurity and rural poverty, by making agriculture, forestry and fisheries more sustainable and productive, enabling the creation of sustainable food systems and increasing the overall resilience of farmers’ livelihoods. -
BookletCorporate general interestThe contribution of social protection to economic inclusion in rural areas 2020
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No results found.Economic inclusion is at the forefront of the social protection agenda, and a concept increasingly recognized and developed by policymakers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and development partners at large. However, the actual underpinnings behind this term vary greatly, from broad, multisectoral, long-term approaches, to time-bound integrated bundles of interventions. Nonetheless, there is an increased understanding that effective economic inclusion processes and programmes will need to be integrated within broader systems, moving away from standalone and time-bound interventions (Heinemann, Montesquiou, and Hashemi, 2018). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognizes economic inclusion as one key pillar to eradicate extreme poverty, to foster more equal societies, and to reduce disparities between urban and rural areas (FAO 2019a). This paper will not examine the theoretical and programmatic details of economic inclusion pathways and corresponding interventions. Instead, after schematically presenting the main pathways, it will focus on analysing the contribution of social protection in each case. A broader framing document should be developed, analysing, and better detailing the pathways and how each sector can support them, and what that entails for FAO operations. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAssessing water availability and economic, social and nutritional contributions from inland capture fisheries and aquaculture 2016
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No results found.This study provides an initial indicator-based framework for understanding the economic, social and nutritional contributions of inland capture fisheries and aquaculture and their links to available water resources. Fourteen indicators covering environmental, economic, social and nutritional dimensions of inland fisheries and aquaculture are identified and tested in eighteen African and Asian countries with significant inland fish production. Complexities in defining and estimating the indicator s are discussed, and initial results based on currently available data are presented to identify gaps and future steps to improve knowledge. The study discusses the potential use of these indicators as a baseline for national sectoral planning and management as a means to inform intersectoral water management and, in the face of climate change and changing water availability, as inputs into modelling the potential economic, social and nutritional losses and opportunities to society stemming thro ugh impacts in the inland fisheries sector.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFood loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies 2019
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No results found.This report illustrates the food loss assessment studies undertaken along the maize, sunflower and beans supply chains in Uganda in 2015-16 and 2016-17. They aimed to identify the critical loss points in the selected supply chains, the key stages at which food losses occur, why they occur, the extent and impact of food losses and the economic, social and environmental implications of the food losses. Furthermore, these studies also evaluated the feasibility of potential interventions to reduce food losses and waste. -
Book (series)Technical studyLatin America and the Caribbean - Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023
Statistics and trends
2023Also available in:
The 2023 edition of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean presents an update of the data and trends in food security and nutrition in recent years. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and the conflict in Ukraine, as well as the economic slowdown, rising food inflation and income inequality have had an impact on regional figures. The most recent data shows that, between 2021 and 2022, progress was made in reducing hunger and food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the progress achieved is far from the targets established to meet SDG 2 of ending hunger. In addition, one in five people in the region cannot access a healthy diet and malnutrition in all its forms, including child stunting, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity continue to be a major challenge. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetHigh-profilePakistan: Urgent call for assistance 2022
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No results found.Severe monsoon weather conditions since mid-June 2022 have disrupted the lives and livelihoods of 33 million people in Pakistan, mainly located in rural areas. Rainfalls were significantly higher than the national 30-year average, leading to devastating floods and landslides that wiped out agricultural lands, livestock assets, forests and critical agricultural infrastructure. The climate-induced disaster struck rural communities amid growing economic and food security challenges, compounding their vulnerabilities and exhausting their resilience. Rural communities, who represent 80 percent of the poorest people in Pakistan and depend on agriculture and livestock keeping for their livelihoods, were among the hardest hit by the disaster, especially in Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces. The document provides an overview of the impact of the disaster on agricultural livelihoods and food security as well as FAO's planned response and funding requirements.