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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureGreening the future - World Soil Day, 5 December 2019 2019World Soil Day 2019 will raise awareness on the importance of healthy soils with the slogan Stop soil erosion, Save our future, underlining how halting the alarming decline in fertile soils is not only about addressing food security and the achievement of the SDGs but also caring for our health, while nourishing the planet.
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BookletCorporate general interestWorld Soil Day – 5 December 2019 Overview and key results 2020
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No results found.The Global Soil Partnership dedicated WSD 2019 to the theme "Stop soil erosion, Save our future". More people than ever took part in the celebrations, conveying the FAO message on the importance of soil quality for food security, healthy ecosystems and human well-being.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookIndigenous multipurpose trees of Tanzania
uses and economic benefits for people
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No results found.Cultural Survival Canada is pleased to be involved with the effort to produce Indigenous Multipurpose Trees of Tanzania: Uses and Economic Benefits for People. We feel this handbook will be a useful and productive tool in our work. As an organization, one of our chief areas of focus is helping to preserve forest peoples' cultures and forest environments worldwide. We are also concerned with how indigenous tree species, which form an integral part of most cultures around the world, can continue t o be utilized and protected while still allowing peoples to live sustainably. Even though Tanzania is the focus country, this handbook should provide a working model for any country to adapt to its own particular circumstances. In this way, we hope that it will be instrumental in helping peoples everywhere to better understand their environments and the natural tree - based resources on which they often rely to meet their everyday needs. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI) 2015
Meeting the 2015 international hunger targets: taking stock of uneven progress
2015This year´s annual State of Food Insecurity in the World report takes stock of progress made towards achieving the internationally established Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) and World Food Summit hunger targets and reflects on what needs to be done, as we transition to the new post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda. The report reviews progress made since 1990 for every country and region as well as for the world as a whole. Progress towards the MDG 1 target, however, is assessed not only by measuring undernourishment, or hunger, but also by a second indicator – the prevalence of underweight children under five years of age. Progress for the two indicators across regions and over time, is compared, providing insights into the complexity of food security. Overall progress notwithstanding, much work remains to be done to eradicate hunger and achieve food security across all its dimensions. The 2015 report not only estimates the progress already achieved, but also identifies r emaining problems, and provides guidance on which policies should be emphasized in the future. Key factors that have determined success to date towards food security and nutrition goals are identified. The list of factors – economic growth, agricultural productivity growth, markets (including international trade) and social protection – is by no means exhaustive. The report also shows how protracted crises, due to conflict or natural disasters, have deleterious effects on progress in hunger redu ction. -
Book (stand-alone)FlagshipThe State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 2007The wise management of the world’s agricultural biodiversity is becoming an ever greater challenge for the international community. The livestock sector in particular is undergoing dramatic changes as large-scale production expands in response to surging demand for meat, milk and eggs. A wide portfolio of animal genetic resources is crucial to adapting and developing our agricultural production systems. Climate change and the emergence of new and virulent animal diseases underline the need to re tain this adaptive capacity. For hundreds of millions of poor rural households, livestock remain a key asset, often meeting multiple needs, and enabling livelihoods to be built in some of the world’s harshest environments. Livestock production makes a vital contribution to food and livelihood security, and to meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It will be of increasing significance in the coming decades. And yet, genetic diversity is under threat. The reported rate of breed extinctions is of great concern, but it is even more worrying that unrecorded genetic resources are being lost before their characteristics can be studied and their potential evaluated. Strenuous efforts to understand, prioritize and protect the world’s animal genetic resources for food and agriculture are required. Sustainable patterns of utilization must be established. Traditional livestock keepers – often poor and in marginal environments – have been the stewards of much of our animal geneti c diversity. We should not ignore their role or neglect their needs. Equitable arrangements for benefit-sharing are needed, and broad access to genetic resources must be ensured. An agreed international framework for the management of these resources is crucial.