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DocumentOther documentZambia’s soya bean value chain analysis and strategy design 2024 - 2033 2025
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFood loss analysis for identification of critical loss points and solutions of maize, sunflowers, and beans value chains in Uganda 2017
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No results found.The RBA Project is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Funded by the Government of Switzerland, the Project seeks to improve food security and income-generating opportunities through the reduction of post-harvest losses in supported grain and pulse value chains. The Project identified critical loss points, and supported the piloting of good practice s and solutions to reduce post-harvest losses and improve handling and storage in the pilot countries Burkina Faso, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This flyer is illustrating the critical loss points and recommended solutions identified in Uganda applying the FAO case study methodology for Food Loss Analysis: causes and solutions. -
Book (series)Working paperCreating employment potential in small-ruminant value chains in the Ethiopian Highlands 2017
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No results found.In December 2014 the Ministry for Livestock Resources Development of Ethiopia presented its Livestock Master Plan (LMP) with the most important targets and priorities to achieve further development of the livestock sector. The LMP contemplates roughly to increase by half the total number of sheep and by a third the total number of goats by the end of 2020. This creates tremendous opportunity for employment creation and income expansion for poor households, and thus a great channel for poverty re duction. An innovative methodology was designed and implemented by FAO to quantify the impact of large scale investments in small ruminant value chains on employment creation. An elaborate quantitative value chain survey, together with several qualitative assessments have been undertaken over a period of 5 months from May to September 2014. This working paper presents the main results of this analytical process. After a short review and summary of the existing knowledge on employment in SRVCs in the Ethiopian highlands (section 3), the wider context, project areas, and analytical methodology are presented (section 4). Section 5 begins with the presentation of the empirical results, by focussing on the technical aspects of production and marketing in the value chain, with particular attention to the practice of small ruminant fattening and achievable profit margins by various actors. Section 6 looks in more detail at relevant employment dimensions along the value chain, focussing on the work particularly of youth and women. Section 7 presents the wider institutional setting and policy environment, in order to set the ground for the concluding chapter which provides the range of opportunities and bottlenecks towards decent employment promotion in the sub-sector, and to develop wider policy and program recommendations at large.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileStatus of the World's Soil Resources: Main Report 2015
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No results found.The SWSR is a reference document on the status of global soil resources that provides regional assessments of soil change. The information is based on peer-reviewed scientific literature, complemented with expert knowledge and project outputs. It provides a description and a ranking of ten major soil threats that endanger ecosystem functions, goods and services globally and in each region separately. Additionally, it describes direct and indirect pressures on soils and ways and means to combat s oil degradation. The report contains a Synthesis report for policy makers that summarizes its findings, conclusions and recommendations.The full report has been divided into sections and individual chapters for ease of downloading:
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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. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileState of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities
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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.