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ProjectFactsheetInventory and Disposal of Obsolete Pesticides and Empty Pesticide Containers In The Seychelles - TCP/SEY/3804 2025
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No results found.The project focuses on addressing the significant accumulation of obsolete and unwanted pesticides in Seychelles, a problem that has developed over the past two decades due to inadequate stock management, bans on certain pesticides, and an excess supply from donor agencies, particularly for vector control. These accumulated stocks pose serious health risks to the farming community and surrounding populations, as well as environmental hazards to soil and water resources. To mitigate these risks, the project aims to support the Seychelles Ministry of Agriculture in conducting a thorough inventory of the obsolete pesticides, assessing their status, and managing their safe repacking, storage, transportation, and eventual disposal. A critical component of the project is building the capacity of relevant government staff and private sector stakeholders in "Pesticides Life Cycle Management," ensuring that the build-up of obsolete and unwanted pesticide stocks is prevented in the future. Key activities include identifying and quantifying the obsolete pesticides and contaminated containers, along with assessing their toxicity and types. The Seychelles government, through the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, play a crucial role in providing local support, including office facilities and assistance in identifying national consultants and relevant stakeholders. -
ProjectFactsheetDisposal of Obsolete Pesticides in Oman - UTF/OMA/022/OMA 2023
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No results found.The Government of the Sultanate of Oman requested the technical assistance of FAO to safeguard and eliminate obsolete pesticides in an environmentally sound manner. Under a first phase project (UTF/OMA/007/OMA), FAO assisted the country to safeguard and dispose of 42 tonnesof obsolete pesticides. However, an inventory update of the remaining stocks showed that approximately 35 tonnes, including up to 130 cylinders of methyl bromide, remained. The government requested further support from FAO in order to eliminate the remaining stocks of obsolete pesticides and associated waste. This resulted in the second phase of the project. Phase II also envisaged capacity-building activities to improve the technical skills of the authorities in pesticide life cycle management, including training in inventory, safe storage, safeguarding supervision, and tendering for the safeguarding of obsolete pesticide stocks. These capacity-building activities were designed to prevent the accumulation of new stocks of obsolete pesticides. The project was implemented by FAO and the main partner was the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MAFWR). -
ProjectFactsheetSafeguarding and disposal of obsolete pesticides in Eritrea - GCP/ERI/017/JPN 2019
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No results found.At the time of project formulation, Eritrea had undertaken a significant amount of preparatory work to characterize the hazards posed by pesticides, and to develop a communication strategy and legislative framework to address these. In 2008, an FAO project identified 400 tonnes of obsolete and unknown pesticides, around 1 400 m3of contaminated soil, 12 000 empty containers and 5 400 contaminated sprayers. The current project was conceived to safeguard and soundly dispose of the stockpile of obsolete pesticides and highly contaminated materials, held in 294 stores scattered across the country. In addition to the environmentally sustainable disposal of the inventoried obsolete pesticide wastes, the project aimed to strengthen the life cycle management of pesticides in Eritrea, to reduce risks to human health and the environment, and to guard against the further accumulation of obsolete pesticide stocks. The project was implemented in conjunction with the GEF funded project “Prevention and Disposal of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Obsolete Pesticides in Eritrea -Phase II” (GCP/ERI/014/GFF), which has complementary objectives.
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BookletTechnical briefLebanon: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 8
Results and recommendations, December 2024
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No results found.This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of the eighth-round assessment conducted in November and December 2024 in Lebanon. It presents key findings and recommendations for humanitarian actors to utilize in planning and implementing data-driven programming to sustain farmers’ livelihoods and build their resilience to future shocks protecting the food security of rural people. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations established the DIEM-Monitoring system in June 2020. In 29 of the world’s most food-insecure countries, DIEM-Monitoring enumerators collect data at household level on shocks, agricultural livelihoods, food security and needs several times a year through computer-assisted telephone interviews and face-to-face surveys. This regularly collected and granular data is easily accessible in the form of dashboards, maps, briefs and aggregated data on the DIEM Hub, enabling partners and stakeholders to trigger immediate mitigation and response actions. -
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. -
BookletCorporate general interestFAO Code of Ethical Conduct 2024The Code of Ethical Conduct provides for the ethical framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and helps FAO personnel to navigate the rules, regulations and procedures pertaining to appropriate behaviour to ensure that FAO is able to deliver on its mandate in an efficient, transparent way. In addition, the Code will help FAO in ensuring a solid reputational standing.