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ProjectFactsheetTechnical Assistance for Developing a Digital Mapping System of the Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) - TCP/PHI/3806 2024
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No results found.Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty are key concerns in the Philippines. To address these issues, the Government of the Philippines created the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) with 11 government agencies to support the goals of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022. Under the EPAHP Convergence Program, these agencies sought to improve the provision of food to impoverished and malnourished school children through their flagship Feeding Program. However, unreliable food sources and unstable food availability often hindered the operation of its feeding centres. In this regard, the EPAHP lead agency, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), requested support from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to improve the program’s operational processes through a web-based digital mapping system (DMS). Normally, national government agencies and local government units engage community-based organizations (CBOs), including farmers and cooperatives, to secure food for their local feeding centres. However, before this project, EPAHP partners did not have a standardized process for accrediting CBOs, nor a system for mapping and registering these entities. Although the DSWD already utilized a guide for targeting possible suppliers – the Community Participation Procurement Manual (CPPM) – stakeholders believed that a digital database would be more effective, especially in assisting feeding centres to locate and contact CBOs for immediate needs. -
ProjectFactsheetSupport to the Establishment of Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Impact Monitoring System - TCP/PHI/3710 (Phase I) and TCP/PHI/3908 (Phase II) 2025
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No results found.In 2019, the Government of the Philippines signed an important law Republic Act (RA) 11203, “An Act Liberalizing the Importation, Exportation and Trading of Rice, Lifting for the Purpose the Quantitative Import Restrictions on Rice and for Other Purposes”, also known as the Rice Liberalization Act (RLA).This law also established the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) which aims to increase the competitiveness and income of local rice farmers through the implementation of rice farm machineries and equipment; rice seed development, propagation and promotion; expanded rice credit assistance; and rice extension services. The act also states that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is the overall accountable agency and the chair of the RCEF Program Steering Committee (PSC). -
ProjectFactsheetSupport to Enhancing Farm Tourism in the Philippines for Inclusive Rural Development - TCP/PHI/3805 2024
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No results found.The Farm Tourism Development Act of 2016 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations were enacted to support the development and promotion of farm tourism in the Philippines. They provide the policy and enabling environment for farm tourism in the country while recognizing the importance of agriculture in making available food and other products necessary to sustain and enhance human life, and highlighting the role of farm tourism as an important pillar for employment and productivity, and sustainable livelihoods. Farm tourism is defined as the practice of attracting visitors and tourists to farm areas for productive, educational and recreational purposes. It involves any agricultural or fishery-based operation or activity that brings to a farm visitors, tourists, farmers and fisherfolk who want to be educated and trained in farming and its related activities. The Department of Tourism, the agency mandated to promote agritourism for countryside development and the preservation of rural life, expects the number of accredited farm tourism sites in the country to increase with the completion of the Farm Tourism Strategic Action Plan. Farm tourism is one of the priority programmes under the Tourism Response and Recovery Programme, the strategic plan of the DoT to counteract the social and economic impact of COVID 19 on tourism workers and enterprises, and revive domestic tourism in the country.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021. -
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 interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
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No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018.