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BookletCorporate general interestStrengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results. Food Systems for Healthy Diets
Policy Guidance Note No. 12
2019Also available in:
No results found.This policy guidance note is part of a series that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners are producing to support policy makers address the food security and nutrition situation in their country. Each note provides guidance on how to sharpen the focus of sector policies in order to achieve sustainable food security and nutrition outcomes. This note gives guidance on how to use a food systems's perspective to address all forms of malnutrition. Particular focus is given to tackling overweight and obesity and preventing NCDs because of their increasing prevalence globally. The note supports decision-makers and stakeholders in the food and agriculture sector by addressing the following questions: How can food systems better coontribute to healthy diets and prevent all forms of malnutrition? What policy changes are needed to achieve this objective? What is the best way to actually bring about policy change? In a four-step approach the note provides concrete actions to undertake in order to find an answer to them. -
Book (stand-alone)General interest bookЗеленый мир под куполом: Овощи с грядки в школьную столовую / The green world under the dome: Vegetables from a seedbed to school canteen
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2019Also available in:
No results found.The photo-book draws the attention to the implementation of the “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia” project in Tajikistan, launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and funded by the Russian Federation. The project’s key purpose in Tajikistan is to boost the effectiveness and quality of the school nutrition program through the creation of school-based plots, produce from which will be used in the cafeteria in cooking tasty and nutritious breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. This book provides the "reader" with an insight into how growing vegetables in greenhouses can benefit schools, farmers, local communities and children in Tajikistan. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSoil erosion: the greatest challenge for sustainable soil management 2019
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Despite almost a century of research and extension efforts, soil erosion by water, wind and tillage continues to be the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services in many regions of the world. Our understanding of the physical processes of erosion and the controls on those processes has been firmly established. Nevertheless, some elements remain controversial. It is often these controversial questions that hamper efforts to implement sound erosion control measures in many areas of the world. This book, released in the framework of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (15-17 May 2019) reviews the state-of-the-art information related to all topics related to soil erosion.