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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetHigh-profileFAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme: Asia and the Pacific
Preventing new pandemics in Asia and the Pacific
2020Also available in:
No results found.The current COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes the need to prepare, prevent, detect and respond where the next pandemic is likely to start. Main risk settings for new pandemics are locations where close interaction between wildlife, livestock and humans provide the setting for pathogen spillover between different species. Early detection and response are essential. This requires the establishment or strengthening of current surveillance and laboratory systems as well as development and adoption of emergency preparedness procedures, contingency plans and standard operating procedures (SOPs) and availability of emergency funds to intervene rapidly and limit the spread and impact beyond the initial outbreak. This action sheet presents FAO's COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme's key priority area of preventing new pandemics in Asia and the Pacific. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetHigh-profileFAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme: Asia and the Pacific
Economic inclusion and social protection to reduce poverty
2020Also available in:
No results found.The COVID-19 crisis has revealed the precarious nature of pre-pandemic vulnerabilities and inequalities, which must be addressed as part of the strategy to “Build Back Better”. Based on the socio-economic impacts across Asia, the recovery path calls for broadening social safety nets, universal health insurance, affordable access to digital connectivity, income and livelihood diversification and building capacities to manage multiple risks and likely future pandemics. The economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have revealed multiple vulnerabilities within current economic development models, such as high dependence on tourism and service industries as engines for growth and employment. Many countries are re-examining the role of agriculture and integrated rural development as a long-term viable strategy to emerge from the current crisis, create jobs and absorb expanding job creation for more robust and sustainable economic recovery. This action sheet presents FAO's COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme's key priority area of "Economic inclusion and social protection to reduce poverty" for Asia and the Pacific. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetHigh-profileFAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme: Asia and the Pacific
Boosting smallholder resilience for recovery
2020Also available in:
No results found.Smallholder farmers, who are primarily family farmers in Asia and the Pacific account for more than 70 percent of the world’s 510 million small farms, contribute to 36 percent of the world’s food and produce 80 percent of the region’s milk and 80-90 percent of aquaculture. Yet, many of them are among the region’s 400 million extreme poor and the nearly one billion people who experience moderate or severe food insecurity. The COVID-19 pandemic severely affects smallholders who face persistent challenges, such as limited access to quality inputs, credit and markets; natural resources degradation; land and tenure insecurity; inability to meet stringent food safety and quality standards for diversification toward higher-value products; and compounding risks (of natural hazards, climate change, pest and diseases as well as conflict). With income drop, lack of credit and restricted movements, many smallholders are not in a position to buy the necessary inputs or are forced to prioritize buying food food for today over seeds for tomorrow. This action sheet presents FAO's COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme's key priority area of “Boosting smallholder resilience for recovery” action sheet for Asia and the Pacific.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileState of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities
Report 2020
2020Also available in:
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. -
BookletHigh-profileFAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 2022The FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 was endorsed by FAO Council in June 2022. This new strategy replaces the previous strategy from 2017 to better FAO's climate action with the Strategic Framework 2022-2031, and other FAO strategies that have been developed since then. The Strategy was elaborated following an inclusive process of consultation with FAO Members, FAO staff from headquarters and decentralized offices, as well as external partners. It articulates FAO's vision for agrifood systems by 2050, around three main pillars of action: at global and regional level, at country level, and at local level. The Strategy also encourages key guiding principles for action, such as science and innovation, inclusiveness, partnerships, and access to finance.
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BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
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.