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MeetingMeeting documentThe experience of improving the safety of street food via international technical assistance
Country Paper proposed by China
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No results found.In the recent two decades, the overall food safety in China has been greatly improved. These achievements are the results of capacity building in government control agencies and also industries, including the technical assistance from international organizations. This paper describes the implementation of two programs on street food control by the Ministry of Health, China, FAO sponsored pilot program on improving the safety of street food in cities and WHO sponsored program on the improvement o f street food safety by the application of HACCP principles, as examples to demonstrate the contribution of technical assistance provided by international organizations to the progress of food safety control in developing countries. -
ProjectFactsheetAdvancing “Healthy Street Food Incentives” to Boost the Safety and Nutritional Balance of Street Food in Sub-Saharan Africa - TCP/RAF/3611 2020
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No results found.Street food vendors (SFVs) have proliferated in the last three and a half decades throughout Africa, owing to ongoing urbanization. On the one hand, this type of work provides a regular source of income for millions of people (mostly women) with limited access to the formal wage labour market; on the other hand, it represents a significant part of the daily diet for millions of low and middle-income urban dwellers who spend long hours out of the house. Despite its important role in securing food and reducing poverty in urban areas across Africa, the sector is largely affected by food safety issues, and it is characterized by an overwhelming presence of carbohydrate, protein, and fat-rich food, while micronutrient-rich foods are largely neglected. Against this background, the project aimed to introduce “Healthy Street Food Incentives” (HSFI), a financially self-sustainable strategy aimed at: i) making street food safer through a decentralized, participatory customer-led monitoring, enabling targeted inspections and rewards to safer vendors; and ii) making street food nutritionally more balanced through a Lottery or Scratch & Win that favours vendors and consumers who serve and eat more fruit. The pilot of the plan was to be implemented in Accra (Ghana) and Dar es Salaam (the United Republic of Tanzania); while a region-wide baseline study on the current situation of the street food sector would be carried out in 10 Low-Income-Food-Deprived Countries in Africa ([LIFDCs] Ethiopia, Rwanda, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique, Kenya, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo), in order to assess the feasibility of scaling up the plan, and to fine-tune it on the basis of each specific context. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFood safety is everyone’s business in street food vending 2022This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved in street food vending. It is part of a set of leaflets produced by FAO and WHO to promote food safety, in particular around World Food Safety Day.
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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. -
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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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.