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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookDeveloping the Layer Farm Assessment Tool (LFAT)
Improving biosecurity and management in commercial layer farms in Indonesia
2020Also available in:
No results found.In order to minimize the potential spread of emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases and provide products that are safe, healthy, wholesome and halal, commercial layer farms in Indonesia need to ensure that they have good farm management practices, biosecurity, and animal health protocols in place on their farms. Good management and biosecurity can also provide positive environmental outcomes and maintain the health and financial viability of farm owners and workers. In response to this, the Food and Agriculture Organization – Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (FAO ECTAD) Indonesia and the Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services (DGLAHS) developed a tool to assess the management of small to medium size layer farms. The layer farm assessment tool (LFAT) evaluates the farm activities and characteristics and provides an objective measure of farm management and biosecurity. Not only does it allow comparison of farms but it also can be used by advisory staff to suggest improvements in order to reach the quality expected of HPAI-free compartmentalization farms and receive NKV (veterinary certification) farm accreditation. The LFAT is adapted from the HPAI-free certification examination check list used by the Directorate of Animal Health (DAH, DGL&AHS). HPAI-free compartment certification is an assessment standard for poultry farms under Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture regulation No.28/Permentan/OT.140/5/2008. The adaptation is to ensure that this tool is particularly relevant to small and medium-scale layer farms. The LFAT consists of 50 sub-components amalgamated into three components - farm management, biosecurity and poultry health management. Sub-components and hence components, are ranked on a scale of zero to five with a score of 4 and above classified as ‘good’. A score between 3 and 4 as ‘average’ and below 3, the sub-component is regarded as ‘poor’. The LFAT was piloted in Blitar (East Java), Kendal (Central Java) and Purbalingga districts (Central Java) in order to test its usefulness and applicability to layer farms. The LFAT has proved to be useful in providing an objective measure on which to base advisor and farmer training programs that lead to improved farm management, reduction in disease spread and more efficient value chains and vaccination programs. It can also be used as the measuring tool for farmers to move towards NKV and HPAI-free compartmentalization certification. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureCo-creating solutions for biosecurity and broiler business
Insights from Kiambu and Nairobi city counties in Kenya
2021Also available in:
No results found.The trend to urban and peri-urban livestock keeping is known in many developing and plays an important role in food security and livelihoods but can also pose a risk to the health of people. This development can be exemplified by the growing Kenyan small to medium-scale commercial poultry meat systems that rely on live bird markets and commonly have low biosecurity compliance. Although the relevant policy and legal biosecurity frameworks exists, enforcement actions are still piecemeal. There is the need to create an enabling environment where public authorities and private sector stakeholders, such as producers, traders, slaughterers, transport and market actors, collaborate and complement more effectively. The current policy brief sheds light on the current situation in Kiambu and Nairobi city counties and suggests an approach to improve biosecurity and broiler business in Kenya. -
Policy briefPolicy briefImproving broiler business and biosecurity – A win–win? Insights from producers in Menoufia and Qualiubia governorates in Egypt 2023
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No results found.The poultry sector is changing rapidly and especially commercial small and medium-scale broiler production in and around cities has increased greatly over the past decades. This trend has public health implications as transforming livestock systems in densely populated areas can drive the emergence of infectious diseases. Sanitation, hygiene and related biosecurity practices provide the foundation upon which a sustainable transformation of the poultry sector can take place. However, the compliance with certain standards by stakeholders is not only a matter of laws and regulations but also of their incentives to comply with them. Producers, for example, are more likely to adopt biosecurity practices when they are convinced of their economic viability and positive impact on their business. This brief presents an approach from the poultry sector in Egypt that explored biosecurity related win-win solutions for both public and private stakeholders.
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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
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.