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Book (series)Technical studyTurkey: Water along the food chain 2017
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No results found.Turkey’s agri-food sector will be of tremendous importance in the decades to come. In 2013, in terms of its total gross agricultural production value (at 2004-06 constant prices), Turkey was ranked eighth in the world, just behind Argentina and closely followed by France and Mexico. The first objective of this report is to compile empirical evidence from official statistics on water usage in the Turkish agricultural sector and to combine this with available qualitative information and first-hand company-level and stakeholder information about water usage in typical processing steps along the Turkish food value chain. This analysis was conducted while taking the perspectives of both the public and private sectors into account, and with a view toward the potential need for investment in order to maintain and increase the competitiveness of the Turkish agri-food industry in the long-term. The red meat chain in Turkey was therefore examined in detail as an example of a major sector with a dynamically growing domestic demand. The second objective of this report is to analyse existing economic incentives in Turkey that have an effect on the use of water along the food chain, and to investigate if and to what extent these incentives currently contribute to an overall “water-smart” policy framework around agricultural production and processing. Therefore, the overall purpose of the report is to determine whether potential changes to existing policies in Turkey might enable the countr y’s water resources to be used more efficiently and sustainably in future. -
Book (series)Technical studyUkraine: Water along the food chain 2016
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No results found.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its Investment Centre (IC) Division, is assisting the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in its goal to improve the impact of future EBRD agribusiness investments regarding water efficiency. To this end, in 2013, a joint FAO/EBRD project entitled “Water along the food chain” was initiated in four pilot countries – Ukraine, Turkey, Jordan and Kyrgyz Republic. The specific objectives of this project ar e four-fold: (i) conduct selected analyses of water efficiency along the food chain to inform EBRD’s agribusiness investment decisions; (ii) identify potential agribusiness clients for the bank and areas for further policy dialogue to improve water efficiency; (iii) improve agricultural water-use policy-making processes at the country level in the four abovementioned pilot countries through the involvement of private sector players; and (iv) coordinate the bank’s future interventions regarding w ater efficiency along the food value chain with those of other international financial institutions (IFIs) operating in the transition region. The main objective of this report is to indicate ways for Ukraine to move towards more water efficient and productive solutions. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureEnhancing food security and resilience of host communities and Syrian refugees in Jordan through agrifood production chains / تعزيز الأمن الغذائي وصمود المجتمعات المضيفة واللاجئين السوريين في الأردن من خلال سلاسل إنتاج الأغذية الزراعية 2024
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No results found.The reader of this publication will be able to know more about this project, which is funded by the Government of Italy through AICS, and its overall goal which is to improve the efficiency of the value chain of agricultural products and food commodities and enhance food security and livelihoods of 200 households of host communities and Syrian Refugees in Balqaa, Jerash, and Ajloun, where targeted households will benefit from developing their skills to generate self-employment, increase their income and support their families in nutritional activities.The project also addresses the needs of Syrian refugees and beneficiaries from the Jordanian host communities by promoting self-reliance and providing them with the "know-how" and business skills required in agri-food production. The project also includes training on transformative technologies in production and market-need assessment.سيتمكن قارئ هذا المنشور من معرفة المزيد عن هذا المشروع الذي تموله الحكومة الإيطالية من خلال الوكالة الايطالية للتعاون والتنمية، وهدفه العام وهو تحسين كفاءة سلسلة القيمة للمنتجات الزراعية والسلع الغذائية وتعزيز الأمن الغذائي وسبل عيش 200 أسرة من المجتمعات المضيفة واللاجئين السوريين في البلقاء وجرش وعجلون، حيث ستستفيد الأسر المستهدفة من تطوير مهاراتها لتوليد العمل الحر وزيادة دخلها ودعم أسرها في الأنشطة الغذائية.ويتناول المشروع أيضًا احتياجات اللاجئين السوريين والمستفيدين من المجتمعات الأردنية المضيفة من خلال تعزيز الاعتماد على الذات وتزويدهم "بالمعرفة" والمهارات التجارية المطلوبة في إنتاج الأغذية الزراعية. ويتضمن المشروع أيضًا التدريب على التقنيات التحويلية في الإنتاج وتقييم احتياجات السوق.
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No results found.Behind the new-look Non-Wood News is the usual wealth of information from the world of NWFPs. The Special Features section covers two different aspects of NWFPs: a specific product (bamboo) and a developing market (cosmetics and beauty care). Bamboo is versatile: it can be transformed, for example, into textiles, charcoal, vinegar, green plastic or paper and can also be used as a food source, a deodorant, an innovative building material and to fuel power stations. Reports indicate that natural c osmetics and beauty care are a huge global market, with forecasts indicating an annual growth of 9 percent through 2008. The Special Feature on Forest cosmetics: NWFP use in the beauty industry builds on this and includes information industry interest and marketing strategies (consumers are being drawn to natural products and thus their content is emphasized). As can be seen from the articles on shea butter in Africa and thanakha in Myanmar, many societies have always used and benefited from nat ural cosmetics. This issue includes other examples of traditional knowledge, such as the uses of the secretions of a poisonous tree frog in Brazil and the use by the traditional healers in India of allelopathic knowledge. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAppropriate food packaging solutions for developing countries 2014The study was undertaken to serve as a basis for the international congress Save Food!, taking place from 16 to 17 May 2011, at the international packaging industry fair Interpack2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Save Food! has been co organized by Interpack2011 and FAO, aiming to raise awareness on global food losses and waste. In addition, Save Food! brings to the attention of the international packaging industry the constraints faced by the small- and medium-scale food processing industries in dev eloping countries to obtain access to adequate packaging materials which are economically feasible. This revised edition, dated 2014, contains a new section on investment opportunities in developing countries (paragraph 3.7).
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ProjectProgramme / project reportAppropriate food packaging solutions for developing countries 2011
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No results found.The study was undertaken to serve as a basis for the international congress Save Food!, taking place from 16 to 17 May 2011, at the international packaging industry fair Interpack2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Save Food! has been co organized by Interpack2011 and FAO, aiming to raise awareness on global food losses and waste. In addition, Save Food! brings to the attention of the international packaging industry the constraints faced by the small- and medium-scale food processing industries in dev eloping countries to obtain access to adequate packaging materials which are economically feasible.