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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookRapid Woodfuel Assessment - 2017 Baseline for Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda 2017
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No results found.Uganda is host to more than 1 million refugees who have fled famine, conflict and insecurity in the neighbouring countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. The recent influx of refugees from South Sudan prompted one of Uganda’s most severe humanitarian emergencies and led to the establishment of the Bidibidi settlement in Yumbe District in August 2016. The Bidibidi refugee settlement is now the largest refugee-hosting area in the world with 272 206 refugees. It h as increased pressure on the environment due to tree felling for settlement establishment and to meet ongoing household demand for woodfuel for cooking and heating. FAO and UNHCR initiated a joint rapid woodfuel assessment in March 2017 to determine the supply and demand of woodfuel resources in the area. The assessment had three components: 1) an assessment of woodfuel demand; 2) an assessment of woodfuel supply; and 3) the identification of interlinkages, gaps, opportunities and alternative sc enarios. Data and information were obtained through a desk review of existing documents, field surveys, and remote sensing analysis. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookÉvaluation rapide des combustibles ligneux: Base de référence 2017 pour les zones entourant la ville de Goré, Tchad.
Offre/demande de combustibles ligneux, défis multisectoriels associés, et recommandations pour une gestion pacifique des ressources naturelles
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Les crises multiples et prolongées en République Centrafricaine (RCA) ont conduit à des déplacements massifs de population dans les pays limitrophes et notamment au Tchad. Le sud du Tchad a connu deux vagues principales de déplacement suite aux deux conflits récents en RCA: la guerre civile suite à l’accession au pouvoir de Francois Bozizé (2004 – 2007) et la guerre civile résultant des combats entre le mouvement rebelle ex-Séléka et les milices Anti-balaka depuis 2013. Les différents camps dans la zone de Goré acceuillent une population de plus de 90 000 personnes dont 35 pour cent sont réfugiés, 21 pour cent rapatriés et 44 pour cent autochtones. Cette population dépend des ressources ligneuses pour cuisiner, se chauffer et s'éclairer. Cet influx de population a augmenté la pression sur l’environnement par l’abattage des arbres pour l’installation et pour satisfaire les besoins en bois de chauffe des populations. Par conséquent, une évaluation rapide fut lancée conjointement par la FAO et le HCR en mai 2017 pour estimer l’offre et la demande en bois de feu dans la zone. Cette analyse inclue quatre étapes: (i) une estimation de la demande en bois de feu, (ii) la réalisation d’un inventaire forestier à petite échelle, (iii) un traitement d’images satellitaires pour la zone et (iv) l’identification pertinente des liens, des disparités, des opportunités et des scénarios énergétiques alternatifs pour la zone autour de la ville de Goré (Tchad). -
Book (stand-alone)Working paperWood-energy supply/demand scenarios in the context of poverty mapping
A Wisdom case study in Southeast Asia for the years 2000 and 2015
2007Also available in:
No results found.Current (2000) and projected (2015) woodfuel consumption patterns and supply potentials in continental Southeast Asia are analysed and mapped applying the Woodfuel Integrated Supply/Demand Overview Mapping (WISDOM) methodology. Combined with poverty data, the study helps define areas where poor rural and suburban populations that depend primarily on woodfuels for their subsistence energy supply are likely to suffer severe shortages, adding an indicator to the mapping of extreme poverty a nd a new tool for poverty alleviation policies and forestry and energy development planning. Integrating several cartographic layers with multi-source field data provides maps of woody biomass stocking and potential sustainable productivity in 2000 and 2015 at a spatial resolution of less than 1 km. Woody biomass consumption maps matching the resolution of supply maps, coupled with likely population distribution in 2015 and model projections of woodfuel consumption, give future consump tion scenarios. Combining these yields balance maps of woodfuel deficit and surplus areas. This study is a starting point for expanding work in the agro-energy sector, which can benefit from the approach, the GIS analytical environment, the additional thematic layers and the nexus with forestry, energy and poverty alleviation issues.
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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. -
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.