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Journal, magazine, bulletinBulletinBoletín NotiFAO. Enero - Marzo 2015
Servicio informativo de la Representación de la FAO en Cuba
2015Also available in:
No results found.El boletín ofrece detalles de las primeras actividades desarrolladas en la Representación de la FAO en Cuba por el Año Internacional de los Suelos, así como información de las diferentes conferencias impartidas por el Representante sobre la intensificación sostenible de la producción vegetal y la agricultura de conservación. El boletín también ofrece información sobre las acciones realizadas por el Día Internacional de la Mujer y referidas a la trabajo de sensibilización sobre género que se ha h echo en el proyecto vinculado al desarrollo porcino en Cuba. Además se recogen los eventos que se realizarán en el sector agrícola a lo largo del año y las publicaciones recibidas en la oficina. -
Journal, magazine, bulletinBulletinBoletín NotiFAO. Diciembre 2013
Servicio informativo de la Representación de la FAO en Cuba
2013Also available in:
No results found.Entre las noticias de este boletin destacamos el reconocimiento por la FAO de los logros de Cuba en la lucha contra el hambre, que ubican Cuba entre los países de América Latina y el Caribe que la han erradicado. Al mostrar ante la prensa la publicación de FAO, Panorama de la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional 2013, el representante de la Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y Agricultura (FAO) en Cuba resaltó la voluntad política y el apoyo del Gobierno cubano en el cumplimient o de esta tarea. -
Book (stand-alone)FlagshipEl estado mundial de la agricultura y la alimentación 2015 Resumen (SOFA)
La protección social y la agricultura: romper el ciclo de la pobreza rural
2015Muchos países han cumplido los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) sobre reducción de la pobreza; sin embargo, muchos otros se están retrasando y el reto posterior a 2015 consistirá en la erradicación total de la pobreza y del hambre. La mayoría de los países en desarrollo reconocen cada vez más que se necesitan medidas de protección social para mitigar las penurias inmediatas de las poblaciones que viven en la pobreza y para impedir que otros caigan en ella cuando se produce una crisis. L a protección social puede ayudar también a sus beneficiarios a ganar productividad permitiéndoles la gestión de riesgos, la creación de activos y la dedicación a actividades más rentables. Estos beneficios se difunden más allá de los receptores inmediatos a sus comunidades y a la economía en general, a medida que los receptores adquieren alimentos, insumos agrícolas y otros bienes y servicios rurales. Pero la protección social solo puede ofrecer un camino sostenible para salir de la pobreza si e n la economía existe un crecimiento inclusivo. En la mayoría de países de ingresos bajos y medianos la agricultura sigue siendo el mayor empleador de las personas pobres y constituye una fuente importante de sus medios de vida a través de salarios y de su propia producción para el consumo de los hogares y el mercado. La pobreza y sus corolarios, es decir, la malnutrición, las enfermedades y la falta de formación, limitan la productividad agrícola. Por consiguiente, proporcionar de forma integrad a una protección social y un desarrollo agrícola da lugar a sinergias que pueden aumentar la eficacia de ambos.
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Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
2020Also available in:
No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated. -
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.