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Book (series)Technical studyAfrica regional overview of food security and nutrition 2020: Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets 2021
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Africa is not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 targets to end hunger and ensure access by all people to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food all year round and to end all forms of malnutrition. The number of hungry people on the continent has risen by 47.9 million since 2014 and now stands at 250.3 million, or nearly one-fifth of the population. The 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of this report explain that this gradual deterioration of food security was due to conflict, weather extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns, often overlapping. A continued worsening of food security is expected also for 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to hunger, across all countries in Africa millions of people suffer from widespread micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity are emerging as significant health concerns in many countries. This report shows that the food system in Africa does not provide food at a cost that makes nutritious food affordable to a majority of the population, and this is reflected in the high disease burden associated with maternal and child malnutrition, high body-mass, micronutrient deficiencies, and dietary risk factors. The report also shows that current food consumption patterns impose high health and environmental costs, which are not reflected in food prices. The findings presented in this report highlight the importance of prioritizing the transformation of food systems to ensure access to affordable and healthy diets for all, produced in a sustainable manner. -
Book (series)Working paperAnalysis of food demand and supply across the rural–urban continuum for selected countries in Africa
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
2023Also available in:
No results found.This background paper to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 analyses a key element of agrifood systems transformation: the change of patterns in food supply and demand. Several studies have discussed this topic, but the current one takes an innovative perspective of analysis, considering these changes with a spatial perspective using the urban rural catchment areas (URCA) approach to analyse changes in food expenditure across the rural–urban continuum, using Living Standards Measurement Studies (LSMS) of 11 African countries. The analysis is preceded by a literature review of agrifood value chains transformation stages, drivers and current situation, focused in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and is followed by a macro review of food supply around the world and a “macro-meso” review of the supply of wheat and rice in two African countries. The conclusions shows that most food is purchased in all households across the rural–urban continuum, even in rural areas, breaking with the “myth” of rural subsistence farming in Africa. In addition, the results show a diffusion of the consumption of processed foods, including in a lesser extent highly processed foods, all across the rural–urban continuum, and not only in rural areas. From a food supply perspective, the low global availability of foods that are part of a healthy diet, as fruits, vegetables and legumes, nuts and seeds calls for increasing efforts for producing more nutritious foods in all countries of the world. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureAgrifood system pathways to healthy diets: A stepwise approach 2023
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No results found.This course uses a stepwise approach to identify critical entry points for actions within the agrifood systems to improve availability, accessibility, affordability, and consumption of nutritious food, as part of healthy diets.explains the need to regularly monitor and assess the outcomes of EAF implementation, then review and, if necessary, adapt the Fisheries Management Plan, and report on performance. It was designed to provide guidance on the key aspects related to the monitoring and review process of an EAF.
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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 (stand-alone)Manual / guideMapeo de suelos afectados por salinidad - Manual técnico 2021
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Los suelos afectados por salinidad como los suelos salinos o sódicos están distribuidos en todos los continentes con diversos niveles de intensidad de problemas. Se trata de suelos con altas cantidades de sales solubles y/o iones de sodio. La información actualizada de su distribución y causas es un primer paso hacia su manejo sustentable. Este libro brinda las guías técnicas y el enfoque para desarrollar información armonizada a escalas múltiples de los suelos afectados por salinidad. El libro está organizado en tres secciones integradas por siete capítulos. Las secciones están ordenadas en secuencia pero diseñadas en forma independiente a efecto de favorecer una lectura enfocada para los que deseen ir directamente a alguna sección. La Sección 1 proporciona los antecedentes. Consta de tres capítulos que abarcan la literatura sobre las características y métodos de mapeo para suelos con problemas de salinidad. Se pretende ilustrar los conceptos básicos, el vínculo de las características de los suelos afectados por salinidad con los requisitos de los datos de entrada para su mapeo, los métodos de clasificación existentes y la distribución global de estos suelos. La Sección 2 abarca los procedimientos metodológicos para desarrollar información espacial a escalas múltiples de los suelos afectados por salinidad. Cuenta con dos capítulos que describen los requerimientos, la preparación de los datos de entrada y los pasos procedimentales para desarrollar información espacial sobre suelos afectados por salinidad. Expone la forma de armonizar e integrar los datos de diferentes fuentes y características para producir información sobre suelos afectados por salinidad. La Sección 3 abarca el intercambio de información y la movilización de recursos al desarrollar información sobre suelos afectados por salinidad. Provee las guías para preparar mapas espaciales y los pasos para incluir valor agregado para beneficiar a los usuarios finales de la información. Contiene igualmente un programa de capacitación genérico para desarrollar capacidad técnica para el mapeo de los suelos afectados por salinidad. -
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.