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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureLos 10 elementos de la agroecología
Guía para la transición hacia sistemas alimentarios y agrícolas sostenibles
2018Los sistemas alimentarios y agrícolas actuales han logrado suministrar grandes volúmenes de alimentos a los mercados mundiales. Sin embargo, los sistemas agrícolas con un uso intensivo de los recursos y un elevado aporte de insumos externos han provocado una deforestación masiva, escasez de agua, pérdida de biodiversidad, agotamiento del suelo y niveles elevados de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. A pesar de los considerables avances realizados en los últimos años, el hambre y la pobreza extrema siguen siendo desafíos mundiales fundamentales. Incluso en los lugares en los que se ha reducido la pobreza, persisten desigualdades generalizadas, lo que dificulta la erradicación de la pobreza. La agroecología, parte integrante de la visión común de la FAO para una alimentación y una agricultura sostenibles, es un componente esencial en la respuesta mundial a este clima de inestabilidad y ofrece un planteamiento único para hacer frente a los aumentos significativos de nuestras necesidades alimentarias del futuro al tiempo que garantiza que nadie se quede atrás. La agroecología es un enfoque integrado que aplica simultáneamente conceptos y principios ecológicos y sociales al diseño y la gestión de los sistemas alimentarios y agrícolas. Su objetivo es optimizar las interacciones entre las plantas, los animales, los seres humanos y el medio ambiente, teniendo en cuenta, al mismo tiempo, los aspectos sociales que deben abordarse para lograr un sistema alimentario justo y sostenible. La agroecología no es un invento nuevo. Puede encontrase en las publicaciones científicas desde la década de 1920 y se ha materializado en las prácticas de los agricultores familiares, en los movimientos sociales populares en favor de la sostenibilidad y en las políticas públicas de distintos países de todo el mundo. En los últimos tiempos, la agroecología se ha integrado en el discurso de las instituciones internacionales y de las Naciones Unidas. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020
Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets
2020Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible data enabled the revision of the entire series of undernourishment estimates for China back to 2000, resulting in a substantial downward shift of the series of the number of undernourished in the world. Nevertheless, the revision confirms the trend reported in past editions: the number of people affected by hunger globally has been slowly on the rise since 2014. The report also shows that the burden of malnutrition in all its forms continues to be a challenge. There has been some progress for child stunting, low birthweight and exclusive breastfeeding, but at a pace that is still too slow. Childhood overweight is not improving and adult obesity is on the rise in all regions.The report complements the usual assessment of food security and nutrition with projections of what the world may look like in 2030, if trends of the last decade continue. Projections show that the world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and, despite some progress, most indicators are also not on track to meet global nutrition targets. The food security and nutritional status of the most vulnerable population groups is likely to deteriorate further due to the health and socio economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.The report puts a spotlight on diet quality as a critical link between food security and nutrition. Meeting SDG 2 targets will only be possible if people have enough food to eat and if what they are eating is nutritious and affordable. The report also introduces new analysis of the cost and affordability of healthy diets around the world, by region and in different development contexts. It presents valuations of the health and climate-change costs associated with current food consumption patterns, as well as the potential cost savings if food consumption patterns were to shift towards healthy diets that include sustainability considerations. The report then concludes with a discussion of the policies and strategies to transform food systems to ensure affordable healthy diets, as part of the required efforts to end both hunger and all forms of malnutrition.