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Book (series)Good beekeeping practices for sustainable apiculture 2021
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Bees provide a critical link in the maintenance of ecosystems, pollination. They play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, ensuring the survival of many plants, enhancing forest regeneration, providing sustainability and adaptation to climate change and improving the quality and quantity of agricultural production systems. In fact, close to 75 percent of the world’s crops that produce fruits and seeds for human consumption depend, at least in part, on pollinators for sustained production, yield and quality. Beekeeping, also called apiculture, refers to all activities concerned with the practical management of social bee species. These guidelines aim to provide useful information and suggestions for a sustainable management of bees around the world, which can then be applied to project development and implementation. -
ProjectEnhancing Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture Productivity through Agroforestry Development in Mauritius - TCP/MAR/3705 2022
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No results found.The contribution of agriculture to the economy of Mauritius has decreased over the years and was estimated at 3 7 percent of gross domestic product in 2011 Agriculture in Mauritius comprises a sugar sector and a non sugar sector The sugar sector in Mauritius was hit by European Union reforms that led to a reduction in the price obtained for exports of sugar to the European Union The non sugar sector of Mauritius consists of the food crop and livestock sectors In 2011 it was reported that some 4 300 ha of land were under food crop cultivation, compared to around 59 724 ha under sugarcane Faced by increases in global food prices, rising food import bills and high price volatility, MAIFS developed a Strategic Plan for the Non sugar Sector 2016 2020 This emphasized the production of a number of priority crops, sustainable agricultural development and the provision of more land for food production Mauritius’s forested areas account for approximately 2 000 km 2 of which about 25 percent is under plantation forestry, with the remaining area under secondary alien vegetation or native forest remnants The extent of reasonable quality native forest (i e with more than 50 percent native plant canopy cover) is currently estimated at around 2 600 ha, representing less than 2 percent of the total area of the island Around 47 percent of the forested land in Mauritius is state owned. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFAO Regional Initiatives: Supporting member states to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
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No results found.The Asia-Pacific region, despite impressive economic growth, is home to 490 million people still suffering from chronic hunger and it accounts for 62 percent of undernourished people in the world. Other trends and topics that need to be taken into account include population growth, urbanization and change of dietary patterns, issues of malnutrition and food safety, climate change and disaster risk, and unsustainable production and environmental degradation. Therefore, in order to achieve FAO’s mandate related to SDG Goals, there is a need for placing sustainable agriculture and food systems in the center of the agenda applying the five principles of sustainable food and agriculture. In this regard, FAO plans to undertake to support member states in achieving SDGs through five Regional Initiatives in 2018-19, notably Zero Hunger, Blue Growth, Climate Change, One Health, and the Inter-regional Initiative on SIDS for the Pacific, which obtained endorsement at the 40th Session of the FAO Conference in July 2017.
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