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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFAW Guidance Note 6 – Fall Armyworm in Africa: FAO’s position on the use of the genetically modified (GM) maize 2017
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FAO recognizes that crop improvement through innovative technologies, including both conventional breeding and modern biotechnologies, is an essential approach to achieving sustainable increases in crop productivity and thus contributes to food security. Scientific evidence has shown that modern biotechnologies offer potential options to improving such aspects as the yield and quality, resource use efficiency, resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and the nutrition value of the crops. FAO is also aware of the public perception and concerns about the potential risks to human health and the environment associated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). FAO underlines the need to carefully evaluate the potential benefits and possible risks associated with the application of modern technologies. FAO emphasizes that the responsibility for formulating policies and making decisions regarding these technologies rests with the Member Governments themselves. -
DocumentOther documentFall Armyworm in Africa: FAO Position on the Use of Pesticides 2017
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFAO's position on the use of pesticides to combat fall armyworm 2017
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Pesticides play an important role in managing pests such as the fall army worm, however they can also pose unacceptable risks to human health and the environment. Pesticide risk reduction and risk management are essential to the responsible use of pesticides. FAO’s is developing a long-term IPM-based strategy for the sustainable management of fall armyworm, which includes forecasting, crop monitoring, use of biological control options, resistant varieties and promotion of good agricultural pract ices and, as a last resort option, the use of pesticides.
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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. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookGestion intégrée de la chenille légionnaire d’automne sur le maïs
Un guide pour les champs-écoles des producteurs en Afrique
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No results found.La chenille légionnaire d’automne, (), CLA, un dangereux ravageur transfrontalier originaire des Amériques, se répand rapidement dans toutes les sous-régions d’Afrique depuis 2016, provoquant d’importants dégâts aux cultures. L’éducation des agriculteurs et l’action communautaire sont des éléments de la stratégie pour gérer au mieux les populations de CLA à l’aide d’une approche de gestion intégrée et écologique du ravageur. Les champs-écoles des producteurs (CEP), une approche holistique de l’éducation des agriculteurs utilisée dans plus de 90 pays, seront une composante clé de cet effort d’intervention. Ce guide vise à fournir une orientation sur la façon de mener un CEP sur la gestion durable et intégrée de la CLA en Afrique, avec un accent sur le maïs en tant que plante hôte préférée de la CLA. Il fournit des informations sur la biologie et l’écologie de la CLA; des études de terrain et des exercices à utiliser dans les champs-écoles des producteurs durant toute la campagne agricole; et des suggestions sur la façon de développer un programme de formation pour les services de conseils ruraux/vulgarisation sur la CLA et pour les modules de mise à niveau des maîtres formateurs et des facilitateurs. -
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.