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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureClimate-Smart Agriculture for Food Security. Side Event of the 34th Session of the UNFCCC Convention Subsidiary Bodies
Bonn, Germany. 6-17 June 2011
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DocumentOther documentAgriculture at the UN climate change talks
Bonn, Germany, 4-15 June 2014
2014Also available in:
No results found.This brief has been produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as part of the project “Climate-Smart Agriculture: capturing the synergies between mitigation, adaptation and food security” implemented within the Economics and Policy Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture (EPIC) Programme of the Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA). The project, funded by the European Commission, was launched in January 2012 in Malawi, Viet Nam and Zambia. It aims to support partner country readiness to transition towards Climate-Smart Agriculture. Any opinions stated herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of FAO or its partners. -
DocumentManual / guideA Guide to Agriculture at UNFCCC COP19
Warsaw, Poland, 11-22 November 2013
2013Also available in:
No results found.SBSTA 38 (Bonn, June 2013) exchanged views on issues relating to agriculture and “invited Parties and admitted observer organizations to submit their views on the current state of scientific knowledge on how to enhance the adaptation of agriculture to climate change impacts, while promoting rural development, sustainable development and productivity of agricultural systems and food security in all countries, particularly in developing countries. This should take into account the diversity of the agricultural systems and the difference in scale as well as possible adaptation co-benefits”. In addition to this explicit consideration of agriculture under SBSTA, there are also a number of side and parallel events, including the Global Landscape Forum (a two-day parallel event), specifically addressing agriculture and climate change. There are also agenda items (under SBSTA, SBI, ADP and COP) dealing with aspects of adaptation, mitigation and means enabling implementation that are of direc t relevance to agricultural adaptation and mitigation at country level. This guide highlights these agenda items. It is indicative rather than exhaustive and targets generally participants interested in agriculture and more specifically participants from partner country Ministries of Agriculture, supported by the EC-FAO Project on Climate-smart Agriculture (CSA).
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileStatus of the World's Soil Resources: Main Report 2015
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No results found.The SWSR is a reference document on the status of global soil resources that provides regional assessments of soil change. The information is based on peer-reviewed scientific literature, complemented with expert knowledge and project outputs. It provides a description and a ranking of ten major soil threats that endanger ecosystem functions, goods and services globally and in each region separately. Additionally, it describes direct and indirect pressures on soils and ways and means to combat s oil degradation. The report contains a Synthesis report for policy makers that summarizes its findings, conclusions and recommendations.The full report has been divided into sections and individual chapters for ease of downloading:
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW)
Managing systems at risk
2011This edition of The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture presents objective and comprehensive information and analyses on the current state, trends and challenges facing two of the most important agricultural production factors: land and water. Land and water resources are central to agriculture and rural development, and are intrinsically linked to global challenges of food insecurity and poverty, climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as d egradation and depletion of natural resources that affect the livelihoods of millions of rural people across the world. Current projections indicate that world population will increase from 6.9 billion people today to 9.1 billion in 2050. In addition, economic progress, notably in the emerging countries, translates into increased demand for food and diversified diets. World food demand will surge as a result, and it is projected that food production will increase by 70 percent in t he world and by 100 percent in the developing countries. Yet both land and water resources, the basis of our food production, are finite and already under heavy stress, and future agricultural production will need to be more productive and more sustainable at the same time. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileState of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities
Report 2020
2020Also available in:
No results found.There is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals. However, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership and its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the European Commission. It presents concisely the state of knowledge on soil biodiversity, the threats to it, and the solutions that soil biodiversity can provide to problems in different fields. It also represents a valuable contribution to raising awareness of the importance of soil biodiversity and highlighting its role in finding solutions to today's global threats.