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DocumentOther documentBillfishes caught in the Malagasy EEZ from 2011 to 2013 by the foreign longliners 2014
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MeetingMeeting documentCatch Per Unit Effort of billfish caught by Malagasy longliners from 2010 to 2011 2013
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MeetingMeeting documentSharks caught by Malagasy longline in 2012 2013
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No results found.Madagascar started exploring longline fishery in 2007 by shifting from trawl gear to small longliners. The number of vessels, targeting tu and tu-like species in the IOTC area of competence, has been increasing. In 2012, Malagasy flag deployed 8 longliners less than 24 m off the east coast (Annexe1). Note that some of them are multigear, wherebery fishing vessels may target demersal resources and at othertimes they may target tu and tu-like species. The following results were obtained from the M alagasy observer program database and from pelagic species companies’ declarations. The trend of total declared catches decreased throughout recent years and ranged from 497 tons to 388 tons in 2010 and 2012, respectively. The decline of catches is due to the reduction of number of big vessels. Indeed, a significant declining trend in percentage of shark landings (from 17% to 13%) was observed over the period. This paper figured out that monthly effort ranged from 14,000 hooks deployed in April to 49,447 hooks deployed in October. Total catch was 388,361 tons which was composed of 44.66% tu, 25.38% billfishes, 13.24% sharks and 16.72% of others species. Sharks landed were composed mainly of mako shark (92.42%) and blue shark (6.84%) and their CPUEs’ were 143.5 Kg/1,000 hooks and 13.6 Kg/1,000 hooks, respectively. Two specimens of shortfin mako ranged from 212 to 258 cm FL were identified by observers on board. In the same way, 37 specimens of Blue shark ranged from 164 cm to 352 cm FL. This study showed some biological information of all observed species such as length, weight, sex, GSI maturity. Observers reported that Malagasy longliners still caught IOTC prohibited species such as bigeye thresher and thresher.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum
2023This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities for meeting the SDG 2 targets. One such megatrend, and the focus of this year’s report, is urbanization. New evidence shows that food purchases in some countries are no longer high only among urban households but also among rural households. Consumption of highly processed foods is also increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries. These changes are affecting people’s food security and nutrition in ways that differ depending on where they live across the rural–urban continuum. This timely and relevant theme is aligned with the United Nations General Assembly-endorsed New Urban Agenda, and the report provides recommendations on the policies, investments and actions needed to address the challenges of agrifood systems transformation under urbanization and to enable opportunities for ensuring access to affordable healthy diets for everyone. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureJoint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition
2022 in Review
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No results found.The 'JP GTA - 2022 In Review' offers a snapshot of the milestones, achievements and activities of the Joint Programme over the course of the past year, with links to articles, publications and event recordings. The report is structured along the four pillars of the JP GTA, with sections focusing on knowledge generation, country-level activities, capacity development and learning, and policy support and institutional engagement. The page on 'knowledge generation' offers an overview of resources published or facilitated by the JP GTA in 2022. Under 'country-level activities' readers will find a summary of the key activities and achievements of the Joint Programme in Ecuador and Malawi. The section on 'capacity development and learning' delves into the JP GTA’s initiatives to share lessons from the Programme and build colleagues' and partners' knowledge and skills. The final pages on 'policy support and institutional engagement' highlight major global and corporate initiatives supported by the JP GTA. -
Book (stand-alone)GuidelineGuidelines for measuring household and individual dietary diversity 2011
Please note: A recent development has led to a new dietary diversity indicator, the Minimum Dietary Diversity-Women (MDD-W), to replace the Women’s Dietary Diversity Score (WDDS). However, the procedures for the assessment of Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) remain unchanged. New standalone guidelines for both the MDD-W and the HDDS are being developed and will be available soon from http://www.fao.org/food/nutr ition-assessment/en/. It is recommended to follow the new procedures and guidelines for assessing dietary diversity in any future studies.
Obtaining detailed data on household food access or individual dietary intake can be time consuming and expensive, and requires a high level of technical skill both in data collection and analysis. Dietary diversity is a qualitative measure of food consumption that reflects household access to a variety of foods, and is also a proxy for nut rient adequacy of the diet of individuals. The dietary diversity questionnaire represents a rapid, user-friendly and easily administered low-cost assessment tool. Scoring and analysis of the information collected with the questionnaire is straightforward. The dietary diversity scores described in these guidelines consist of a simple count of food groups that a household or an individual has consumed over the preceding 24 hours. The guidelines describe the use of the dietary diversity quest ionnaire at both the household and individual level, for which calculation of the score is slightly different in each case. The data collected can also be analyzed to provide information on specific food groups of interest. The household dietary diversity score (HDDS) is meant to reflect, in a snapshot form, the economic ability of a household to access a variety of foods. Studies have shown that an increase in dietary diversity is associated with socio-economic status and household food s ecurity (household energy availability) (Hoddinot and Yohannes, 2002; Hatloy et al., 2000).