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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureTen years of the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency – An FAO evaluation of the Agency’s impact on agricultural growth and poverty reduction
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2020Also available in:
No results found.This brief summarize the findings of the report "Ten years of the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency – An FAO evaluation of the Agency’s impact on agricultural growth and poverty reduction". This evaluation finds that ATA has achieved many of the outcomes it is being measured against, in terms of input use, extension services, and agricultural technology. The outcomes observed point to the effective removal of bottlenecks in the rural agricultural economy that have improved the linkages between producers, input markets and agricultural services. The improvements in those priority areas are reflected in productivity gains for certain priority crops and in market orientation positions that confirm ATA’s effectiveness in connecting producers to markets. FAO’s evaluation finds positive macroeconomic effects from ATA interventions, helping to ameliorate the reduction in gross domestic product growth, and also supporting the development of agroindustry and transportation services. -
ProjectFactsheetStrengthen Capacity to Sustainably Improve Livelihoods in the Green Growth Economic Corridor through Development of Strategic Mechanisms to Bolster Partnerships and Resource Mobilization under Hand-In-Hand Initiative (HIHI) - TCP/LAO/3805 2025
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No results found.Despite significant economic growth over the past two decades, poverty and malnutrition remain high in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. A Food Systems Assessment carried out in 2021 indicated that the country was faced by a triple burden of undernutrition, emergent overnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. In 2017, despite a significant decrease in the stunting rate for children under five (CU5) years, the rate remained high, at 33 percent. Underweight and wasting remained serious concerns, with 70 percent of children below 12 months suffering from anaemia (Lao Social Indicator Survey [LSIS], 2017), while overweight affected 3.5 percent of CU5 (LSIS, 2017). Maternal malnutrition continued to be a problem, with about 40 percent of women of reproductive age (WRA) being anaemic. Overweight and obesity were also increasing among WRA, reaching 12.8 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively (National Information Platform for Nutrition, 2020). Overall, the burden of malnutrition in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic is a clear threat to achieving the SDGs and the NSEDP 2021–2025 targets. The situation with regard to poverty, malnutrition and inequality has suffered further deterioration as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the exacerbations of climate change. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAfrica Sustainable Livestock 2050 (ASL) - Livestock sector development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa – A comparison of sector growth and transformation 2019
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No results found.Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050 (ASL2050) is drawing lessons out of the past growth of the livestock sector in Asia to assist countries in the African continent to formulate policies that ensure a sustainable growth of livestock, from an environmental, public health and social perspective. This document is part of a series of six documents within the ASL2050 project comparing livestock sector development in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. These broad overviews sharpen our understanding, highlight contrasts and similarities, test hypotheses, and inform the decision-making process. This paper presents and discusses data and statistics on the drivers of livestock sector growth and transformation in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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BookletCorporate general interestNuclear and isotopic techniques to assess the fate and impacts of plastic pollution on soil ecosystems and the environment 2024
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No results found.Plastics (Ps) are widely used by people, and their production has increased from 1.7 million metric tonnes in 1950 to 359 million metric tonnes in 2018. The production, demand, and waste of plastics and microplastics (MPs, plastic particles <5 mm in size) have grown exponentially in the last century. However, despite their benefits to society, most plastics end up on land and in the soil (long-term sink), degrading into MP before entering the marine environment. The current conventional and isotopic methods, their advantages and disadvantages are discussed in this document. This document focuses on the methodologies that contribute to comprehensive monitoring (fate and dynamics) and assessment of the impacts of plastic on soil fauna, that eventually lead to the development of mitigation strategies, as well as for evaluating the effectiveness of such measures. The cost–benefit and cost–effectivity analyses are not discussed in this technical paper. Neither does the paper touch on risk management approaches, such as hazard identification, exposure assessment, toxicological assessments, and the overall risk assessment. -
BookletHigh-profileFAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 2022The FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 was endorsed by FAO Council in June 2022. This new strategy replaces the previous strategy from 2017 to better FAO's climate action with the Strategic Framework 2022-2031, and other FAO strategies that have been developed since then. The Strategy was elaborated following an inclusive process of consultation with FAO Members, FAO staff from headquarters and decentralized offices, as well as external partners. It articulates FAO's vision for agrifood systems by 2050, around three main pillars of action: at global and regional level, at country level, and at local level. The Strategy also encourages key guiding principles for action, such as science and innovation, inclusiveness, partnerships, and access to finance.
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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.