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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2019
Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
2019The need to reduce food loss and waste is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Food loss and waste reduction is considered important for improving food security and nutrition, promoting environmental sustainability and lowering production costs. However, efforts to reduce food loss and waste will only be effective if informed by a solid understanding of the problem. This report provides new estimates of the percentage of the world’s food lost from production up to the retail level. The report also finds a vast diversity in existing estimates of losses, even for the same commodities and for the same stages in the supply chain. Clearly identifying and understanding critical loss points in specific supply chains – where considerable potential exists for reducing food losses – is crucial to deciding on appropriate measures. The report provides some guiding principles for interventions based on the objectives being pursued through food loss and waste reductions, be they in improved economic efficiency, food security and nutrition, or environmental sustainability. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical book打造可持续的粮食体系
创新者手册
2022可持续的粮食体系对于保障子孙后代的粮食安全和饮食健康至关重要。要实现可持续性转型，必须重构众多粮食体系活动，全球各地无数主体正在开展行动。尽管有些转变相对容易，但是要通过转变来推广可持续的消费和生产模式，依旧需要复杂的综合技能。本书面向“可持续的粮食体系创新者”，来自亚洲、非洲、美洲、欧洲的创新人士，他们正领导众多倡议，根据实际情况种植、分享、销售、消费更可持续的食品。本书涵盖的众多实践正通过改变地方粮食体系的组织架构，来提升粮食体系的可持续性。本书按照“选择你自己的冒险故事”的方式来编排，让每位读者，不论是自己读还是跟着互助小组一起读，都能够根据需求定制个性化的学习和行动旅程。本书包含四大创新主题：留住消费者、可持续生产、产品入市和组织有序。 -
Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
2020Also available in:
No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated.