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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureAccess to Global Online Research in Agriculture 2023
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As one of five global partnership programmes under the Research4Life umbrella, AGORA provides low- and middle-income countries, with free or low-cost access to major scientific journals in agriculture and related fields. The goal is to enhance the visibility of research outputs on agriculture and nutrition through access to timely agricultural information on the internet, and AGORA has and is making a huge contribution towards this. The new promotional guide takes users through the basics of the Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) programme, with tips on registering, eligibility, content, and more. -
BookletCorporate general interestAccess to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
User guide
2022The Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) User guide provides in-depth information about the AGORA programme including its background, content, how to join, eligibility details, partners and impact. The user guide also includes step-by-step instructions on how to access and efficiently utilize the AGORA content portal for current users, along with answers to troubleshooting issues. This publication will help to increase AGORA’s target audience (interested and registered public institutions in low-income countries) ability to utilize the AGORA platform efficiently, providing them with free or low-cost access to thousands of major scientific journals, electronic books and other resources from the world’s leading academic publishers in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, food, nutrition, veterinary science and related biological, environmental and related social sciences. The goal of the guide, and how it contributes to FAO's Strategic Objectives and priorities is to improve the quality and effectiveness of access to agricultural research, education and training in low-income countries, and in turn, improve food security. Through the proper use of the AGORA programme and content platform, researchers, policy-makers, educators, students, technical workers, and extension specialists have digital access to high-quality, relevant and timely agricultural information. -
DocumentOther documentAccess to Global Online Research in Agriculture: Exercises for AGORA Basic Course (2015) 2015
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No results found.The AGORA Basic Course (new 2015) is a series of training modules for individual users, with presentations and hands-on exercises. See http://www.fao.org/agora/training/en/ to access the individual modules in PPT. Most of the modules have exercises which follow, gathered in this document. The AGORA programme, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in t he fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is designed to enhance the scholarship of the many thousands of students, faculty and researchers in agriculture and life sciences in the developing world. AGORA is one of the four programmes that make up Research4Life: AGORA, HINARI, OARE and ARDI.
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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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BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
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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. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020
Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets
2020Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible data enabled the revision of the entire series of undernourishment estimates for China back to 2000, resulting in a substantial downward shift of the series of the number of undernourished in the world. Nevertheless, the revision confirms the trend reported in past editions: the number of people affected by hunger globally has been slowly on the rise since 2014. The report also shows that the burden of malnutrition in all its forms continues to be a challenge. There has been some progress for child stunting, low birthweight and exclusive breastfeeding, but at a pace that is still too slow. Childhood overweight is not improving and adult obesity is on the rise in all regions.The report complements the usual assessment of food security and nutrition with projections of what the world may look like in 2030, if trends of the last decade continue. Projections show that the world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and, despite some progress, most indicators are also not on track to meet global nutrition targets. The food security and nutritional status of the most vulnerable population groups is likely to deteriorate further due to the health and socio economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.The report puts a spotlight on diet quality as a critical link between food security and nutrition. Meeting SDG 2 targets will only be possible if people have enough food to eat and if what they are eating is nutritious and affordable. The report also introduces new analysis of the cost and affordability of healthy diets around the world, by region and in different development contexts. It presents valuations of the health and climate-change costs associated with current food consumption patterns, as well as the potential cost savings if food consumption patterns were to shift towards healthy diets that include sustainability considerations. The report then concludes with a discussion of the policies and strategies to transform food systems to ensure affordable healthy diets, as part of the required efforts to end both hunger and all forms of malnutrition.