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Knowledge and Information for Sustainable Food Systems

Year of publication 2016

Pages 238 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109068-8

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO/UNEP joint programme is catalysing partnerships among United Nations agencies, other international agencies, governments, industry and civil society to promote activities that can contribute to sustainable food systems. Improving knowledge collection and sharing are a key area of work to progress towards more sustainable food systems, taking into consideration the environmental, economic and social dimensions. This work aims to better identify the requirements and perspectives of the va rious types of actors, in terms of data and means to access them, to identify and assess existing data and gaps, and to identify and assess existing knowledge-sharing tools and mechanisms. The FAO/UNEP programme organized, in September 2014, a workshop on “Knowledge and Information for Sustainable Food Systems”. The various sessions of the workshop considered the needs and perspectives of the various stakeholders and ways to address them. This publication is a compilation of the papers presente d at the workshop, and the workshop summary.

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