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ProjectFactsheetStrengthening Food Safety and Plant Health Protection Systems - TCP/MON/3902 2025
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No results found.In Mongolia, plant pests pose a critical challenge to agricultural yield, crop quality, and food safety. However, in addressing this issue, the use of chemical-intensive methods has raised concerns regarding health risks to agricultural workers, food contamination, and soil degradation. Although national laws, standards, and monitoring systems exist to control pesticide residues in food, their implementation has been constrained by limited technical capacity. Additionally, while there are laboratories capable of testing plant and soil samples, these facilities require additional support and resources to expand their analytical scope. As a net food-importing nation, Mongolia also requires robust phytosanitary measures to ensure compliance with international standards in pest detection and plant quarantine. Despite joining the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) in 2018, Mongolia’s genetic resources information system remains limited to spreadsheet programs, restricting information exchange with international gene banks. -
DocumentFactsheetDeveloping aquaculture for improved fish supply in Mongolia - TCP/MON/3501 2017Improving the diet composition of the population of Mongolia for better nutrition and health is one of the priorities in the National Food Security Programme. Increasing domestic fish production is recognized as an important means of reaching this goal, through the development of aquaculture and the improvement of inland fisheries in the country. The project aimed to achieve this by setting up pilot aquaculture business operations, improving capacity, and establishing an enabling environment for the development of the aquaculture sector in the country.
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ProjectFactsheetCreating an Enabling Environment and Capacity for School Food and Nutrition in Eastern Africa - TCP/SFE/3604 2020
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No results found.Malnutrition causes devastating effects on the health of children, particularly in terms of their physical and cognitive development. Moreover, childhood undernutrition can lower learning capacity, limit educational outcomes and thus compromise both future employment opportunities and overall health. Ultimately, this can perpetuate a generational cycle of poverty and malnutrition, which has negative consequences both for individuals and for countries. For example, stunting is estimated to cause 1–18 percent of school repetitions and decrease earnings by more than 20 percent in adulthood. It is further estimated that the African economy suffers an 11 percent loss to its gross domestic product due to the effects of stunting. Interestingly, preventing malnutrition in Africa has a 16 dollar return for every dollar spent, highlighting the importance of intervention measures. This is related to the fact that providing healthy, diverse and nutritionally-adequate diets in African schools is essential for increasing school attendance and performance levels, in addition to supporting optimal nutrition for growth and development and providing opportunities for other interventions, such as water sanitation and hygiene (WASH), deworming and reproductive health programmes.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFood loss and waste reduction and value chain development for food security in Egypt and Tunisia
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No results found.The brochures helps in promoting awareness about food loss and waste reduction. It explains the concept of the food loss and waste reduction and value chain development for food security in Egypt and Tunisia with a focus on the Egypt component of the project. It also explains the loss and waste along the value chain stages, the objectives, main activities and stakeholders of the project. -
Book (series)NewsletterSpecial report – 2023 FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Republic of the Sudan
19 March 2024
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No results found.Between 2 and 17 January 2024, following a request by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoA&F), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in close cooperation with the Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) and the State Ministries of Agriculture, carried out its annual Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to estimate the 2023 crop production and assess the food supply situation throughout the 18 states of the country. The report's recommendations are to provide immediate response to the needs of the population most affected by acute food insecurity as well as to support the recovery of the agriculture sector, increasing food production and farmers’ incomes, and enhancing efficiency along the value chain to reduce production costs. -
Book (series)Technical studyWorld Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2025 2025
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No results found.The Statistical Yearbook 2025 offers a synthesis of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape. Statistics are presented in four thematic chapters, covering the economic importance of agricultural activities, inputs, outputs and factors of production, their implications for food security and nutrition and their impacts on the environment. The Yearbook is meant to constitute a primary tool for policymakers, researchers and analysts, as well as the general public interested in the past, present and future path of food and agriculture.