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ProjectFactsheetSupport for Emergency Preparedness and Response to Strengthen Management Capacities of Maghreb Countries to Mitigate the Impact and Risk of Fall Armyworm in North Africa - TCP/SNE/3901 2024
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Originating in the Americas, fall armyworm (FAW) is an insect pest that feeds on maize and more than 80 crops, posing a major threat to global food security and the livelihoods of rural populations. In Africa alone, it has the potential to bring about the annual loss of 17.7 million tonnes of maize, with a value of between USD 2.5 and 6.2 billion. With its ability to travel more than 100 km in a single night, FAW spreads quickly thanks to its high reproduction rate, its natural dispersion capacity and international trade. Once established, FAW is impossible to eradicate, making its containment a pressing global challenge. FAW has already impacted food production and security in Mauritania, and its potential spread poses a threat to neighbouring countries in the Maghreb. To stem this threat, FAO has launched a three-year initiative for Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control, and has urged the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) to help with its implementation. This initiative aims to strengthen global, regional and national prevention and sustainable control efforts against FAW. Mauritania has requested the technical assistance of FAO in countering the threat of invasion by this pest in the country’s agricultural production area. In addition, due to the insect's transboundary nature and its geographical coverage, its incursion into neighbouring countries is likely. As a result, the proposed interventions consisted of awareness-raising, monitoring and control actions in Mauritania, as well as preparedness and early control in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. This project set out to: (i) raise awareness of FAW with training on appropriate management strategies; (ii) train relevant personnel in controlling the spread of FAW; (iii) strengthen capacities in monitoring, surveillance, identification and differentiation of similar insect species. It thus aimed to influence policy changes and the design of integrated pest management strategies, enhance biosecurity control, reduce the effects of an incursion or invasion and ensure sustainable crop production. -
Poster, bannerPoster / banner / roll-up / folderClosing workshop for the FAO regional project On emergency preparedness and response to strengthen capacities for near east and North Africa region to mitigate the risk of fall armyworm (FAW) Amman, Jordan 13-14 March, 2023 2023
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ProjectFactsheetStrengthening Policy and Leadership Capacities for Transforming Agrifood Systems in the Nena Region - TCP/RAB/3805 2024
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The Near East and North Africa (NENA) region has a crucial need for capacity development in leadership and decision-making in agriculture, food security and related areas. In order to ensure the state of the art knowledge and skills required, leadership in the region’s agriculture sector needed to be strengthened. Before the project, the sector’s leaders lacked real time information and analytical capacities, particularly in such specialized areas as climate change mitigation and adaptation for agriculture, water management, soil health, plant production and protection, livestock and fisheries management, and agribusiness. The overall aim of the project was to build capacities in these areas through specifically designed and tailored training for stakeholders at political, senior, middle and junior levels. It would do this in two ways. The first would involve the establishment of the FAO Regional Leadership Academy (RLA), a structure that would collaborate with important agriculture academic, training and research institutions across the NENA region.
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Journal, magazine, bulletinBulletinPostharvest Extension Bulletin - January-March 2019
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No results found.The bulletin updates activities of the project - "Reducing food loss through postharvest management of key fruits and vegetables in Ethiopia". -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookЭндемики И Редкие Виды Растений Кыргызстана (Атлас) 2015
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No results found.This Atlas is an encyclopedic and colorfully illustrated publication for the readers of all ages and professions, and helps to know more closely the beauty of the Kyrgyz nature. The text while written in a scientific language, is still quite understandable both for professionals and for lovers of nature. The vivid pictures convey the unique beauty of each plant and the maps with ranges provide information on its habitats. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileThe future of food and agriculture – Alternative pathways to 2050 2018
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No results found.The report 'The future of food and agriculture – Alternative pathways to 2050' explores three different scenarios for the future of food and agriculture, based on alternative trends for key drivers, such as income growth and distribution, population growth, technical progress in agriculture, and climate change. Building on the report 'The future of food and agriculture – Trends and challenges', this publication provides scenario-based quantitative projections to 2050 for food and agriculture. Quantitative evidence and qualitative assessments, shed light on possible strategic options for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of eradicating hunger, improving nutrition and ensuring that food and agricultural sectors become economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.