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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookRecetario Internacional de la Quinua: tradición y vanguardia
Quinua: un futuro sembrado hace miles de años
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La quinua, el llamado grano de oro, protegido durante miles de años por los habi- tantes de las zonas andinas de América Latina y descubierto por el resto del mundo recientemente, fue homenajeada por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas al declarar el 2013 como el Año Internacional de la Quinua. La Organización reconoce así a los pueblos indígenas andinos, que han manteni- do, controlado, protegido y preservado la quinua como alimento de generaciones presentes y futuras gracias a sus conocim ientos y prácticas tradicionales de vida en armonía con la naturaleza. Además, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas toma nota de las cualidades nutritivas de la quinua y su adaptabilidad a diferentes condiciones agroecológicas, propiedades que, junto a su bajo costo de producción, la convierten en una gran aliada en la lucha contra el hambre y la inseguridad alimentaria Es a partir de este reconocimiento de la ONU que nace el presente recetario. ¿Su objetivo? Ser una herramienta para difundir la quinua y sus bondades, más allá de su zona de origen, promover su producción y consumo a nivel global, y llegar al plato de aquellos países que más sufren de inseguridad alimentaria. Para lograrlo, la FAO acudió a la tradición y a la vanguardia. La tradición está representada por algunas de las recetas que hoy por hoy cocinan los pueblos y comunidades de las zonas productoras de quinua de América Latina. Se trata de platos de orígenes diversos, algunos con cientos de años de histo ria y otros nacidos sólo hace unas pocas generaciones. Para representar a la vanguardia, la FAO, apoyándose en la campaña Chefs contra el Hambre, contactó a decenas de chefs de todo el mundo y los invitó a presentar recetas de bajo costo, saludables, nutritivas, sencillas de preparar y en cuya elabo- ración se utilizaran ingredientes de sus regiones. Un reto no menor. El resultado fue una treintena de recetas con ingredientes de todo el mundo, sabores exóticos y texturas y aromas variados. Una muestra de la versatilidad de este grano, adaptable a cualquier cocina. Ambos tipos de recetas, tradicionales y vanguardistas, se fusionan en este recetario, entregando más de 60 opciones de preparación. Esperamos que usted disfrute de este recetario, se atreva a explorar la amplia se- lección de sabores con quinua y, si está dentro de sus posibilidades, lo comparta con quienes más puedan beneficiarse de ella, colaborando así en la difusión de este futuro sembrado hace miles de años.
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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. -
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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Book (stand-alone)High-profileState of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities
Report 2020
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No results found.There is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals. However, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership and its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the European Commission. It presents concisely the state of knowledge on soil biodiversity, the threats to it, and the solutions that soil biodiversity can provide to problems in different fields. It also represents a valuable contribution to raising awareness of the importance of soil biodiversity and highlighting its role in finding solutions to today's global threats.