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ProjectFactsheetConsolidating School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean - GCP/RLA/223/BRA 2024
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The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 interrupted the years of international cooperation that sought to achieve food security in Latin America and the Caribbean. Due to the emergency, economic changes occurred in the involvement of institutions in developing School Feeding Programmes (SFPs), food delivery and creating safe classrooms.The project built upon the Government of Brazil’s technical cooperation in the region, supporting the implementation of programmes and public policies to ensure adequate and healthy food for students and their families. It also promoted local economic development through direct purchases from family farmers.This South-South Cooperation in capacity development and gender equality led to a school feeding network in the region. This network involves 26 countries engaging in activities and dialogue on the subject and has contributed to reducing poverty and malnutrition. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookRapid assessment of pollinators'status
A contribution to the international initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators
2008Also available in:
No results found.Every continent has reports of pollinator declines in at least one region/ country. The losses of pollination services have been well documented in many specifi c instances; what remains lacking are global assessments of changes in the distribution and levels of pollination services. As the recognized drivers of pollinator losses (changing land-use patterns, pesticide use, diseases, invasive species and climate change) are themselves changing in intensity, the global community is jus tifi ed in taking note and determining the actions that will conserve pollinators. The insidious nature of the loss of ecosystem services- by slow erosion rather than cataclysmic events- demands careful monitoring. Pollinators provide essential services to humans. In several instances, impressive documentation of the market and non-market values derived from pollination services has been made. Despite this, the economic valuation of pollination services has a number of challenges to overcome, many stemming from the gaps in understanding of the actual contribution of pollination to crop production. Developing sound management plans for pollinators will hinge on good taxonomic support. Linked to the taxonomic information about species is other information on biological characteristics (including fl oral relationships and ecological linkages) that are important for adaptive management. New approaches to managing pollinator information should help to overcome the taxonomic impediment, although the focus at present has been on bees, and not on other key pollinator groups. -
ProjectFactsheetConsolidación de programas de alimentación escolar en la América Latina y el Caribe - GCP/RLA/223/BRA 2024
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Los años de cooperación internacional para el logro de la seguridad alimentaria en América Latina y el Caribe fueron truncados por la pandemia de Covid-19 en 2020. Dada la urgencia, se produjeron cambios económicos en la implicación de las instituciones en el desarrollo de programas de alimentación escolar (PAE), entrega de alimentos y creación de aulas seguras.El proyecto ha seguido la cooperación técnica del gobierno brasileño en la región, apoyando la implementación de programas y políticas públicas para garantizar una alimentación adecuada y saludable para los estudiantes y sus familias, así como impulsando el desarrollo económico local a través de compras directas a los agricultores familiares.Como resultado de esta Cooperación Sur-Sur en desarrollo de capacidades e igualdad de género, ha surgido una red de alimentación escolar en la región que agrega 26 países que participan de las actividades y diálogos sobre el tema, la cual ha contribuido a reducir la pobreza y la malnutrición. -
ProjectFactsheetConsolidating School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean - GCP/RLA/223/BRA 2024
Also available in:
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 interrupted the years of international cooperation that sought to achieve food security in Latin America and the Caribbean. Due to the emergency, economic changes occurred in the involvement of institutions in developing School Feeding Programmes (SFPs), food delivery and creating safe classrooms.The project built upon the Government of Brazil’s technical cooperation in the region, supporting the implementation of programmes and public policies to ensure adequate and healthy food for students and their families. It also promoted local economic development through direct purchases from family farmers.This South-South Cooperation in capacity development and gender equality led to a school feeding network in the region. This network involves 26 countries engaging in activities and dialogue on the subject and has contributed to reducing poverty and malnutrition. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookRapid assessment of pollinators'status
A contribution to the international initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators
2008Also available in:
No results found.Every continent has reports of pollinator declines in at least one region/ country. The losses of pollination services have been well documented in many specifi c instances; what remains lacking are global assessments of changes in the distribution and levels of pollination services. As the recognized drivers of pollinator losses (changing land-use patterns, pesticide use, diseases, invasive species and climate change) are themselves changing in intensity, the global community is jus tifi ed in taking note and determining the actions that will conserve pollinators. The insidious nature of the loss of ecosystem services- by slow erosion rather than cataclysmic events- demands careful monitoring. Pollinators provide essential services to humans. In several instances, impressive documentation of the market and non-market values derived from pollination services has been made. Despite this, the economic valuation of pollination services has a number of challenges to overcome, many stemming from the gaps in understanding of the actual contribution of pollination to crop production. Developing sound management plans for pollinators will hinge on good taxonomic support. Linked to the taxonomic information about species is other information on biological characteristics (including fl oral relationships and ecological linkages) that are important for adaptive management. New approaches to managing pollinator information should help to overcome the taxonomic impediment, although the focus at present has been on bees, and not on other key pollinator groups. -
ProjectFactsheetConsolidación de programas de alimentación escolar en la América Latina y el Caribe - GCP/RLA/223/BRA 2024
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Los años de cooperación internacional para el logro de la seguridad alimentaria en América Latina y el Caribe fueron truncados por la pandemia de Covid-19 en 2020. Dada la urgencia, se produjeron cambios económicos en la implicación de las instituciones en el desarrollo de programas de alimentación escolar (PAE), entrega de alimentos y creación de aulas seguras.El proyecto ha seguido la cooperación técnica del gobierno brasileño en la región, apoyando la implementación de programas y políticas públicas para garantizar una alimentación adecuada y saludable para los estudiantes y sus familias, así como impulsando el desarrollo económico local a través de compras directas a los agricultores familiares.Como resultado de esta Cooperación Sur-Sur en desarrollo de capacidades e igualdad de género, ha surgido una red de alimentación escolar en la región que agrega 26 países que participan de las actividades y diálogos sobre el tema, la cual ha contribuido a reducir la pobreza y la malnutrición. -
ProjectFactsheetConsolidating School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean - GCP/RLA/223/BRA 2024
Also available in:
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 interrupted the years of international cooperation that sought to achieve food security in Latin America and the Caribbean. Due to the emergency, economic changes occurred in the involvement of institutions in developing School Feeding Programmes (SFPs), food delivery and creating safe classrooms.The project built upon the Government of Brazil’s technical cooperation in the region, supporting the implementation of programmes and public policies to ensure adequate and healthy food for students and their families. It also promoted local economic development through direct purchases from family farmers.This South-South Cooperation in capacity development and gender equality led to a school feeding network in the region. This network involves 26 countries engaging in activities and dialogue on the subject and has contributed to reducing poverty and malnutrition. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookRapid assessment of pollinators'status
A contribution to the international initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators
2008Also available in:
No results found.Every continent has reports of pollinator declines in at least one region/ country. The losses of pollination services have been well documented in many specifi c instances; what remains lacking are global assessments of changes in the distribution and levels of pollination services. As the recognized drivers of pollinator losses (changing land-use patterns, pesticide use, diseases, invasive species and climate change) are themselves changing in intensity, the global community is jus tifi ed in taking note and determining the actions that will conserve pollinators. The insidious nature of the loss of ecosystem services- by slow erosion rather than cataclysmic events- demands careful monitoring. Pollinators provide essential services to humans. In several instances, impressive documentation of the market and non-market values derived from pollination services has been made. Despite this, the economic valuation of pollination services has a number of challenges to overcome, many stemming from the gaps in understanding of the actual contribution of pollination to crop production. Developing sound management plans for pollinators will hinge on good taxonomic support. Linked to the taxonomic information about species is other information on biological characteristics (including fl oral relationships and ecological linkages) that are important for adaptive management. New approaches to managing pollinator information should help to overcome the taxonomic impediment, although the focus at present has been on bees, and not on other key pollinator groups. -
ProjectFactsheetConsolidación de programas de alimentación escolar en la América Latina y el Caribe - GCP/RLA/223/BRA 2024
Also available in:
Los años de cooperación internacional para el logro de la seguridad alimentaria en América Latina y el Caribe fueron truncados por la pandemia de Covid-19 en 2020. Dada la urgencia, se produjeron cambios económicos en la implicación de las instituciones en el desarrollo de programas de alimentación escolar (PAE), entrega de alimentos y creación de aulas seguras.El proyecto ha seguido la cooperación técnica del gobierno brasileño en la región, apoyando la implementación de programas y políticas públicas para garantizar una alimentación adecuada y saludable para los estudiantes y sus familias, así como impulsando el desarrollo económico local a través de compras directas a los agricultores familiares.Como resultado de esta Cooperación Sur-Sur en desarrollo de capacidades e igualdad de género, ha surgido una red de alimentación escolar en la región que agrega 26 países que participan de las actividades y diálogos sobre el tema, la cual ha contribuido a reducir la pobreza y la malnutrición.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileState of knowledge of soil biodiversity – Status, challenges and potentialities. Summary for policy makers 2020There is increasing attention on 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 summary for policy makers presents the key findings of the main report and 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. The summary for policy makers 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. This report is a valuable contribution to raising awareness of the importance of soil biodiversity and highlighting its role in finding solutions to today's global threats.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureThe International Network on Soil biodiversity
Mainstreaming soil biodiversity to halt biodiversity loss and ensure healthy soils for sustainable development
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No results found.The International Network on Soil Biodiversity (NETSOB) was established in December 2021 to promote the sustainable use and conservation of soil biodiversity and to bring experts in this field and existing initiatives together to form the human talent that contributes to the implementation of the Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory (GLOSOB). This brochure compiles information on the objectives of the network, its scope and areas of work, as well as information on how to become part of this important initiative.