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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureMitigating impacts of drought on agriculture livelihoods and food security
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2022Also available in:
No results found.This project fact sheet summarizes the key aspects of this project Mitigating impacts of drought on agriculture livelihoods and food security, objective, budget, geographical scope, people assisted, assistance modalities, crosscutting issues and SDGs contribution. The key objective of this project is to protect the agriculture livelihoods of vulnerable marginal farming households from the adverse impacts of the ongoing drought, COVID-19, worsening of existing food crisis, and other recent shocks in Afghanistan; by providing time-critical and season-sensitive emergency assistance in the form of quality agriculture inputs, related technical training, and awareness building on COVID-19 safety measures to adopt during farm level practices and market participation. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEmergency responseAfghanistan: Worsening drought – Urgent call for assistance 2025
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No results found.The impacts of the 2025 drought in Afghanistan are threatening the survival of rural households across half the country, compounding one of the world’s largest food crises. With widespread rainfed crop failure, severe pasture loss and alarming groundwater depletion, farming and pastoralist communities are rapidly losing their ability to cope. In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) seeks USD 34.5 million to support 1.04 million people with time-critical agricultural assistance to protect livestock, restore food production and sustain livelihoods. This document outlines the impact of the crisis on agricultural and pastoral systems, FAO’s planned response and urgent funding needs. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureSafeguarding agriculture livelihoods and rebuilding near-term resilience of drought-impacted vulnerable and food insecure households in Afghanistan
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2021Also available in:
No results found.The project Safeguarding agriculture-livelihoods and rebuilding near-term resilience of drought-impacted vulnerable and food insecure households in Afghanistan – OSRO/AFG/006/USA is assisting smallholder and food-nutrition insecure rural households in three provinces, by using the following assistance modalities: wheat cultivation, livestock protection, home gardening, poultry keeping, cash-for-work, unconditional cash transfers, training and COVID-19.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileBuilding a common vision for sustainable food and agriculture
Principles and approaches
2014Over the coming 35 years, agriculture will face an unprecedented confluence of pressures, including a 30 percent increase in the global population, intensifying competition for increasingly scarce land, water and energy resources, and the existential threat of climate change. To provide for a population projected to reach 9.3 billion in 2050 and support changing dietary patterns, estimates are that food production will need to increase from the current 8.4 billion tonnes to almost 13.5 billion tonnes a year. Achieving that level of production from an already seriously depleted natural resource base will be impossible without profound changes in our food and agriculture systems. We need to expand and accelerate the transition to sustainable food and agriculture which ensures world food security, provides economic and social opportunities, and protects the ecosystem services on which agriculture depends. This report is aimed primarily at policy makers and others who make or influence national and institutional decisions and actions. It is the outcome of intensive consultations and discussions aimed at developing a common approach to FAO’s work on sustainability. That process was conducted in a climate of cross-sectoral collaboration that drew on the contributions of leading specialists in crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, and natural resources. It builds on the Organization’s long experience in developing sustainability concepts, approaches and tools, and offers a common vision of the agriculture sector and of the inter-sectoral synergies aiming at making agriculture more productive and sustainable. -
Book (series)Technical studyCrop Yield Response to Water 2012
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Abstracting from the scientific understanding and technological advances achieved over the last few decades, and relying on a network of several scientific institutions, FAO has packaged a set of tools in this Irrigation and Drainage Paper to better appraise and enhance crop yield response to water. These tools provide the means to sharpen assessment and management capacities required to: compare the result of several water allocations plans; improve soil-moisture control-practices under r ainfed conditions; optimize irrigation scheduling (either full, deficit or supplementary); sustainably intensify crop production; close the yield and water-productivity gaps; quantify the impact of climate variability and change on cropping systems; enhance strategies for increased water productivity and water savings; minimize the negative impact on the environment caused by agriculture. These tools are invaluable to various agricultural practitioners including, but not limited to: water managers and planners; extension services; irrigation districts; consulting engineers; governmental agencies; non-governmental organizations and farmers ́ associations; agricultural economists and research scientists. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2019
Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
2019The need to reduce food loss and waste is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Food loss and waste reduction is considered important for improving food security and nutrition, promoting environmental sustainability and lowering production costs. However, efforts to reduce food loss and waste will only be effective if informed by a solid understanding of the problem. This report provides new estimates of the percentage of the world’s food lost from production up to the retail level. The report also finds a vast diversity in existing estimates of losses, even for the same commodities and for the same stages in the supply chain. Clearly identifying and understanding critical loss points in specific supply chains – where considerable potential exists for reducing food losses – is crucial to deciding on appropriate measures. The report provides some guiding principles for interventions based on the objectives being pursued through food loss and waste reductions, be they in improved economic efficiency, food security and nutrition, or environmental sustainability.