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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureThe FAO Drought Portal 2024
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No results found.The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has established a Drought Initiative, under which the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has initiated a comprehensive programme to address various aspects of drought and aid countries in their preparedness efforts. The programme focuses on enhancing drought resilience in agriculture and improving food security. To achieve this goal, FAO developed various digital tools and capacity-building activities to promote drought preparedness. One of the key outcomes of this effort is the FAO Drought Portal, which is a global platform for knowledge-sharing to support countries and stakeholders in this endeavour. It collates and presents FAO tools, methodologies, and publications to support countries and stakeholders in enhancing the resilience of agriculture and improving food security. -
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe Global Economy of Pulses 2019
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No results found.The production, trade and consumption of pulses have seen substantial growth over the last fifteen years. This report examines the trends and patterns of this growth, and the factors that explain these for different kinds of pulses. The report presents an analysis of trends of consumption of pulses in different regions of the world and discusses the role that pulses can play in human nutrition. The report presents an analysis of the dynamics of growth of major pulses in different pulse-producing countries of the world. It describes the increasingly important role of trade in the global economy of pulses and presents an analysis of changing patterns of trade. The report argues that there is a pressing need to close the large gap between potential and actual yields, particularly on smallholder farms in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, by increased adoption of improved varieties and modern agronomic practices in all developing countries. This in turn requires a major thrust in agricultural research and extension, improving credit availability, and public investment directed at pulse production. The report discusses future prospects and policy imperatives for sustaining the growth of pulse production. -
Book (series)Technical studyCost and affordability of healthy diets across and within countries
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. 9
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No results found.Price and affordability are key barriers to accessing sufficient, safe, nutritious food to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. In this study, the least-cost items available in local markets are identified to estimate the cost of three diet types: energy sufficient, nutrient adequate, and healthy (meeting food-based dietary guidelines). For price and availability the World Bank’s International Comparison Program (ICP) dataset is used, which provides food prices in local currency units (LCU) for 680 foods and non-alcoholic beverages in 170 countries in 2017. In addition, country case studies are developed with national food price datasets in United Republic of Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Ghana and Myanmar. The findings reveal that healthy diets by any definition are far more expensive than the entire international poverty line of USD 1.90, let alone the upper bound portion of the poverty line that can credibly be reserved for food of USD 1.20. The cost of healthy diets exceeds food expenditures in most countries in the Global South. The findings suggest that nutrition education and behaviour change alone will not substantially improve dietary consumption where nutrient adequate and healthy diets, even in their cheapest form, are unaffordable for the majority of the poor. To make healthy diets cheaper, agricultural policies, research, and development need to shift toward a diversity of nutritious foods. -
DocumentNormative documentFAO Specifications and Evaluations for Agricultural Pesticides - PROPICONAZOLE - (2RS,4RS;2RS,4SR)-1-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-ylmethyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole
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