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ProjectProgramme / project reportCosts and earnings in artisanal fisheries: methodology and lessons learned from case studies 1997
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Development strategy during the 1960 and 1970s was based on the philosophy that developing countries lacked improved technology and capital for speeding up their development. Industrialization was promoted in order to capitalize on the abundant fish resources. However, the anticipated expansion of the economy did not happen and the development approach shifted towards an integrated rural strategy where emphasis is put on the community as a whole to upgrade incomes and the quality of li fe through technical assistance and the active participation of fisher folk and the community. -
Book (series)Working paperTowards sustainable bioeconomy - Lessons learned from case studies 2019
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No results found.In 2015, at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture meeting in Berlin, 62 ministers of agriculture recommended that FAO coordinate international work on sustainable bioeconomy. The German Ministry for Food and Agriculture has provided support to FAO to assist countries in the development of sustainable bioeconomy strategies and programmes. Bioeconomy activities are not necessarily sustainable. The use of biological resources and the production of biomass for food, feed, fuel and bio-based products can have both positive and negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts. The debates and experience related to bioenergy attest to this. Of paramount concern is that the development of the bioeconomy does not undermine food security, especially in areas with high levels of malnutrition. This includes the impact of environmental microbial resources on the composition of the human microbiome, which plays a role in preventing or contributing to malnourishment, including obesity, and other non-communicable diseases. Moreover, the combination of bioeconomy and digitalization and often seen as major drivers of the transformation of productive sectors. Almost fifty countries have placed the promotion of the bioeconomy on their political agendas, including the creation of dedicated visions, strategies and action plans. In 2016, FAO published the study ‘How sustainability is addressed in official bioeconomy strategies at international, national and regional levels. An overview’. As a continuation of this sustainability overview, the present report reviews how sustainability is addressed in real case studies of bioeconomy implementation around the world and from a range of different sectors. The overall aim of the report is to use these case studies to expand the general understanding of sustainability in the context of the development of the bioeconomy. To this end, this report offers lessons learned from 26 case studies, based on a review of their objectives and how they relate to broader sustainability goals (Principles and criteria for sustainable bioeconomy and the Sustainability Development Goals). The lessons clearly show that sustainability is not something that happens automatically. This document provides policy makers and people working directly in bioeconomy initiatives with examples of the sustainability elements that need to be considered when implementing bioeconomy activities. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookQuality linked to the geographical origin and geographical indications: lessons learned from six case studies in Asia 2010
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No results found.Products of origin-linked quality constitute an important part of the world's food diversity, offering consumers a wider choice, while contributing to food security. They offer rural inhabitants opportunities for income diversification, provided that local and international marketing chains are developed, in which the various actors can benefit from the added value intrinsic to the products themselves. The objective of this publication of case studies is to share information on the current statu s of rural development and food quality linked to geographical origin in Asia, noting that countries in the region have chosen a variety of institutional options to manage this specific quality scheme.
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MeetingMeeting documentBasic Interactions Between Livestock and the Environment in Different Livestock Production Systems
INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON MEAT - Sixteenth Session
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Book (series)GuidelineResponsible fish utilization 1998These guidelines have been produced to support the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries particularly with regard to the need for responsibility in the post-harvest sector of the fish producing industry. The industry that produces fish for food has three major areas of responsibility: to the consumer of the food to ensure that it is safe to eat, is of expected quality and nutritional value, to the resource to ensure that it is not wasted and to the envir onment to ensure that negative impacts are minimized. In addition the industry has a responsibility to itself to ensure the continued ability of many millions of people throughout the world to earn a gainful living from working within the industry. Article 11.1 of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and other related parts of the Code are concerned particularly with these responsibilities. This publication provides annotation to and guidance on these articles to assist those c harged with implementation of the Code to identify possible courses of action necessary to ensure that the industry is conducted in a sustainable manner.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFood loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies 2019
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No results found.This report illustrates the food loss assessment studies undertaken along the maize, sunflower and beans supply chains in Uganda in 2015-16 and 2016-17. They aimed to identify the critical loss points in the selected supply chains, the key stages at which food losses occur, why they occur, the extent and impact of food losses and the economic, social and environmental implications of the food losses. Furthermore, these studies also evaluated the feasibility of potential interventions to reduce food losses and waste.