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MeetingMeeting documentConservation, restauration et utilisation durable de la biodiversité au service de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition dans les îles du Pacifique
Conférence Régionale de la FAO pour l’Asie et le Pacifique (APRC36)
2022Les îles du Pacifique sont des centres de biodiversité d’une importance majeure. La région du Pacifique, où les terres représentent moins de 2 pour cent de la superficie totale, abrite certains des écosystèmes terrestres et marins les plus riches et les plus variés de la planète. La biodiversité et les services écosystémiques, qui sont étroitement liés, participent de multiples façons à la production agricole, contribuant aux moyens de subsistance et au bien-être des producteurs. Or, l’intensification de plus en plus rapide des systèmes de production agricole traditionnels menace aujourd’hui ce riche patrimoine de biodiversité dans les pays et territoires insulaires du Pacifique, y compris les savoirs autochtones et locaux dont dépend sa survie. La majorité des pays et territoires insulaires du Pacifique ont pris des mesures importantes pour inverser ces tendances négatives et inscrire la conservation et l’utilisation durable de la biodiversité dans leurs stratégies nationales, mais les capacités et les mécanismes de coordination nécessaires pour mettre en oeuvre ces mesures sont largement insuffisants. À l’évidence, une approche plus systémique et coordonnée est nécessaire dans les principaux secteurs et chez les acteurs clés si l’on veut assurer la gestion durable de la biodiversité pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture dans la région du Pacifique. La FAO travaille avec ses Membres et ses partenaires de la région du Pacifique à renforcer les capacités et la collaboration afin d’améliorer la gestion durable de la biodiversité pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture, depuis les politiques publiques jusque sur le terrain. Le présent document propose une présentation générale des actions menées et envisageables pour promouvoir une agriculture régénératrice fondée sur une approche écosystémique. -
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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)Technical studySoil and plant testing and analysis as a basis of fertilizer recommendations
FAO Soils Bulletin 38/2
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No results found.General principles of plant nutrition don't furnish the concrete information, necessary for practical treatments in a given situation. Thus, the questions arise which parameters must be considered an how can they be determined. This leads to consider the concepts of nutrients diagnosis, as well as the methodology and the corresponding equipment and instrumentation, for putting it into practice. The question may arise whether plant or soil analysis should be used for diagnosis crop nutrient requ irements and making fertilizer recommendations.Both methods may be complementary, not competitive and the laboratories should be in the possibility to carry out both types analysis. It is recommendable to start soil analysis prior to plant testing.There are many possibilities and methods for testing soil chemical and nutrient properties. It is indeed highly recommended to agree on a minimum of uniformity of methodology. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018.