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Book (stand-alone)Technical studyExpert meeting on How to Feed the World in 2050. FAO headquarters, 24-26 June 2009 2009
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No results found.In the first half of this century, global demand for food, feed and fibre is projected to increase by some 70 percent while, increasingly, crops may also be used for bioenergy and other industrial purposes. New and traditional demand for agricultural produce will thus put growing pressure on already scarce agricultural resources. And while agriculture will be forced to compete for land and water with sprawling urban settlements, it will also be required to serve on other major fronts: ad apting to and contributing to the mitigation of climate change, helping preserve natural habitats, and maintaining biodiversity. At the same time, fewer people will be living in rural areas and even fewer will be farmers. They will need new technologies to grow more from less land, with fewer hands. -
DocumentOther documentHigh Level Expert Forum on addressing food insecurity in protracted crises final report 2012
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No results found.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Program (WFP), under the auspices of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), organised a High-Level Expert Forum (HLEF) on challenges and opportunities for addressing food insecurity in protracted crises. The process was also guided by an active Steering Committee, comprising representatives of FAO, IFAD, WFP, the High Level Task Force on Global Foo d Security (HLTF), the World Bank, OECD, the Brookings Institute, and the UN Peace Building Commission and Civil Society representatives. The HLEF took place from 13 to 14 September 2012 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. -
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DocumentManual / guideReference Manual, Chapter 3 – AquaCrop, Version 7.0 – August 2022 2016
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No results found.AquaCrop is a general model, in that it is meant for a wide range of herbaceous crops, including forage, vegetable, grain, fruit, oil, and root and tuber crops. Chapter 3 presents the software of AquaCrop for which: the concepts and underlying principles are described by Steduto et al. (2009); the structure and algorithm are found in Raes et al. (2009), and the parameterization for maize (the crop on which the efforts of parameterization were focused during the early phase of model development) are reported by Hsiao et al. (2009). Examples of crop development and production for specific climate and growing conditions estimated by AquaCrop are given in a lot of papers published in peer reviewed journals. A digital library of references to all AquaCrop publications can be found on: https://www.zotero.org/groups/aquacrop_publications. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSoil erosion: the greatest challenge for sustainable soil management 2019
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Despite almost a century of research and extension efforts, soil erosion by water, wind and tillage continues to be the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services in many regions of the world. Our understanding of the physical processes of erosion and the controls on those processes has been firmly established. Nevertheless, some elements remain controversial. It is often these controversial questions that hamper efforts to implement sound erosion control measures in many areas of the world. This book, released in the framework of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (15-17 May 2019) reviews the state-of-the-art information related to all topics related to soil erosion. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookGlobal Forest Resources Assessment 2020
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2020FAO completed its first assessment of the world’s forest resources in 1948. At that time, its major objective was to collect information on available timber supply to satisfy post-war reconstruction demand. Since then, the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) has evolved into a comprehensive evaluation of forest resources and their condition, management and uses, covering all the thematic elements of sustainable forest management. This, the latest of these assessments, examines the status of, and trends in, forest resources over the period 1990–2020, drawing on the efforts of hundreds of experts worldwide. The production of FRA 2020 also involved collaboration among many partner organizations, thereby reducing the reporting burden on countries, increasing synergies among reporting processes, and improving data consistency. The results of FRA 2020 are available in several formats, including this report and an online database containing the original inputs of countries and territories as well as desk studies and regional and global analyses prepared by FAO. I invite you to use these materials to support our common journey towards a more sustainable future with forests.