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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical reportFAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO TANZANIA - 15 February 1999 1999
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Abnormal weather patterns, including serious floods in late 1997 and delayed rainfall and drought during the current Vuli season, have had a serious impact on domestic food production. Amidst reports of serious food shortages developing in the country and escalating prices of maize, the countrys main staple, the Government requested an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission in early January 1999. The mission was to appraise the current situation, specifically with regards to maize and t o update the findings of an earlier FAO/WFP assessment in August 1998. In accordance with this request a rapid appraisal mission was fielded to the country between 17-29 January. The specific objectives were to appraise prospects for current Vuli maize production, review the overall food supply situation, prepare a maize balance sheet for the remaining four months of the current marketing year and provide early indications of prospects for the next main (Musumi and Masika) crops. The assessment was based on field visits to main bimodal and uni-modal rainfall areas and on discussions with key Government Ministries and Departments and UN, bilateral, private sector agencies and NGOs involved in the food sector -
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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical reportFAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN - 7 July 1999 1999
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Following similar Missions in 1997 and 1998, an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission, supported by UNDP, was fielded to Afghanistan from 22 May-23 June 1999 to estimate the 1999 cereal harvest and cereal import requirement, including food aid needs, for 1999/2000. The Mission visited Kabul and Herat regions, while WFP-funded six survey teams of national agronomists covered most of the accessible regions of the country, including Faizabad, Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar, Herat and Mazar-i- Sharif. The Mission benefited from discussions with UN agencies, multilateral and bilateral donors, Afghan authorities, ICRC and many NGOs. Available relevant reports and documents were reviewed. Area and yield estimates for various crops in different regions were based on field visits, data generated by survey teams, and discussions with farmers and UN and NGO personnel knowledgeable about particular regions and areas. Relative peace in most parts of Afghanistan, in recent years, has bolst ered agricultural activities and local trade with increased private sector participation. However, the country's cereal production suffered a setback in 1999, compared to the very strong recovery in 1998, due to shortage of irrigation water as a result of the mildest winter in 40 years with very low snowfall, late and erratic spring rains and high incidence of yellow rust and sunnpest that damaged crops in the north and west of the country. In addition, there is a trend in gradually diverting ir rigated wheat land to such cash crops as onion, potato, poppy, and tree crops, particularly almonds and apricots.
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FAO's roadmap on where to go when in need
2023The Roadmap introduces the various offices in FAO that personnel can contact when in need, and explains the areas of responsibility of each. It is intended to empower the personnel in navigating the various offices and mechanisms available to them, whether based in the field or at headquarters, to help solve their problems or address their concerns. -
IndexesLibrary Classified Catalogue (1)/ Bibliothèque de catalogues systématiques (1) 1948
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No results found.The Protocol of 8-9 July 1946 relative to the dissolution of the International Institute of Agriculture, transferred the functions and assets of the said Institute to FAO. Of these assets, the Library is unquestionably the most outstanding and is a lasting record of the Institute's work and its achievement in the field of agriculture. This catalogue will undoubtedly contribute towards a better knowledge of this international Library. This volume in its present form, represents the systematic card-index, by subject of the Brussels Decimal Classification, in French and English, and it's supplemented by the general alphabetical index of authors.
This is Part 1 of 4 - Books - sections General, Bibliographies, Periodicals, Philosophy and Social Sciences.
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DocumentOther documentA Rapid Analysis of the Fisher Folk Registration Data in Puntland State of Somalia 2014
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No results found.The emergence of the fisheries sector as an important economic activity in the last years has brought a significant increase in the number of fishermen operating in the Puntland. However the exact number of these fishermen is unknown since neither the Ministry of Fisheries nor the respective District Fishing Associations register Somalis who fish in the Puntland waters. The common understanding (based on reports of operational fishing units and their estimated respective crews) is that there are roughly 6500 fishermen operating on the Puntland coastline. However, it is difficult to put an exact figure for full and part time fishermen due to their transient nature. A wealth of information is necessary for effective fisheries management. This is essential to help inform the Puntland administration and FAO and improve the sector’s contribution to nutritional, economic and social wellbeing of the people in Puntland. The lack of information on the number of fishermen, fishing fleet, service s, the state of marine resources, and landings reduces the ability of decision makers to establish a robust fisheries management structure. The data collected during this registration exercise has the ability to fill some of these information gaps. At the same time, this information can prove useful for the government and international naval forces in the attempt to secure Somali waters against piracy and enable bona fide Puntland fishermen to operate more freely at sea. This report does not pre tend to be a deep analysis of the fishing livelihood in Puntland. It is an opportunistic analysis of data collected during the fishermen registration exercise which is ongoing in Puntland (and which is at about 50% of its completion). This ‘rapid’ analysis provides some clues and raises many questions which we hope will become clearer as other data are collected and complemented by qualitative information. Eventually, we hope to reach a more dynamic view of the fisheries sector in this region ov er time.