Related items
Showing items related by metadata.
-
Document2002 International Year of Mountains 2002Statements from FAO's Director-General and the King of Nepal, profiles of mountain issues and activities from countries such as Bolivia, Italy, Kyrgyzstan and Peru, and information on mountain forests, tropical cloud forests and sacred mountains complete Unasylva's foray into the mountains.
-
Book (stand-alone)International workshop and regional expert consultation on mountain agriculture development and food security and nutrition governance 2019
Also available in:
No results found.Mountain agricultures face multidimensional challenges of biophysical-technical, socio-economic, policy and institutional dimensions, given its vulnerability, inaccessibility and marginality. Typical farming concerns throughout the region include: encroachment of monocultures in response to demands from national, regional, and global markets; overexploitation of land resources due to population pressure and lack of economic alternatives; outmigration, land abandonment and decay of key farm infrastructure such as terraces in other regions, with as yet unknown effects on provision of environmental goods and services. However, mountains are hotspots of global biodiversity including agro-biodiversity. In addition, mountain hosts good condition for sustainable agriculture development because industrialized large-scale production is often not possible due to topography. Moreover, owing to remoteness and difficult access, the use of external inputs such as fossil fuels, mineral fertilizers, and pesticides is typically lower or less widespread than in lowland farming. The workshop was organized by FAO and the University of International Relations in collaboration with the FAO Special Ambassador of the International Year of Pulses 2016, the Mountain Partnership, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, ICIMOD and the University of Western Australia. The participants included experts, national focal point on zero hunger, government officials, academics and research partners. -
Book (stand-alone)Mountain fisheries in developing countries 2003
Also available in:
No results found.Mountains of the world cover about one-fifth of the land surface, are home to one-tenth of the world's population, and provide livelihood to some of the poorest communities in the world. Mountain lakes and streams are a source of freshwater for countless riparian human communities, support industries, provide water for irrigation and hydropower electricity production and for fish. Some countries situated in mountain areas are landlocked, with no access to marine fishery resources, hence the fish of lakes, streams, rivers and reservoirs are an important source of animal protein, always in short supply in mountain countries. The Fifty-third General Assembly of the United Nations declared the year 2002 the “International Year of Mountains”. With the present document, that reviews the current status of capture fisheries and aquaculture in mountains of developing countries of Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Pacific, the FAI Fisheries Department contributes to the efforts of the United N ations to promote sustainable mountain development. As fisheries play an important role in providing food and income to people in mountain areas, they must be integrated into the rural development and water resource development initiatives. Several problem areas are common to neighbouring countries in mountain regions and fishery resources, such as migratory fish stocks, may have to be shared. Specific action programmes for mountain countries, with collaborative actions on a regional scale, may become the most cost-effective way to address those common problems and share experiences.
Users also downloaded
Showing related downloaded files
No results found.