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Book (stand-alone)FlagshipThe State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture 2019
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No results found.The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture presents the first global assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture worldwide. Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic production systems. It is essential to the structure, functions and processes of these systems, to livelihoods and food security, and to the supply of a wide range of ecosystem services. It has been managed or influenced by farmers, livestock keepers, forest dwellers, fish farmers and fisherfolk for hundreds of generations. Prepared through a participatory, country-driven process, the report draws on information from 91 country reports to provide a description of the roles and importance of biodiversity for food and agriculture, the drivers of change affecting it and its current status and trends. It describes the state of efforts to promote the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity for food and agriculture, including through the development of supporting policies, legal frameworks, institutions and capacities. It concludes with a discussion of needs and challenges in the future management of biodiversity for food and agriculture. The report complements other global assessments prepared under the auspices of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which have focused on the state of genetic resources within particular sectors of food and agriculture. -
Book (series)FlagshipEl estado mundial de la agricultura y la alimentación 2019
Progresos en la lucha contra la pérdida yel desperdicio de alimentos
2019La necesidad de reducir la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos está firmemente integrada en la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible. La reducción de la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos se considera importante para mejorar la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, fomentar la sostenibilidad ambiental y reducir los costos de producción. Sin embargo, las iniciativas dirigidas a reducir la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos solo serán eficaces si se basan en un profundo conocimiento del problema. En el presente informe se proporcionan nuevas estimaciones del porcentaje de alimentos perdidos en el mundo desde la producción hasta la venta al por menor. Asimismo, se constata la gran diversidad de estimaciones de la pérdida que existen, incluso para los mismos productos y para las mismas etapas de la cadena de suministro. Para determinar medidas apropiadas, es fundamental detectar inequívocamente y comprender los puntos críticos de cadenas de suministro concretas en los que se produce la pérdida de alimentos (y en los que hay un amplio margen para reducir dicha pérdida). El informe contiene algunos principios básicos para las intervenciones basadas en los objetivos que se desea lograr mediante la reducción de la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos, ya sea mejorar la eficiencia económica, la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición o la sostenibilidad ambiental. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileState of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities
Report 2020
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No results found.There is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals. However, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership and its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the European Commission. It presents concisely the state of knowledge on soil biodiversity, the threats to it, and the solutions that soil biodiversity can provide to problems in different fields. It also represents a valuable contribution to raising awareness of the importance of soil biodiversity and highlighting its role in finding solutions to today's global threats.