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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureJordanian Jameed
Jameed connects present-day Jordanians to their ancestral roots
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No results found.Jameed is a type of dried yoghurt that is usually made from goat or sheep milk. The centuries-old legacy of Jameed prevails, connecting the present-day generations to their ancestral roots while offering a taste of the past in every savoury bite. Jameed plays a key role in the authentic flavours of Jordanian cuisine through the creation of the legendary Jameed sauce, which enrichesmany traditional dishes.Jameed production is estimated at 1230 tonnes per year in the Karak region alone. Ninety-five percent of the Jameed is homemade and its production contributes to ensure additional incomes for the farmers involved, including women. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureJordanian pomegranates
Jordan’s pomegranates are exciting fruits with diverse tastes and colours
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No results found.With an impressive array of over 25 varieties, Jordan's pomegranates are an enticing fruit with diverse tastes and colours. From the lusciously sweet to the tantalizingly sour, each variety tellsa unique culinary story. Pomegranate fruit, molasses, juice, and vinegar have long been cherished ingredients in traditional dishes of Jordanian cuisine and have been used for centuries in traditional Near Eastern cooking. Pomegranates are mainly produced in northern Jordan covering an area of 1000 hectars where 40 000 tonnes of fruits are produced per year. The Irbid governorate is the main producer with 14 percent of the overall pomegranate production.In Irbid and other Jordanian regions, pomegranate fruits and products contribute to ensure additional incomes for the farmers involved. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookBeyond timber: social, economic and cultural dimensions of non-wood forest products in Asia and the Pacific 1995
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Book (series)Technical studyLatin America and the Caribbean - Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023
Statistics and trends
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The 2023 edition of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean presents an update of the data and trends in food security and nutrition in recent years. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and the conflict in Ukraine, as well as the economic slowdown, rising food inflation and income inequality have had an impact on regional figures. The most recent data shows that, between 2021 and 2022, progress was made in reducing hunger and food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the progress achieved is far from the targets established to meet SDG 2 of ending hunger. In addition, one in five people in the region cannot access a healthy diet and malnutrition in all its forms, including child stunting, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity continue to be a major challenge. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookJORDAN - Land Cover Atlas 2019
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No results found.The Jordanian Land Cover Database and Atlas were developed under the Regional Food Security Analysis Network (RFSAN) project. The main objective of the project is to increase and improve provision of goods and services from agriculture, forestry and fisheries in a sustainable manner as well as to increase the understanding of the bio-physical conditions of land in Jordan. The Land Cover Atlas of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan provides information on the land cover distribution by sub-national administrative boundaries (governorates and districts) provided by the Royal Geographic Centre (RJGC). The Land Cover Database is compliant with the ISO\FAO standard (ISO 19144-2:2012) based on the land cover classification system (LCCS): Land Cover Meta Language (LCML). LCML was implemented to support the standardization and integration of a national land cover classification system across the world. It provides a set of standard diagnostic attributes that are independent of the scale of interpretation. Its use advocates for a more transparent and comparable way of reporting land cover information. The LCML land cover legend was designed with the software LCCSv3. The main data source includes multispectral Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m of spatial resolution acquired from April to November 2016 and ancillary georeferenced data (land cover and land use map, vegetation cover, soil map) obtained from different institutions. Sentinel-2 imagery were pre-processed and mosaicked to provide a temporal sequence of free-cloud, calibrated images. Then, an Object-Based Image Analysis workflow was applied to segment the images into homogeneous polygons, that were interpreted according to their spectral, texture and shape characteristics supported by vegetation indices and ancillary datasets. Post-processing finally removed incoherent classifications, clipping and dissolving polygons to official boundaries. The final database comprises 1 million polygons classified according to the LCCS Legend distinguished into 34 classes (23 aggregated classes). The statistical analysis of land cover aggregated class distribution is organized into two sections: • National Land Cover Data Base (LCDB). • LCDB by governorates. This work represents a substantial contribution to understanding land cover and land processes in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and provides valuable baseline data to further monitor land changes in the future. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum
2023This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities for meeting the SDG 2 targets. One such megatrend, and the focus of this year’s report, is urbanization. New evidence shows that food purchases in some countries are no longer high only among urban households but also among rural households. Consumption of highly processed foods is also increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries. These changes are affecting people’s food security and nutrition in ways that differ depending on where they live across the rural–urban continuum. This timely and relevant theme is aligned with the United Nations General Assembly-endorsed New Urban Agenda, and the report provides recommendations on the policies, investments and actions needed to address the challenges of agrifood systems transformation under urbanization and to enable opportunities for ensuring access to affordable healthy diets for everyone.