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DocumentTechnical bookSeed Industry Privatization - Strengthening National Seed Production Capacity in Afghanistan
Proceedings of a workshop on Seed Industry Privatization, 6-8 December 2004, Kabul, Afghanistan
2006Also available in:
No results found.Efforts to create an organized seed industry in Afghanistan began with the establishment in 1978 of the Afghan Seed Company (ASC) as a Government Joint Stock Company for the production, processing, quality control, distribution and sale of quality seed. The ASC later became known as the Improved Seed Enterprise (ISE). It established Headquarters in Kabul and sub-offices in various provinces. However, not much was achieved before the conflict broke out in 1979. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportSeed policy and programmes for the Central and Eastern European Countries, Commonwealth of Independent States and other Countries in Transition 2001
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No results found.This publication presents the Proceedings of the Regional Technical Meeting on Seed Policy and Programmes for the Central and Eastern European Countries, Commonwealth of Independent States and other Countries in Transition, held in Budapest, Hungary from 6 to 10 March 2001. The meeting was organized and implemented by the Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary, in close collaboration with FAO's Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service. In line with the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action, the meeting recognized that one of the major challenges facing most countries in the region is the need to invest significant resources in strenghtening
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Book (stand-alone)Technical book小型渔船节能
手册
2016Also available in:
本手册旨在为渔船船主及船员、建造人员、船舶设计人员和渔业管理者提供 减少能耗的实用建议，也可作为从事水产养殖活动的小型渔船的节能指南。本手 册主要面向船长小于 16 米（50 英尺）、航速低于 10 节的小型渔船。这个范围涵 盖了全球大部分渔船。本手册为船舶设计人员和建造人员提供有利于减小阻力的船体形 状以及高效螺旋桨选择方面的信息。本手册前几章介绍了现有渔船可以采用的节油手段， 不需要投入大量改造成本。最有效的节油手段包括：降低渔船航行速度，防止船体和螺 旋桨堆积水下附着物，维护保养渔船发动机。同时还建议，改变捕捞方式也可以节能。 本手册后几章介绍了可通过将二冲程舷外挂机置换成柴油机、加装柴油机和加配船帆的方 式实现节油的信息。该部分讨论了如何根据吃水线长度和船体重量，经济地选配发动机 功率；指导如何根据航行速度、航行功率和螺旋桨转速来选择齿轮减速比和选用螺 旋桨；提供了有助于设计新型节油渔船和选用最优螺旋桨的相关数据。本手册所含信 息附有大量插图，便于读者理解要点。详细的背景资料载于附录。附录提供的空白 表格可用于计算预期燃料节约量、发动机运行成本、船身重量以及螺旋 桨直径和桨距. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018.