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BookletCorporate general interestCambio climático y seguridad alimentaria y nutricional América Latina y el Caribe
Gestión del riesgo de desastres en el sector agrícola
2018Also available in:
No results found.Esta publicación es la segunda de la serie Cambio climático y seguridad alimentaria y nutricional América Latina y el Caribe elaborada por la Oficina Regional de FAO para América Latina y el Caribe. El documento aborda temas necesarios de considerar en las estrategias de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional, en el contexto del cambio climático, como antecedente clave para consolidar el desarrollo sostenible en la región. Para ello introduce la gestión del riesgo de desastres como un elemento clave para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en el contexto del cambio climático. Luego presenta algunos ejemplos de implementación de políticas públicas que han conseguido marcar una diferencia en la resiliencia del sector agrícola y de las personas que de él dependen. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookUganda – Evaluation for action
Assessing animal disease surveillance capacities – March 2018
2019Also available in:
No results found.In response to a request by African member countries in Phase 1 of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), FAO developed the Surveillance Evaluation Tool (SET) to assess animal disease surveillance systems and provide country specific recommendations for improvement in the form of an action plan. After piloting the toolkit in Tanzania and Liberia, the toolkit was finalized and made available to other countries. An evaluation mission in Uganda was conducted in March 2018 and a report was drafted, which was shared with the veterinary services. The report was then adapted to fit FAO publications template to be posted online, with approval of the Chief Veterinary Officer in Uganda. Sharing this report publicly will provide financial and technical partners details on findings and recommendations to improve Uganda's animal and zoonotic disease surveillance, and will contribute to a multifaceted approach to capacity building in the country, and in the region. In addition, it will enhance transparency of the work done by FAO under GHSA and with financing from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Lastly, other countries reading the report may see benefits in undergoing SET evaluation missions themselves -
Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
2020Also available in:
No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated.