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Book (stand-alone)BulletinPerspectivas de cosechas y situación alimentaria - No1 marzo 2012 2012El primer pronóstico de la FAO relativo a la producción mundial de trigo en 2012 se cifra en 690 millones de toneladas, 10 millones de toneladas menos que el volumen récord del año pasado, pero todavía la segunda cosecha mayor. El nivel de la superficie plantada sigue siendo elevado en respuesta a las perspectivas favorables para los precios, pero se supone que los rendimientos volverán a la media tras los niveles excelentes obtenidos en algunos países. n Los precios internacionales de los cer eales se afirmaron en las últimas semanas debido a la escasez de los suministros de trigo y a las preocupaciones por el impacto del frío riguroso imperante en Europa y la CEI. También aumentaron los precios del maíz, impulsados principalmente por una demanda de importaciones más sólida en Asia, favorecida por un dólar más débil as� como por las preocupaciones acerca de las perspectivas para las cosechas en América del Sur. Los precios del arroz, sin embargo, siguieron estando bajo una presión a la baja debido a una demanda de importaciones generalmente débil y a una animada competencia entre los exportadores...
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Book (stand-alone)BulletinPerspectivas de cosechas y situación alimentaria - No1 marzo 2013 2013El primer pronóstico de la FAO relativo a la producción mundial de trigo en 2013 se cifra en 690 millones de toneladas, alrededor de 28 millones de toneladas más que en 2012 y la segunda producción más grande hasta ahora. El aumento debería de producirse principalmente en Europa, impulsado por una expansión de la superficie en respuesta a los precios altos y, en algunos países, debido a una recuperación prevista en los rendimientos con respecto a los niveles inferiores a la media del año pas ado.
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No results found.This book tells the story of rinderpest and its eradication. The focus is on the international coordination that came together after the Second World War in the confident belief that, with vaccines available, the eradication of rinderpest was a practical possibility. In both Africa and South Asia, beginning in the 1960s, there was an initial dramatic success through the coordinated vaccination of cattle across the continents. Unfortunately, follow-up measures could not prevent the return of epidemic rinderpest, albeit to a lesser extent. Chastened by failure, the international community refocused with renewed energy to achieve eradication. The vaccination programmes broadened to reflect a multidisciplinary approach to disease eradication. FAO and the OIE, together with international aid agencies, coordinated policy with the nation states and guided implementation of the era¬dication programmes until success was achieved. -
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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.