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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideProceso participativo y transparente para la evaluación y selección de emprendimientos
Opción de buena práctica en Guatemala
2024Also available in:
No results found.Este documento presenta el desarrollo de una opción de buena práctica en Guatemala, liderada por la FAO en colaboración con actores nacionales. La práctica se centró en un proceso participativo y transparente para evaluar, seleccionar y adjudicar recursos destinados a la creación y fortalecimiento de emprendimientos sostenibles en los departamentos de San Marcos y Huehuetenango. Este enfoque permitió beneficiar directamente a 1 436 hogares organizados en 192 grupos emprendedores, lo que fomentó la inclusión de mujeres, jóvenes y Pueblos Indígenas.El proyecto forma parte del "Plan de Desarrollo Integral para Centroamérica" e implicó la implementación de una metodología que incluyó la capacitación en planes de inversión, la conformación de comités de evaluación y la aplicación de criterios objetivos para seleccionar los emprendimientos más viables. La integración de herramientas como el Perfil de Pequeños Proyectos de Negocios facilitó la transparencia y el análisis financiero, fortaleciendo las capacidades de los grupos beneficiarios y actores institucionales. Además, el uso de lenguas indígenas como el Mam garantizó un proceso inclusivo.Los resultados preliminares muestran impactos positivos en la generación de ingresos y empleos, así como en la sostenibilidad de los proyectos aprobados. Esta opción de buena práctica destaca por su enfoque inclusivo y replicable, que prioriza la participación comunitaria y promueve el desarrollo económico en comunidades rurales vulnerables. El documento ofrece valiosas lecciones y recomendaciones para futuras intervenciones en contextos similares. -
No Thumbnail AvailableDocumentFAO journalDocumentos del comité de la FAO de desarrollo forestal en los trópicos - extractos - Ordenación y utilización del bosque tropical húmedo 1976Este nmero especial de Unasylva tiene dos objetivos principales. Pone a disposicin de nuestros lectores una seleccin de algunos de los trabajos presentados en el importante Cuarto perodo de sesiones del Comit de Desarrollo Forestal en los Trpicos, de la FAO y, de esta manera, pone de relieve la principal preocupacin de la Organizacin en materia forestal: cul es la mejor manera y la ms adecuada para el hombre de utilizar la formacin ecolgica menos conocida, es decir, los bosques tropicales hmedos .
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Book (series)NewsletterSpecial report – 2023 FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Republic of the Sudan
19 March 2024
2024Also available in:
No results found.Between 2 and 17 January 2024, following a request by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoA&F), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in close cooperation with the Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) and the State Ministries of Agriculture, carried out its annual Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to estimate the 2023 crop production and assess the food supply situation throughout the 18 states of the country. The report's recommendations are to provide immediate response to the needs of the population most affected by acute food insecurity as well as to support the recovery of the agriculture sector, increasing food production and farmers’ incomes, and enhancing efficiency along the value chain to reduce production costs. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureSustainable food systems: Concept and framework 2018
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No results found.The brief will be uploaded in the Sustainable Food Value Chain Knowledge Platform website http://www.fao.org/sustainable-food-value-chains/home/en/ and it will be distributed internally through ES Updates, the Sustainable Food Value Chain Technical Network and upcoming Sustainable Food Value Chain trainings in Suriname, Namibia, HQ and Egypt. -
Book (stand-alone)General interest bookFood policies and their implications on overweight and obesity trends in selected countries in the Near East and North Africa region
Regional Program Working Paper No. 30
2020Also available in:
No results found.Regional and global trends in body weight show that the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region countries, especially the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries, have the highest average body mass index and highest rates of overweight and obesity in the world. There exist several explanations that expound the high rates of overweight and obesity in most NENA countries, including the nutrition transition, urbanization, changes in lifestyle, and consequent reduction of physical activities. This study examines the implication of food policies, mainly trade and government food subsidies, on evolving nutritional transitions and associated body weight outcomes. We examine the evolution of trade (food) policies, food systems, and body weight outcomes across selected countries in the NENA region – Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq. In particular, we investigate the implications of important trade (food) policies in shaping diets and food systems as well as their implications on public health outcomes, mainly the rising levels of overweight and obesity in the NENA region. We provide a simple conceptual framework through which trade policies (tariff rates) and domestic government food policies (subsidies) may affect food systems and nutritional outcomes. An important and innovative feature of this study is that it compiles several macro- and micro-level datasets that allow both macro and micro-level analyses of the evolution of trade (food) policies and associated obesity trends. This approach helps to at least partly overcome the data scarcity that complicates rigorous policy research in the NENA region. Overweight and obesity rates have almost doubled between 1975 and 2016, with varying rates and trends across regions. For instance, whereas body weight in the NENA region was comparable with that found in high-income countries in the early years, after the 1990s regional overweight and obesity rates became much higher than those in high-income countries. Specifically, while most high-income countries are experiencing a relative slowing of increases in overweight rates, the trend for the NENA region continues to increase at higher rates. The evolution of overweight rates for the GCC countries are even more concerning. These trends are likely to contribute to the already high burden of non-communicable diseases in the NENA region. Contrary to the conventional view that overweight and obesity rates are urban problems, our findings show that rural body weight has been rising over the past few decades, sometimes at higher rates than in urban areas.