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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetGuidelineVínculos entre las Directrices voluntarias para lograr la sostenibilidad de la pesca en pequeña escala en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria y la erradicación de la pobreza y las Directrices voluntarias del CSA sobre los sistemas alimentarios y la nutrición 2021A pesar de que está consagrada en el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 1, la erradicación completa del hambre, la inseguridad alimentaria y la malnutrición todavía está lejos de hacerse realidad, pues millones de personas en todo el mundo tienen dificultades para disfrutar de una alimentación saludable (FAO, 2020). El pescado y otros alimentos acuáticos contribuyen de forma fundamental a las dietas saludables de miles de millones de personas, dentro de sistemas alimentarios sostenibles (FAO, 2018; ONU Nutrición, 2021), proporcionando una fuente única de ácidos grasos; micronutrientes esenciales, como vitaminas A y D; hierro y calcio (entre otros nutrientes). Estos productos suelen ser también las fuentes más asequibles de proteínas animales. Sin embargo, los pescadores artesanales, los trabajadores pesqueros y sus comunidades siguen haciendo frente a limitaciones para participar de manera efectiva en los procesos de adopción de decisiones que afectan sus vidas y, por ende, siguen estando marginados y su contribución a la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición sigue siendo infravalorada. Los dos instrumentos internacionales siguientes pueden ayudar a los agentes de la pesca en pequeña escala a superar estos problemas.
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Book (stand-alone)FlagshipThe State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture 2019
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No results found.The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture presents the first global assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture worldwide. Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic production systems. It is essential to the structure, functions and processes of these systems, to livelihoods and food security, and to the supply of a wide range of ecosystem services. It has been managed or influenced by farmers, livestock keepers, forest dwellers, fish farmers and fisherfolk for hundreds of generations. Prepared through a participatory, country-driven process, the report draws on information from 91 country reports to provide a description of the roles and importance of biodiversity for food and agriculture, the drivers of change affecting it and its current status and trends. It describes the state of efforts to promote the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity for food and agriculture, including through the development of supporting policies, legal frameworks, institutions and capacities. It concludes with a discussion of needs and challenges in the future management of biodiversity for food and agriculture. The report complements other global assessments prepared under the auspices of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which have focused on the state of genetic resources within particular sectors of food and agriculture. -
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