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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetHigh-profileLegislative approaches to improve nutrition
Legal brief for parliamentarians in Africa No. 6
2019In sub-Saharan Africa, close to 50 percent of children under five suffer from vitamin A deficiency, 33 percent are stunted, 7 percent are wasted and 5 percent are overweight. Anaemia affects 39 percent of women of reproductive age (15-49), while 20 percent of adult men and 40 percent of adult women in the region are overweight or obese (FAO, 2017). These are all forms of malnutrition. The co-existence of overweight, vitamin deficiency and stunting is common in most countries, and often occur in the same household. This is referred to as the double burden of malnutrition. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochurePromoting effective resilience investments
Delivering peace, agriculture-led growth and socio-economic transformation in the Horn of Africa
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No results found.The documented good practices will enable policy makers, practitioners and development partners to up-take and up-scale the implementation of regional and cross-border resilience building activities and the development of supportive national strategies taking stock from the lessons learned of the first five-year phase of the implementation of IDDRSI. In addition, the regional resilience good practices will inform the next phase of the implementation of IDDRSI (2018-2023). -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookData management and visualisation in response to large-scale nuclear emergencies affecting food and agriculture 2019
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No results found.In a large-scale nuclear emergency affecting food and agriculture, the release of radionuclides to the environment can severely impact the food chain and human health. Up-to-date information of soil, water and crops are pertinent to informing decisions that prevent potentially contaminated products from reaching consumers. However, traditional management and visualisation of data are constrained in response times and decision-making accuracy as they are often not centralized and performed manually. Developments in information technology (IT) allow for Decision Support System (DSS) tools and algorithms to enhance real-time management of large volumes of data and decision-making in a spatio-temporal context. These IT support functions increase the capacity of stakeholders to focus on the most important matters at hand – ensuring food and consumer safety. This publication presents the challenges and solutions of real-time data management, geo-visualisation and decision making, as well as two case-studies of how innovative IT systems can assist in nuclear emergency response affecting food and agriculture. One of the case studies presented is by the Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division; the other case study by Japanese Competent Authorities in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.