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An intergovernmental organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.
Founded in 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO provides a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. The Organization publishes authoritative publications on agriculture, fisheries, forestry and nutrition.
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El informe de este año debería disipar cualquier duda que quede de que el mundo está retrocediendo en sus esfuerzos por acabar con el hambre, la inseguridad alimentaria y la malnutrición en todas sus formas
Le rapport de cette année devrait dissiper les doutes qui pourraient subsister quant au fait que le monde perd du terrain dans sa lutte pour mettre un terme à la faim, à l’insécurité alimentaire et à la malnutrition sous toutes ses formes.
L’édition 2022 de La Situation des forêts du monde s’inscrit dans la suite de la Déclaration des dirigeants sur les forêts et l’utilisation des terres (Déclaration de Glasgow), par laquelle 140 pays se sont engagés à stopper le recul des forêts d’ici à 2030 et à apporter un appui à la restauration et à la gestion durable des forêts.
En el contexto de la Declaración de los Dirigentes reunidos en Glasgow sobre los bosques y el uso de la tierra, y del compromiso contraído por más de 140 países para poner fin a la pérdida de bosques para 2030 y brindar apoyo a la restauración y las actividades forestales sostenibles,
يناقش تقرير حالة أسواق السلع الزراعية لعام 2022 كيف يمكن للسياسات التجارية القائمة على النُهج الإقليمية والمتعددة الأطراف على حد سواء مواجهة تحديات يومنا هذا من أجل تحقيق التنمية المستدامة. ويجب على السياسات التجارية في مجال الأغذية والزراعة أن تسعى إلى حماية الأمن الغذائي العالمي، والمساهمة
L’édition 2022 de La situation des marchés des produits agricoles examine de quelle façon les politiques commerciales fondées sur des approches multilatérales et des approches régionales peuvent permettre de relever les défis actuels du développement durable.
En la edición de 2022 de El estado de los mercados de productos básicos agrícolas (SOCO 2022) se examina la forma en que las políticas comerciales, sobre la base de enfoques multilaterales y regionales, pueden hacer frente a los problemas con que tropieza el desarrollo sostenible en la actualidad.
Публикация доклада “Состояние мирового рыболовства и аквакультуры – 2022” совпадает с началом Десятилетия действий по достижению Глобальных целей, ДесятилетиемООН,
L’édition 2022 de La Situation mondiale des pêches et de l’aquaculture coïncide avec le lancement de la Décennie d’action des Nations Unies pour la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable, la Décennie des Nations Unies pour les sciences océaniques au service du développement durable et la Décennie des Nations Unies pour la restauration des écosystèmes.
La edición de 2022 de El estado mundial de la pesca y la acuicultura coincide con el lanzamiento del Decenio de acción para cumplir los objetivos mundiales, el Decenio de las Naciones Unidas de las Ciencias Oceánicas para el Desarrollo Sostenible y el Decenio de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Restauración de los Ecosistemas.
Esta revisión del desempeño tecno-económico de las principales flotas pesqueras del mundo analiza los resultados de 20 estudios a nivel de país de las flotas pesqueras de África, Asia, Europa, Américas del Norte y del Sur.
La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas proclamó 2020 como el Año Internacional de la Sanidad Vegetal para crear conciencia mundial sobre cómo proteger las plantas de plagas y enfermedades puede ayudar a acabar con el hambre,
L'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a proclamé 2020 Année internationale de la santé des végétaux pour sensibiliser le monde à la manière dont la protection des plantes contre les parasites et les maladies peut aider à éliminer la faim,
En los últimos años, varios factores causantes principales han desviado al mundo de la senda que lleva a poner fin al hambre y la malnutrición mundiales en todas sus formas para 2030.
Ces dernières années, plusieurs grands facteurs sont intervenus qui font que le monde n’est plus en voie de mettre un terme à la faim et à la malnutrition sous toutes ses formes d’ici à 2030.
كشفت جائحة كوفيد-19 مدى هشاشة النظم الزراعية والغذائية أمام الصدمات وحالات الإجهاد وأفضت إلى ازدياد انعدام الأمن الغذائي وسوء التغذية في العالم. ولا بد من اتخاذ إجراءات لجعل النظم الزراعية والغذائية أكثر قدرة على الصمود وكفاءة واستدامة وشمولاً
La pandémie de covid-19 a fait apparaître au grand jour la vulnérabilité des systèmes agroalimentaires face aux chocs et aux situations de stress et entraîné une augmentation de l’insécurité alimentaire et de la malnutrition au niveau mondial.
Пандемия COVID-19 продемонстрировала уязвимость агропродовольственных систем к потрясениям и стрессам и усугубила ситуацию с отсутствием продовольственной безопасности и неполноценным питанием во всем мире. Необходимо принять меры для того,
La pandemia de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) puso de manifiesto la vulnerabilidad de los sistemas agroalimentarios a las perturbaciones y tensiones y dio lugar a una mayor inseguridad alimentaria y malnutrición a nivel mundial.
В последние годы сформировался целый ряд факторов отставания в мире в работе по ликвидации голода и неполноценного питания в мире во всех его формах к 2030 году.
Cet ouvrage saura convaincre le lecteur de s’intéresser aux fruits et légumes et l’amèner à comprendre que leur production par des petites exploitations est essentielle à la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable établis par les Nations Unies.
Este libro convencerá al lector de la importancia de las frutas y hortalizas, y le hará ver que la producción a pequeña escala de estos cultivos es fundamental para alcanzar los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible. A lo largo de sus cinco capítulos, el lector conocerá los desafíos y las recompensas para los productores, los vendedores y los consumidores.
Les éditions de 2017, 2018 et 2019 de ce rapport expliquent que la détérioration progressive de la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique est due aux conflits, aux extrêmes climatiques et aux ralentissements et fléchissements économiques, qui se chevauchent souvent.
La agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios son vitales para el presente y el futuro de todos los habitantes de América Latina y el Caribe, tanto para el 40% que vive en zonas rurales, como para los que viven en ciudades (Trivelli y Berdegué 2019).
Les changements climatiques constituent un défi sans précédent pour la biosphère et la communauté internationale, et représentent également un défi singulier pour la santé des végétaux
El cambio climático representa un desafío sin precedentes para la biosfera mundial y para la comunidad global. También es un desafío excepcional para la sanidad vegetal
L'Année internationale des fruits et des légumes 2021, proclamée par l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies par la Résolution 74/244, entend sensibiliser le public,
El Año Internacional de las Frutas y Verduras 2021 (IYFV), declarado por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas mediante la resolución A/RES/74/244,
Thousands of consumer products around the world contain ingredients obtained from wild plants. Wild harvest accounts for some or all the harvest of the great majority of plant species in trade (between 60-90 percent). Wild-harvested plants often come from the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth and many have been used traditionally or by local communities for generations.
The Framework for Environmental and Social Management (FESM) establishes environmental and social performance requirements for FAO programming. The FESM includes key elements of a human rights-based approach with the goal to ensure that people and the environment are protected from any potential adverse impacts of FAO programmes and projects.
Worldwide, maize is the third most important cereal after rice and wheat. It occupies 197 million hectares of planted area. Asia contributes to nearly 30 percent of global maize supplies, and area and production of the crop is rapidly increasing in the continent.
South-South Cooperation (SSC) is increasingly recognized as an effective instrument for catalyzing economic development by fostering the exchange of innovation and good practices, and expanding market opportunities across countries with a similar level of development and shared development objectives, such as those reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized the stability of agrifood systems and the welfare of the rural households that are actively engaged in the different components of these systems, particularly in developing countries.
Biodiversity for food and agriculture comprises all the components of biodiversity that contribute to crop and livestock production, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture – both wild and domesticated, and at genetic, species and ecosystem levels.
Extension and advisory services (EAS) play a key role in facilitating innovation processes, empowering marginalized groups through capacity development, and linking farmers with markets. EAS are increasingly provided by a range of actors and funded from diverse sources
This work provides a preliminary analysis of the key climate risks affecting agrifood value chains and opportunities for climate services that reach stakeholders involved in all stages of the value chain, from agrifood production to harvest, storage and refrigeration, processing and packaging, transportation, markets, trade and consumption.
This series of technical briefs aims to provide a solid knowledge base for building or strengthening stakeholder capacities on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and applying CSA practices to five crops that are critical to the global agri-food sector: coffee, cowpea, maize, rice and wheat.
Many countries in Western Europe have a long tradition of applying land banking as part of the integrated toolbox of land management instruments. As with land consolidation, the traditional purpose of land banking has been to support agriculture and rural development by reducing land fragmentation and facilitating the enlargement of farms.
The increasing global population needs to source food from the ocean, which is a much greater area than the land. The ocean is rich with diversified flora and fauna, and both are sources of proteins, vitamins, minerals, phytohormones, and bioactive compounds.
During fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV) production, water is used for a variety of purposes. Even the water was conventionally treated and disinfected, it may still potentially contain human pathogens, albeit at low concentrations.
One of the world’s greatest challenges is to feed a growing human population in an effective, sustainable, and environmentally conscious manner. In the Asia-Pacific, agri-food production is greatly impeded by a speciose complex of transboundary pests and pathogens (TPP).
Climate change and extreme weather events are heightening levels of acute food insecurity and food crises around the world. As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and deals with other drivers of food security, poverty and inequality, the international community is calling for a climate-resilient and sustainable recovery.
Incidents involving pesticide use with negative repercussions on human health and the environment regularly occur. While poisoning incidents involving humans are more frequently reported, data related to environmental incidents are comparatively scarce.
The Guidebook for evaluating fisheries co-management effectiveness offers a process and method to evaluate the performance of a fisheries co-management system and its plan in order to enhance its effectiveness in delivering benefits and in contributing to environmental, social and economic sustainability and good governance.
Plastic contamination in the environment is one of the most currently discussed topics. In addition to environmental matrices, microplastics have been detected in fisheries and aquaculture species, but also in other important food commodities.
Automation has been shaping world agriculture since the early twentieth century. Motorized mechanization has brought significant benefits in terms of improved productivity, reduced drudgery and more efficient allocation of labour, but also some negative environmental impacts.
This publication describes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s multisectoral voluntary approach to antibiotic stewardship in food-producing animals, developed as a collaboration between industry and government.
This manual contains key elements of the Frontline In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) programme necessary for successful mentorship.
This year’s report should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards in its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. We are now only eight years away from 2030, but the distance to reach many of the SDG 2 targets is growing wider each year.
COVID-19 continues to have severe impacts on the societies, economies and environment of forest communities. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on forest communities have been shaped by pre-existing social, economic en environmental vulnerabilities.
The benefit of an adequate framework for the management of animal health emergency operations has been repeatedly shown over the years, highlighting a need to build and upgrade capabilities to effectively and efficiently manage animal health emergency operations at all levels.
Management planning guidelines represent the second major step in the process for planning protected areas, following implementation of the Establishment Guidelines. This publication was developed as a part of the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Turkeys’ Steppe Ecosystem Project.
There are growing demands for countries to develop national timber traceability systems. These demands range from a country’s own needs to track timber and collect associated revenues consistently, to international demands for due diligence regarding the legality of the timber for imports, and in some cases where a country has entered into a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the EU.
FAO has developed the "Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Conservation of orthodox seeds in seed genebanks" to be used as a companion volume to the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
FAO has developed the "Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Conservation in field genebanks" to be used as a companion volume to the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
FAO has developed the "Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Conservation via in vitro culture" to be used as a companion volume to the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2022 (SOCO 2022) discusses how trade policies, based on both multilateral and regional approaches, can address today’s challenges for sustainable development.
The 2022 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture coincides with the launch of the Decade of Action to deliver the Global Goals, the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
In view of the soaring input prices,concerns about the weather, and increased market uncertainties stemming from the war in Ukraine, FAO’s latest forecasts point to a likely tightening of food markets in 2022.
Building on the anti-corruption provisions of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security,
The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for Value Chains (EX-ACT VC) is a quantitative multi-appraisal tool that evaluates the sustainability of agrifood value chains simultaneously along several environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
This publication provides an overview of the common and unique sustainability elements of Indigenous Peoples' food systems, in terms of natural resource management, access to the market, diet diversity, indigenous peoples’ governance systems, and links to traditional knowledge and indigenous languages.
Since its incursion to Asia and the Pacific region, African swine fever (ASF) has shown impacts on food security and economics as the virus is expanding towards more areas and countries in the region.
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly fatal infectious disease of domestic and wild pigs of all breeds and ages with no effective vaccine or treatment.
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly fatal infectious disease of domestic and wild pigs of all breeds and ages with no effective vaccine or treatment.
This document is one of seven sets of guidelines developed to provide standards and recommendations for the integrated management of the country’s natural assets.
Food fraud has beset governments for centuries, and the legal responses to it have been uniquely suited to the sensibilities of the time. This publication follows the concept of food fraud described to occur when a fraudster intentionally deceives a customer about the quality and/or contents of the foods they wish to purchase, and such act is done to obtain an undue advantage,
Against the backdrop of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and the pledge of 140 countries to eliminate forest loss by 2030 and to support restoration and sustainable forestry, the 2022 edition of The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) explores the potential of three forest pathways for achieving green recovery and tackling multidimensional planetary crises,
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an arboviral disease affecting humans and livestock transmitted by mosquitoes. It is endemic to large areas of Africa, resulting in widespread abortion and neonatal mortality in livestock, and severe complications in a small but significant percentage of human cases.
Mobility is a vital strategy employed by pastoralists to capitalize on the scarce availability of resources in variable environments, making pastoralism economically feasible and environmentally sustainable. Through mobility, pastoralists can produce animal-sourced products that provide food and income security to populations in the world’s rangelands.
Animal health emergencies are evolving, but they remain among the most challenging situations a country can confront. Infectious diseases and other threats have increasing potential to spread rapidly within a country or around the world due to growing populations, concentration of animal populations and market intensification, human and animal movement, and global trade.
This report addresses the role of forest products in replacing fossil-based and GHG-intensive products. The overarching objective is to provide recommendations to strengthen the contribution of substitution by forest products to sustainable development.
This diagnostic tool advances the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) through policy and legal frameworks.
Fresh fish is an important source of food and income. Its quality is affected by handling and hygiene practices at all stages of the value chain – from production to consumption, starting with fishing.
This publication is intended to assist field practitioners, youth organizations and other stakeholders to identify binding constraints and viable opportunities to youth engagement in value chains that can translate into greater youth inclusion.
This identification guide includes 56 species of macro (> 5 cm in diameter) jellyfishes (cnidarians, ctenophores, and thaliaceans) that are known to occur off the coast of West Africa.
Catch documentation schemes (CDS) are just one in an array of tools designed to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The schemes provide a means for countries to cooperate in providing information about the legality of fish as it moves through the supply chain, from catch to market.