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      The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017: Building resilience for peace and food security

      The international community has committed to ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030.

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      The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017: Building resilience for peace and food security

      The international community has committed to ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030.

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      Global capacity needs assessment methodology: integrating nutrition objectives into agricultural extension and advisory services programmes and policies

      Food and Agriculture Organization,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      Presents a unique methodology to examine the capacity gaps in integrating nutrition-related objectives into agricultural programmes and policies, focusing on three levels: individual, organisational and enabling-environment capacity.

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      Report of the Thirty-third Session of the Committee on Fisheries: Rome, 9-13 July 2018

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      The Thirty-third Session of the Committee on Fisheries was held in Rome, Italy, from 9 to 13 July 2018. This is a report of the Session reflecting the discussions which…

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      FAO at 75: Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      Seventy-five years down the line, FAO’s name, ambition and spirit remain: everything else has changed, and will change further. With ten years to go until the Sustainable Development Goals come…

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      The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022: Towards Blue Transformation

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      Coincides with the launch of the Decade of Action to deliver the Global Goals, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration…

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      Review of the Current State of World Capture Fisheries Insurance

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization

      Offers an overview of the status of capture fisheries insurance in the world. This title presents the findings of many regional and national review desk studies carried out between December…

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      Transforming Agriculture in South Sudan

      Years of conflict in South Sudan have led to massive population displacements and high poverty levels. This report aims to address these complex development challenges and recommends investment strategies for…

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      Worldwide Review of Bottom Fisheries In The High Seas

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization

      This document provides a summary of the current status of high seas bottom fisheries worldwide based on the best information available. The review contains information on the fleets and their…

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      Report of the Workshop on Bycatch, Particularly in Prawn Fisheries, and on the Implementation of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Maputo, Mozambique, 15-24 November 2005

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization

      The workshop received national reports and reviews concerning bycatch, sea turtle distribution, critical habitats, main sources of natural and man-induced mortality and conservation efforts. The use of turtle excluding devices…

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      Codex Alimentarius, Foods Derived from Biotechnology

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization

      The Codex Alimentarius is a collection of international food standards presented in a uniform manner. It includes standards for all the principal foods, whether processed or semi-processed or raw and…

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      South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission Report of the Second Session of the Scientific Committee Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, 3-7 August 2007 (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report)

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization

      The Scientific Committee examined the status of fisheries resources and considered the report of the working party on fisheries data and statistics. It discussed various fishery assessments, preparation of the…

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      South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission: Report of the Third Session of the Scientific Committee. Maputo, Mozambique, 16-19 September 2008

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      The Scientific Committee examined the status of fisheries resources in its area of competence; considered the report of the second Working Party on Fisheries Data and Statistics; discussed a recent…

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      Codex Alimentarius Commission procedural manual

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization

      Intends to help Member Governments participate effectively in the work of the joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. This manual is useful for national delegations attending Codex meetings and for international…

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      Safety practices related to small fishing vessel stability (FAO fisheries and aquaculture technical paper)

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      Introduces some basic principles of the stability of small fishing vessels and provides simple guidance on what fishing vessel crews can do to maintain adequate stability for their vessels. This…

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      General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean: Report of the Thirty-third Session Tunis, 23-27 March 2009 (GFCM Report)

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization

      Intended for governmental bodies and policy makers, this title presents the yearly review of the activities of the Commission and its Committees, with recommendations and resolutions.

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      Report of the Technical Consultation to Draft a Legally-Binding Instrument on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported Fishing: Rome, 23-27 June 2008, 26-30 January 2009, 4-8 May 2009 and 24-28 August 2009

      Food and Agriculture Organization

      The consultation, held in four sessions in FAO headquarters, was convened by the Director General of the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations upon the recommendation of the twenty-seventh…

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      Short-term Projection of Global Fish Demand and Supply Gaps

      Food and Agriculture Organization,PingSun Leung

      This publication presents a short-term projection model developed to assess and monitor future fish demand and supply gaps at the country level (nearly 200 countries or territories), regional level (about…

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      Pulses and Their By-Products as Animal Feed

      Food and Agriculture Organization,M.R. Garg

      Pulses provide valuable products for animal feeding and thereby indirectly contribute to food security.

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      A Decision Guide for Rural Advisory Methods

      Food and Agriculture Organization,Francesca Cofin

      This decision guide is intended to help extension professionals and their organizations make informed decisions about which extension method and approach to use for providing information, technologies and services to…

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      The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022: Repurposing Food and Agricultural Policies to Make Healthy Diets More Affordable

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO

      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…

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      Handbook on the Integrated Crop Management of Groundnut and Sesame for Farmer Field Schools in Central Dry Zone of Myanmar

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      Outlines integrated pest management for selected crops, including paddy, groundnut, sesame, green gram, and chickpea. The curriculum aims to improve farmers’ knowledge of the crops and learn how to boost…

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      The State of Food and Agriculture 2021 (SOFA): Making Agrifood Systems More Resilient to Shocks and Stresses

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      Presents country-level indicators of the resilience of agri-food systems. The indicators measure the robustness of primary production and food availability, as well as physical and economic access to food. They…

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      Report of the Third Fao Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposal to Amend Appendices I and II of Cites Concerning Commercially-Exploited Aquatic Species, Rome 7-12 December 2009: Fao Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 925

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      Farmed aquatic food for all tastes

      Food and Agriculture Organization, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

      A large portion of aquatic foods, which provide livelihoods and a healthy source of protein for hundreds of thousands of people, originate from aquaculture farms. This publication examines twelve farmed…

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      Attributing Illness Caused by Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli (STEC) to Specific Foods: Report

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      Reviews sporadic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections and identifies foods that facilitate their spread, including meat, vegetables and fruits. The analysis covers 957 STEC outbreaks from 27 different countries.

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      Prospective Analysis of Aquaculture Development: The Delphi Method (Fao Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Papers)

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Food and Agriculture Organization,Florence Poulain

      Knowledge of the technological and socio-economical factors that have contributed to the past development of aquaculture in diverse regions of the world is essential to understand the current challenges facing…

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      Checklists and Technical Guidelines to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Volume I: A Consolidated Checklist of Coastal, Flag and Port State Responsibilities to Combat IUU Fishing

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      The checklists consist of the rights and responsibilities of persons and vessels to ensure their actions align with the law. The document can be used as a reference to identify…

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      Ranking of low-moisture foods in support of microbiological risk management

      Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization

      Examines the available information on microbiological hazards related to low-moisture foods and ranks the foods of greatest concern from a microbiological food safety perspective. These include cereals and grains, dried…

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      Selection and application of methods for the detection and enumeration of human-pathogenic Halophilic Vibrio spp. in seafood: guidance

      Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization

      Provides guidance on the most appropriate methods for generating data on Vibrio spp., a foodborne pathogen that affects seafood. A range of potential data collection methods are presented, from culture-based…

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      Microbiological risk assessment: guidance for food

      Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization

      A guide to microbiological hazards in foods that covers hazard identification and characterization, exposure assessment, and risk characterization. It also showcases best practices such as the development of the Annapolis…

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      Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring

      World Health Organization

      This publication includes good practice principles and a set of decision-support tools for planning and implementing a multipurpose National Forest Monitoring System, grounded in nationally appropriate and scientifically sound practices.

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      Microbial safety of lipid-based ready-to-use foods for management of moderate acute malnutrition and severe acute malnutrition: second report

      Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization

      Reviews the status of the microbiological safety of lipid-based ready-to-use foods (RUFs) and provides guidance to producers on the general approach and requirements for manufacturing RUFs that are safe for…

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      The science of food standards: the road from Codex Alimentarius Commission 39 to 40

      Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization

      Showcases the steps the Codex Alimentarius has taken from July 2016 (CAC39) to July 2017 (CAC40) on the road to safe and quality food for everyone. Over the course of…

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      Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and food: attribution, characterization, and monitoring , report

      Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization

      Proposes a set of criteria for categorizing the potential risk of severity of illness associated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in food. Targeting interventions appropriately relies on identifying those strains…

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      Safety and quality of water used in food production and processing: meeting report

      Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization

      Provides guidance on safe water use when preparing fresh produce and fish. The report is also a guide for water risk management. Water is a major input in food, from…

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      Carryover in feed and transfer from feed to food of unavoidable and unintended residues of approved veterinary drugs: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, 8-10 January 2019

      Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization

      Reviews the causes of veterinary drug carryover in animal feed and the transfer from feed to food, as well as known risks to human health and international trade, and suggests…

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      Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting in collaboration with OIE on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance: role of the environment, crops and biocides, meeting report

      Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization

      Synthesizes the current scientific literature concerning the transmission of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, antimicrobial residues and antimicrobial resistance genes from environmental sources (e.g. contaminated water, soil, fertilizers, processing and transportation facilities) to…

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      Microbiological hazards in spices and dried aromatic herbs: meeting report

      Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization

      This meeting considered global evidence on the burden of illness and on the prevalence and concentration of selected microbial hazards with respect to various spices and dried aromatic herbs. It…

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      Pesticide residues in food - 2012: toxicological evaluations, Part 2: Toxicological

      World Health Organization,Food and Agriculture Organization

      FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), which met in Rome on 11-20 September 2012. The monographs in this volume summarize the safety data on 11 pesticides that could leave residues…

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      Safety and quality of water use and reuse in the production and processing of dairy products

      Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization

      There is great potential to exploit possible sources of reusable water. This report provides information relevant to the various steps in matching potential reusable water sources with fit-for-purpose applications in…

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      Report of the FAO Workshop on Governance of Tenure for Responsible Capture Fisheries: Rome, 4-6 July 2011

      Food and Agriculture Organization: Regional Commission for Fisheries,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      This document is the report of the meeting held in Rome in July 2011. The report includes an overview of the presentations and discussions held during the Workshop, and it…

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      The State of Food and Agriculture 2009: Livestock in the Balance

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      To meet the challenges and constraints of the 21st century, the livestock sector requires appropriate institutions, research, development interventions and governance that reflect the diversity within the sector and the…

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      Agripreneurship across Africa: stories of inspiration

      Food and Agriculture Organization,Cassandra Walker

      This publication aims to inspire budding entrepreneurs in Africa to consider business opportunities in agriculture and agro-industry. Through success stories reflecting real-life agribusiness development experiences, it also aims to be…

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      Legal guide on school food and nutrition: legislating for a healthy school food environment

      Luisa Cruz,Food and Agriculture Organization

      Promotes a holistic and human rights-based approach to school food and nutrition, in which legislation is an indispensable tool to ensure the sustainability of public policy goals set by a…

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      How Access to Energy Can Influence Food Losses: A Brief Overview

      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      Reviews the evidence to date on the magnitude and geographical distribution of food losses. The report further looks at the role of energy in post-harvest losses and the main entry…

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      Valuing forest ecosystem services: a training manual for planners and project developers

      Food and Agriculture Organization,Mauro Masiero

      Examines ecosystem services and their valuation. The specific target group comprises governmental officers in planning units and field-level officers and practitioners in key government departments in Bangladesh responsible for project…

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