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      The state of food security and nutrition in the World 2017: building resilience for peace and food security

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

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      Tackling antimicrobial use and resistance in pig production: lessons learned in Denmark

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      Describes a campaign to limit the use of antimicrobials - specifically antibiotics - in the Danish swine-producing sector. It is hoped that this historical guide will help to identify ways…

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      Farms, family farms, farmland distribution and farm labour: what do we know today?

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      This paper takes stock of the number of farms worldwide, their distribution and that of farmland, based on agricultural censuses and survey data. It shows that there are more than…

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      Europe and Central Asia - regional overview of food security and Nutrition 2019: structural transformations of agriculture for improved food security, nutrition and environment

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      Reports that, in Europe and Central Asia, food security has improved substantially over the past two decades and the vast majority of the 50 or so countries monitored managed to…

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      Disaster risk reduction challenge badge

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      The Disaster Risk Reduction challenge badge is designed to help educate children and young people about hazards, disasters, and the crucial role that disaster risk reduction plays for life on…

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      Review of agricultural trade policies in post-Soviet countries 2017-2018

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      Reviews the latest changes in trade policies in post-Soviet countries, and how they affect the dynamics and structure of trade. The publication includes an overview of the prospects for expanding…

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      Food outlook: biannual report on global food markets, June 2020

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      Focuses on developments affecting global food and feed markets, providing comprehensive assessments and short-term forecasts for production, utilization, trade, stocks and prices on a commodity by commodity basis. It also…

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      Disaster risk reduction at farm level: multiple benefits, no regrets, results from cost-benefit analyses conducted in a multi-country study, 2016-2018

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      Presents the findings of a multi-year FAO study undertaken on over 900 farms in ten different countries that measured, using field data, benefits gained through the use of innovative farming…

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      The state of food security and nutrition in the World 2019: safeguarding against economic slowdowns and downturns

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      This major annual report gives updates on the prevalence of undernourishment globally and the absolute number of undernourished, as well as the latest estimates for a number of global nutrition…

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      Fifteen years implementing the right to food guidelines: reviewing progress to achieve the 2030 Agenda

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      This fifteen-year retrospective on the Right to Food Guidelines helps us look back and understand what has worked and why, where the bottlenecks lie, and how governments and their partners…

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      Empowering women in small-scale fisheries for sustainable food systems: Regional Inception Workshop 3-5 March 2020, Accra, Ghana

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      Highlights the importance of fish and the small-scale fisheries sector for food security and nutrition, as well as the role of women in fisheries. Women are often marginalized and there…

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      A protocol for measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of soil organic carbon in agricultural landscapes: GSOC-MRV Protocol

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      This technical document provides a conceptual framework and standard methodologies for the monitoring, reporting and verification of changes in soil organic carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions/removals from agricultural projects…

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      The state of agricultural commodity markets 2020: agricultural markets and sustainable development: global value chains, smallholder farmers and digital innovations

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      Discusses policies and mechanisms that promote sustainable outcomes - economic, social and environmental - in agricultural and food markets, both global and domestic. The analysis is organised along the trends…

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      Developing gender-sensitive value chains: guidelines for practitioners

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      Offers practical tools and examples of successful approaches to address the gender-based contraints that affect both value chain performance and women’s opportunities for economic empowerment.

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      The state of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries 2018

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      Provides objective, reliable and up-to-date information to a wide audience and to support decision-making in fisheries. The report provides the most detailed assessment yet of the state of fishery resources…

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      Soils for nutrition

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      Offers a review of practices that can provide a more nutritious agrifood system to enhance human health and well-being, while protecting the environment. These practices include integrated soil fertility management…

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      Report of the ninth session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI): Kuwait City, State of Kuwait, 9-11 May 2017

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      This book covers the session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries, attended by five members and six invited organizations.

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      Pulses: nutritious seeds for a sustainable future

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      Part guide, part cookbook, and peppered with informative visuals, this book tells us why pulses are such an important food for the future, explains how to cook them, and includes…

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      Towards zero hunger - 1945-2030

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      Shows that, acting together, we can achieve zero hunger by 2030. It showcases a unique collection of images documenting how the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)…

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      65 Years of the FAO Library: 1952-2017

      This book retraces the founding and development of the David Lubin Memorial Library, one of the richest collections of titles in the world on food, agriculture and international development.

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      Report of the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group Established by the Parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing: Oslo, Norway, 1-2 June 2017

      At its first meeting, the Ad Hoc Working Group established by the Parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing…

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      EMPRES-Animal Health 360. No. 47/2017: Special Edition on Lumpy Skin Disease

      In an ever-changing global environment, under the pressure of climate change and the movement of people and goods over long distances, the emergence of animal diseases in previously unaffected areas…

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      Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes

      A Catch Documentation Scheme helps determine whether fish originate from catches that comply with applicable national, regional and international conservation and management measures, established in accordance with relevant international obligations.

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      Watershed Management in Action: Lessons Learned from FAO Field Projects

      Watershed management has gained momentum over the past decade as a holistic way of conserving water, land and biodiversity resources while sustaining livelihoods.

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      Restoring the Earth: The Next Decade, Unasylva No 252

      This Unasylva issue aims at showcasing forest and landscape restoration (FLR) opportunities and recent developments that have the power to upscale restoration, in order to achieve the Bonn Challenge pledge…

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      2020 Europe and Central Asia: regional overview of food security and nutrition, affordable healthy diets to address all forms of malnutrition for better health

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      According to this situation analysis, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed serious threats to food security and nutrition in the region, especially for low-income and vulnerable populations.

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      Food outlook

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      Provides supply and demand forecasts for basic foodstuffs, fish and fishery products, along with price analysis and policy information. It also notes that trade flows continued to reach new highs…

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      The state of food and agriculture 2019: moving forward on food loss and waste reduction

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      This year’s edition provides new estimates of the percentage of the world’s food lost from production up to the retail level. It suggests that identifying and understanding critical loss points…

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      Fruit and vegetables: your dietary essentials, the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, 2021, background paper

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      The International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021 (IYFV) aims to raise awareness about the nutritional and health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption. This paper provides an overview of…

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      Organic and inorganic contaminants in marine sediments off northern Mozambique: results from the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen environmental survey, programme report

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      Presents the measurements of grain size, total organic carbon, hydrocarbons and metals in surface sediments collected from 40 locations off the coast of northern Mozambique with the conclusion that no…

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      Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Tropane Alkaloids: 30 March-3 April 2020

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      Following many cases of suspected food poisoning in the Karamoja region of the Republic of Uganda, the meeting provided risk assessments for hyoscyamine and scopolamine, including toxicological and exposure assessment.

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      World food and agriculture: statistical yearbook 2021

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      This publication offers a synthesis of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape, and is meant to constitute a primary tool for policy makers, researchers…

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      Gender and food loss in sustainable food value chains: a guiding note

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      Demonstrates that gender inequalities generate poor performance that may cause produce to be lost from the food value chain. This report offers practical guidance for integrating gender concerns into the…

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      Farmer Field Schools for Small-Scale Livestock Producers: A Guide for Decision Makers on Improving Livelihoods

      Livestock Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) are schools without walls where groups of small-scale livestock producers test, validate, and adapt good agricultural and marketing practices that help them increase their production…

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      Unasylva 250: Forests and Sustainable Cities

      Cities need forests. The network of woodlands, groups of trees and individual trees in a city and on its fringes performs a huge range of functions.

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      Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands: reducing risks, addressing vulnerability and enhancing resilience

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      Investigates the situation of pastoralism, highlighting its current context of vulnerability. The report outlines policy interventions, resilience programming, and research areas that could enhance the resilience of pastoral livelihoods systems.

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      Fish forum 2018: book of abstracts

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      Contains the abstracts of the keynotes, oral contributions and posters presented by participants at the Forum on Fisheries Science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Fish Forum 2018).

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      The violation of human rights in the fishing sector: introductory speeches on the occasion of World Fisheries Day at FAO

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      This inspiring collection of think pieces by key figures in academia, the Holy See and FAO covers a range of pressing issues affecting people in the fisheries sector, from modern…

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      OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026: Special Focus: Southeast Asia

      This long-standing annual report brings together the OECD’s data on OECD countries with FAO’s data on other regions to provide a uniquely comprehensive overview.

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      Socio-economics of trawl fisheries in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea: proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Trawl Fisheries Socio-economics 26-27 October 2015 Da Nang, Viet Nam and Socio-economic Write-shop 25-26 April 2016 Cha Am, Thailand

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      Based on studies carried out in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam, this publication examines the role of trawl fisheries for food security and livelihoods, and…

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      Regional Conference on Building a Future for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: 7-9 March 2016 Algiers, Algeria

      This conference focused on the main challenges for sustainable development of small-scale fisheries, with the aim of encouraging political commitment to designing tailored strategies for the region.

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      Report of the first meeting of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) Open-ended Technical Working Group on Information Exchange: London, United Kingdom, 16-18 April 2018

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      The Working Group was established to consider the information exchange requirements to support the implementation of Port State Measures (PSMA), including the most appropriate structure for an information exchange system…

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      World food and agriculture statistical pocketbook 2020

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      Provides in an easy and simple way quick access to top-level numbers, charts and maps on many dimensions of food and agriculture - from the characteristics of the sector to…

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      Report of the FAO technical workshop on a spatial planning development programme for marine capture fisheries and aquaculture: Cairo, the Arab Republic of Egypt, 25-27 November 2012

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      Documents the outputs of the RECOFI Regional Technical Workshop on Spatial Planning Development Programme for Marine Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture (hereafter termed the Development Programme ), which was held from…

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      Sustainable land management (SLM): lessons learned for scaling up at landscape level, results of the Kagera Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Project

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      Explores sustainable land and water management technologies as communicated by local practitioners, watershed level experts, and national and international project staff in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The book identifies…

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      Social protection to foster sustainable management of natural resources and reduce poverty in fisheries-dependent communities: report of the FAO Technical Workshop 17-18 November 2015, Rome

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      This report calls for a stronger conceptual framework to reconcile socio-economic development and natural resources conservation in fisheries-dependent communities. It highlights the need for further country case studies and a…

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      Food outlook: biannual report on global food markets, November 2020

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      Provides supply and demand forecasts for basic foodstuffs, fish and fishery products along with price analysis, policy information and a preliminary assessment of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on…

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      Checklists and Technical Guidelines to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (Iuu) Fishing

      This checklist is intended for the review of national legal frameworks, including fisheries legislation. It presents the main rule of international law alongside the provisions of non-binding instruments that complement…

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