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Guidelines
Manual/guidelines, 2017
This manual explains how to use the EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for Value Chain (EX-ACT VC) and how to address a multi-impact appraisal in terms of socio-economic and environmental performance of value chains. These guidelines justify...
Available in:English
Information product, 2017
The flyer provides an updated description of the MAFAP programme. The first section provides some background, the second recalls the Programme's objectives. In the second page, a chart presents an overview of objectivies and activities...
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Information product, 2017
There is a growing awareness to the role that natural resources, such as water, land, forests and environmental amenities, play in our lives. There are many competing uses for natural resources, and society is challenged...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 5
Policy brief, 2017
By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Should we thus be more concerned with urban development? On the contrary, we should still focus on rural development, as this will remain...
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Information product, 2017
Protracted conflicts are the main cause of the rise in forced migration. People living in rural areas and dependent on agriculture are affected the most, as most of today’s civil strife takes place in such...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 4
Policy brief, 2017
As urban food markets have grown rapidly in recent decades, so too have rural–urban food supply chains. Urbanization and higher incomes are shifting dietary patterns away from staples and towards higher-value products (fish, meat, eggs,...
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Book/book chapter, 2017
The FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) is an inclusive, neutral platform for people and institutions to share knowledge and support policymaking. Over the years, the FSN Forum online discussions have...
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Information product, 2017
This flyer presents the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) basic facts: what the Forum is, the affiliation and geographic distribution of Forum members and the FSN Forum tools.
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 3
Policy brief, 2017
Achieving the SDGs to end hunger and extreme poverty by 2030 will depend crucially on developing rural areas in the poorest nations of the world. More resources need to be allocated for investment in rural...
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Leveraging food systems for inclusive rural transformation
Major report, 2017
One of the greatest challenges today is to end hunger and poverty while making agriculture and food systems sustainable. The challenge is daunting because of continued population growth, profound changes in food demand, and the...