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The report makes fifteen recommendations in three areas:
Healthy food is every body’s business
Levelling the playing field for a fair food system – good food must become good business
Committing to grow the UK supply of fruit, vegetables, nuts and pulses, and products from UK sustainable agriculture, and to using them more...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Informe
2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has made a significant contribution to the implementation of the Agenda 21 chapters for which it was given responsibility at the Rio Summit. Over the past ten years the Organization has adopted an interdisciplinary and integrated approach towards achieving food security...
Libro
2002
With world population expected to reach 8 billion by 2030, pressure on the environment will continue to mount. The challenge of the coming years is to produce enough food to meet the needs of an additional 2 billion people while preserving and enhancing the natural resource base upon which the...
Libro
2002
Organic agriculture is a holistic production management system that promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It emphasizes the use of management practices in preference to the use of off-farm inputs, taking into account that regional conditions require locally adapted systems.
Hoja informativa
2002
Market demand for organic fruits and vegetables has increased steadily in recent years; and this ought to present an opportunity for exporters in developing countries who in many cases practise low-input agriculture. However, there are significant hurdles to overcome in order to benefit from this opportunity. First, most importing countries...
Informe
2002
There is an extensive literature on composting methodology. However, the background paper presents only a selective and brief account of the salient approaches. A broad distinction as “Traditional” and ‘Rapid’ composting practices has been made, based mainly on the considerations of the practices being adopted as a convention; and the...
Directrices
2002
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