Responsible investment in agriculture and food systems is essential for enhancing food security and nutrition and supporting the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security. Responsible investment makes a significant contribution to enhancing...
Focus on healthy and balanced nutrition As a region, Europe and Central Asia has achieved the Millennium Development Goal hunger target of reducing by half the proportion of people affected by hunger. Progress on reducing the incidence of hunger differs from country to country, with the Central...
Second edition This paper provides estimates of investment costs, both public and private, required to eliminate chronic dietary energy deficits, or to achieve zero hunger by 2030. This target is consistent with achieving both Sustainable Development Goal 2, to eliminate hunger by 2030, and...
تحقيق الغايات الدولية الخاصة بالجوع لعام 2015: تقييم التقدّم المتفاوت يقيّم التقرير السنوي عن حالة انعدام الأمن الغذائي في العالم لهذا العام التقدّم المحرز باتجاه تحقيق الهدف 1 من الأهداف الإنمائية للألفية المعمول بها دولياً والهدف الخاص بالجوع لمؤتمر القمة العالمي للأغذية، ويعكس الخطوات التي ينبغي...
كسر حلقة الفقر في الريف تمكنت بلدان كثيرة من تحقيق الأهداف الإنمائية للألفية المتعلقة بالحد من الفقر، إلا أن بلداناً كثيرة أخرى لا تزال متأخرة على هذا الصعيد، ولذا سيتمثل التحدي لما بعد عام 2015 في الاستئصال التام للفقر والجوع. يقر العديد من البلدان النامية أكثر فأكثر بأن إجراءات الحماية الاجتماعية...
This publication is part of the FAO Statistical Yearbook suite of products. The first part of the book includes thematic spreads with data visualizations (graphs, charts, and maps) with basic text. The second part has country-level tables for a selected number of indicators.
A review for the SHARP partnership of 28 documented PES projects that have involved working with smallholders in tropical forest countries to protect watersheds, conserve biodiversity and minimise deforestation. The report provides a useful inventory of smallholder-focused projects and offers a...
The aim of this paper is to provide policy-makers with a helpful overview of the technical and economic aspects of water use in agriculture, with particular emphasis on crop and livestock production. It was prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World...
The Cost of Hunger in Africa (CoHA): The Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in Malawi report shows that the country loses significant sums of money each year as a result of child undernutrition through increased healthcare costs, additional burdens to the education system and lower...
In the paper is argued that the potential role of small-scale Russian agriculture and food is underestimated. Based on an overview of Russian agriculture the position of family farming is illustrated. The scope of small-scale-agriculture is broader than food production. It has opportunities also on...