Cumplimiento de los objetivos internacionales para 2015 en relación con el hambre: balance de los desiguales progresos En la edición de El estado de la inseguridad alimentaria en el mundo de este año se hace balance de los progresos realizados hacia la consecución del primer Objetivo de Desarrollo...
La protección social y la agricultura: romper el ciclo de la pobreza rural Muchos países han cumplido los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) sobre reducción de la pobreza; sin embargo, muchos otros se están retrasando y el reto posterior a 2015 consistirá en la erradicación total de la...
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...
Overcoming malnutrition in all of its forms – caloric undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity – requires a combination of interventions in different areas that guarantee the availability of and access to healthy diets. Among the key areas, interventions are required in food systems...
This publication “School feeding and possibilities for direct purchases from family farming in Latin American countries” contributes to the articulation of the sectors involved with school feeding, in the search for alternatives for the institutionalization and strengthening of school feeding...
La función más universalmente reconocida del suelo es su apoyo a la producción alimentaria. Es la base para la agricultura y el medio en el que crecen casi todas las plantas de las que obtenemos alimentos. De hecho, se estima que el 95% de nuestros alimentos se produce directa o indirectamente en...