The agricultural economics literature provides various estimates of the number of farms and small farms in the world. This paper is an effort to provide a more complete and up to date as well as carefully documented estimate of the total number of farms in the world, as well as by region and level...
The paper discusses the issues and policy options for reduction of food losses and waste in Europe and Central Asia, focusing primarily on middle and low income countries of the region. Food losses and waste (FLW) depend on specific conditions and the local situation in a given country. In broad...
FSIN Technical Series No.1 The Food Security Information Network (FSIN) * supports the development and harmonization of methods and tools for food and nutrition security analysis. A technical working group composed of renowned experts was constituted to lead the development of a common analytical...
Le Rapport de synthèse SAPAA présente les principaux résultats issus d'un effort sans précédent de suivi et analyse systématique des effets des politiques agricoles et alimentaires dans dix pays en développement africains: le Burkina Faso, l'Ethiopie, le Ghana, le Kenya, le Malawi, le Mozambique, le...
Ce document est basé sur les activités et les résultats du «Programme de développement des petites exploitations avicoles», qui a été financé par le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) et mis en oeuvre par la FAO en collaboration avec le Réseau international pour le développement de...
Current evidence underlines the importance of the nutritional status of women as a crucial factor in the survival, healthy growth and development of her children. Although it is the subject of less global attention, maternal nutrition is also crucial for women’s own ability to live a healthy life...
This Maximising the Quality of Scaling Up Nutrition Programme (MQSUN) Briefing describes lessons learnt and implications from a MQSUN assignment which main objective was to analyze the research and policy challenges for improving nutrition governance in a context of state fragility. Efforts to...
Œuvrer avec les pays pour atténuer le changement climatique et s'adapter à ses effets grâce à la gestion durable des forêts Cette publication synthétise le travail qu’entreprend la FAO avec ses partenaires pour aider les pays à atténuer le changement climatique et à s’y adapter en fonction de son...
This Operational Research and Impact Evaluation (ORIE) Research summary highlights key findings from a Nutrition Commitment Audit (NCA) designed and applied in Nigeria in 2012 in order to examine national and sub-national level factors influencing the country’s commitment to addressing...
This ORIE Research Summary outlines the approach, key findings and conclusions of a review of literature on the prevalence and determinants of child and maternal undernutrition in northern Nigeria, and direct and indirect interventions to tackle undernutrition, globally and in Nigeria, undertaken in...