Consultation
Pulses: Innovations from the field to the cooking pot
With the conclusion of the International Year of Pulses 2016 approaching, this discussion invites you to look ahead and explore innovations that may help address some of the challenges still facing these important crops.
Reports and briefs
The UWA Institute of Agriculture Newsletter
This issue of the Newsletter of the University of Western Australia includes several articles on pulses, linking to the UN 2016 International Year of Pulses.
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Consultation
How can we protect pollinators and promote their role in environmental and agricultural practices?
Pollination is responsible for providing us with a wide variety of food, affecting 35 percent of the world’s crop production and increasing outputs of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide. However, human activity has put a large pressure on pollinators jeopardizing entire ecosystems and the production of nutritious foods. What is being done and which further steps need to be taken to protect pollinators and promote their role in environmental and agricultural practices?
Summaries of consultations
Summary of "Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped?"
This document summarizes the 58 contributions received to the online consultation held from 25 May to 19 June 2016 and facilitated by the International Year of Pulses Secretariat.
Summaries of consultations
Summary of "Harnessing the benefits of ecosystem services for effective ecological intensification in agriculture"
This document summarizes the 37 contributions received to the online consultation held from 30 November to 31 December 2015 and facilitated by Danielle Nierenberg from Food Tank – The Food Think Tank and Artur Getz Escudero from Cardiff University.
Reports and briefs
Innovative markets for sustainable agriculture
Between 2013 and 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) undertook a survey of innovative approaches that enable markets to act as incentives in the transition towards sustainable agriculture in...
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Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production
The United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (grain legumes) under the banner ‘nutritious seeds for a sustainable future’. A second green revolution is required to ensure food and nutritional security in the face of global climate change. Grain legumes provide an unparalleled...
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Reports and briefs
Public-Private-Partnerships for agribusiness development - A review of international experiences
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have emerged as one of the favoured mechanisms for agri-food systems development. However, there are many unanswered questions about the types of projects that may be suitably governed by PPPs, and their effectiveness in delivering on sustainable and inclusive...
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OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025
Medium-term prospects of global agriculture For the sector to meet the expanding demand for food, feed and raw products for industrial uses, significant production growth is needed. This expansion will have to take place in the face of declining land and water availability for many areas in the...
Webinars and workshops
Pulses for Food Security and Nutrition
Organized in the context of the International Year of Pulses 2016, this webinar hosted the FAO experts Teodardo Calles and Fernanda Grande who presented the benefits of pulses from an agro-ecological and nutritional perspective. The presentations of the two experts were followed by a question and answer session which allowed participants to engage in a brief round of discussion.