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...
New Codex Trust Fund comes into operation
The new Codex Trust Fund, or CTF2, was officially launched on 27 June. The first countries in which implementation will take place under CTF2 are Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar and Senegal. Many other countries submitted strong applications and will benefit from ongoing consultations with FAO/WHO to strengthen their applications prior to resubmission in subsequent rounds.
Building on the success of the first Codex Trust Fund, FAO and WHO launched a successor initiative to the Codex Trust Fund (CTF2) in January 2016. In the next 12 years, multi-annual support will be provided to over 100 countries to strengthen their capacity for full and effective engagement in Codex. Read the founding Project Document for more details.
Trends in Foreign Direct Investment in Food, Beverages and Tobacco FAO Commodity and Trade Policy Research Working Paper No. 51
This paper analyses foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in food, beverages and tobacco, including primary agriculture and retail, from 2003 to 2014. It provides information on global, regional and - where possible - national trends in FDI flows in food, beverages and tobacco. When data are...
经合组织-粮农组织2016-2025年农业展望
全球农业中期前景 为满足不断上涨的粮食、饲料及工业用途的原材料商品需求,增加其们的产量变得十分重要。此次将不得不在受气候变化影响加剧下而导致土地衰退和水供应问题的世界许多地区中开展增产行动。它给出了对农作物、牲畜和鱼类商品的快照。 今年的《展望》包括了特别注重的在撒哈拉以南非洲地区农业的前景和挑战。
豆类促进粮食安全与营养
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.
豆类因其健康、 环境和经济益处而饱受赞许。 如何充分发挥这些优势?
I fagioli sono importanti colture alimentari che possono svolgere un ruolo importante nell'affrontare la sicurezza alimentare globale e le sfide ambientali, contribuendo nel contempo a diete sane. Riconoscendo il contributo che gli impulsi possono dare al benessere umano e all'ambiente, l'Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite ha dichiarato il 2016 Anno internazionale dei legumi .
Achieving Zero Hunger: The Critical Role of Investments in Social Protection and Agriculture
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...
亚太经合组织经济体的粮食安全与营养: 经验交流及未来展望
本次讨论是在“亚太经合组织粮食安全研讨培训班”的背景下组织开展的,该研讨培训班将于2015年9月7-9日在北京举行,由中国农业科学院农业信息研究所(AII-CAAS)主办。
Food and nutrition in numbers 2014
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...
Towards the Development of the Programme on Sustainable Food Systems (SFSP)
FAO and UNEP are jointly developing a programme on sustainable food systems under the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (10YFP). As part of this process, a public consultation is being organized in order to take stock of relevant information on initiatives, collect comments of a draft concpt note and collect expressions of interest of entities to participate in the Programme.