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Briefs
2016
How can governance be improved for trade and food security? Trade Policy Briefs No. 20. Trade and Food Security
Trade agreements are at the heart of the trade and food security debate as they set out the rules for national trade and agricultural policies, which play a key role in determining food security outcomes. The relationship between trade rules and food security has become an increasingly central element in this round of negotiations.
The contribution that trade can make to a country’s food security is partly determined by the disciplines that apply to other countries’ policies, but also by the “policy space” that the country itself is granted under WTO rules.
This brief looks at the role of the multilateral trading system in [...]
Tool
2016
Agricultural Development Assistance Mapping (ADAM)
ADAM gathers information from diverse databases to help users:
Analyse agricultural aid flows
Determine priorities for assistance
Formulate resource mobilization strategies
Browse Data Find out which resource partners are operating where and when; determine the top ten resource partners in the country/region of your choice; and analyse past spending in specific OECD-DAC sectors and FAO strategic objectives.
Analyse DataAnalyse common priorities between FAO, national governments and resource partners; view information on previously implemented projects; assess FAO's comparative advantage; and create a snapshot of resource partners' past activity.
Resource Partner ProfilesGather information on a resource partner's stated priority themes, preferred geographic areas of focus, spending patterns, favoured funding [...]
Data and statistics
2016
Gender and Land Rights Database
Land is a crucial resource for poverty reduction, food security and rural development. However, men and women do not always enjoy the same rights to land.
Explore the Gender and Land Rights Database (GLRD). Learn more about the different factors that relate to gender inequalities embedded in land rights by exploring the country profiles, gender and land-related statistics and the recently-developed legal assessment tool (LAT).
Read the Gender adn Land Rights Database brochure.
Case study
2016
Integrated Policy for Forests, Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods: Lessons From the Republic of Korea
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Republic of Korea was one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Deforestation had stripped the country of half its forest cover, contributing to severe erosion, repetitive flood and drought damage and a decrease in agricultural production which threatened national food security. Recognizing the importance of forests’ watershed and soil protection functions in restoring agricultural productivity, the government undertook an intensive forest rehabilitation effort. The implementation of two Ten-Year Forest Rehabilitation Plans in the 1970s and 1980s not only fully restored the country’s forest cover, but also delivered food security benefits [...]
Tool
2016
Addressing Rural Youth Migration at its Root Causes: A Conceptual Framework
This document presents the conceptual framework for distress migration of rural youth. The framework focuses on the migration of rural youth (aged 15–24), who account for a large proportion of migrants and are a particularly vulnerable group. The framework comprises three sections:
Analysis of the main factors determining the propensity of rural youth to migrate;
Assessment of the likely impacts of distress migration of rural youth in terms of rural development for local areas of origin;
Illustration of the most promising policies and programmes to reduce distress migration of rural youth and maximize its developmental benefits for the communities of origin.
Data and statistics
2016
Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP): Database
Since 2009, FAO’s MAFAP programme has been working in several developing countries to create sustainable policy monitoring systems and carry out a consistent set of policy and public expenditure analyses across a wide range of agricultural value chains.
MAFAP works with government institutions, research organizations and other partners to establish a community of practice on policy measurement, monitoring and analysis by developing institutional capacities to systematically analyse government policies and their effects.
MAFAP analyses are used to inform targeted food and agricultural policy reforms that will result in a more conducive environment for agricultural investment and productivity growth, especially for smallholder farmers.
MAFAP’s [...]
Issue paper
2016
Public-Private Partnerships for Agribusines Development. A Review of International Experiences
High levels of investments are required to unleash the potential of agriculture for sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing countries, but low public budgetary allocations to the sector have slowed growth. To address this problem, innovative partnerships that bring together business, government and civil society actors are increasingly being promoted as a mechanism for pooling much-needed financing while mitigating some of the risks of doing business in the agriculture sector. Commonly referred to as public–private partnerships (PPPs), these initiatives are expected to contribute to the pursuit of sustainable agricultural development that is inclusive of smallholder farmers. However, there remain [...]
Tool
2016
Agricultural trade policies in the post-Soviet countries 2014/15. A Summary
This document is based on the publication Review of Agricultural Trade Policies in post-Soviet countries 2014-15. In the 2013-2014 period, most countries in the region registered a negative foreign trade balance in agrifood products (HS codes 1-24). The largest deficit in this product category was recorded in the Russian Federation, which had an average annual deficit over the two years of USD 23.9 billion.
Available in Russian.
Tool
2016
Adopting a Territorial Approach to Food Security and Nutrition Policy
The calls for action are numerous: at the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in September 2012, governments reaffirmed the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger. The same year, the UN Secretary General launched the “Zero Hunger Challenge” campaign to end hunger globally. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, endorsed in September 2015, confirms the importance of achieving food security, and eradicating hunger is the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 2). Since 1990, much progress has been made in reducing hunger. Yet, challenges to food security and nutrition remain as pressing as ever. Around [...]
Video
2016
Trade policy
Trade has a critical role to play in eradicating global hunger. It has a direct impact on food prices and volumes. Boubaker Ben Belhassen, Director of the FAO Trade and Markets Division together with Ekaterina Krivonos, Economist explain how trade policy can contribute to food security worldwide. They describe the FAO policy work, including key policy messages.
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