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Community Organizations Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Acronym
FAO
United Nations Agency

Focal point

Javier Molina Cruz
Phone number
+390657051

Location

Headquarters
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153
Rome
Italy
Working languages
Arabic
Chinese
English
Spanish
French

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.

Members:

Naomi Kenney
Ilario Rea
Ana Paula De Lao
Marianna Bicchieri
Valerio Tranchida
Dubravka Bojic
Margret Vidar
Brad Paterson
Carolina Cenerini
VG Tenure
Stefanie Neno
Julien Custot
Francesca Gianfelici
Giulio DiStefano
Renata Mirulla
Gerard Ciparisse
Jeff Tschirley
Marieaude Even
Richard Eberlin
Yannick Fiedler
Rumyana Tonchovska
Ann-Kristin Rothe
Sally Bunning
Imma Subirats

Resources

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Земельные ресурсы и продовольственная безопасность Центральной Азии и Закавказья - Land resources and food security of Central Asia and Southern Caucasus

Journal Articles & Books
Octubre, 2018
Egypt
Turkmenistan
Spain
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan
Italy
Syrian Arab Republic
India
Kazakhstan
Belarus
Georgia
Armenia

This book is aimed at finding answers to questions about what the current situation with soil resources in the region of Central Asia and Southern Caucasus as related to food security, and how we can improve the food supply through the impact on the soil. The book consists of three parts. The first part is devoted to common issues of food security and sustainable development, and to the role of soil resources in their maintenance. The second part is about land resources, the assessment of their degradation and successful practices of their recovery.

Transboundary River Basin Overview – Kura Araks

Journal Articles & Books
Octubre, 2018
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Italy
Netherlands
Iran
Russia
Georgia
Armenia

This river basin overview describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in the Kura Araks basin. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of this transboundary river basin and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular. Irrigation trends, existing policies and legislation to water use in agriculture, possible treaties and agreements between countries as well as prospects for water management in agriculture are presented, as described in literature.

Methodological guide to reduce carbon and water footprints in banana plantations

Journal Articles & Books
Octubre, 2018
Germany
Dominica
France
Honduras
Japan
Nicaragua
Panama
Dominican Republic
Chile
Guatemala
Montenegro
Cameroon
Belize
Colombia
Ghana
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Mexico
Brazil

The World Banana Forum (WBF) publication developed a methodological guide to reduce water and carbon footprints in banana plantations worldwide. Members of the Working Group (WG) on Sustainable Production Systems and Environmental Impact acknowledged the contribution of banana production in the total global GHG emissions and the consumption of freshwater in the economic activity, both stressed in the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21), having the agricultural sector a high mitigation potential.

Transboundary River Basin Overview – Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna

Journal Articles & Books
Octubre, 2018
Nepal
Bangladesh
China
Italy
United Kingdom
Congo
India
Bhutan

This river basin overview describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of this transboundary river basin and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular.

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and FAO

Institutional & promotional materials
Octubre, 2018
Morocco
Eswatini
Zimbabwe

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and FAO have partnered since the country joined the Organization in 1971. FAO assistance has covered the

formulation and implementation of food security and nutrition policies, including risk reduction and management strategies,

and activities to increase agricultural productivity. More recently, cooperation has included a focus on market access and

agricultural competiveness, with support to smallholders’ transition from subsistence to commercial agriculture. Emphasis is