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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.
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Displaying 971 - 975 of 5074State of the World's Forests 2016 (SOFO)
Forests and trees support sustainable agriculture. They stabilize soils and climate, regulate water flows, give shade and shelter, and provide a habitat for pollinators and the natural predators of agricultural pests. They also contribute to the food security of hundreds of millions of people, for whom they are important sources of food, energy and income. Yet, agriculture remains the major driver of deforestation globally, and agricultural, forestry and land policies are often at odds.
Statement of Competence and Voting Rights Submitted by the European Union (EU) and its Member States
Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/Inf.4
Session: Sess. 23
Review of implementation of the multi-year programme of work and draft strategic plan for the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2018-2027)
Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/WG-PGR-8/16/6
Session: Sess. 8
Land Misallocation and Productivity
Using detailed household-farm level data from Malawi, we measure real farm total factor productivity (TFP) controlling for a wide array of factor inputs, land quality, and transitory shocks. We nd that factor inputs are roughly evenly spread among farmers: operated land size and capital are essentially unrelated to farm TFP implying a strong negative eect on aggregate agricultural productivity. A reallocation of factors to their ecient use among existing farmers would increase agricultural productivity by a factor of 3.6-fold.
اقتراح إنشاء مجموعة عمل معنية بالغابات ونظم الزراعة المختلطة بالغاباتوالمراعي في الأراضي الجافة
Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/7.3
Session: Sess. 23