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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 156 - 160 of 5074Standardizing land cover mapping for tsetse and trypanosomiasis decision making
The habitat of tsetse fly (Glossina spp.) depends upon climatic conditions, host availability and land cover characteristics. In this paper, the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS), developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is proposed as a tool to harmonize land cover mapping exercises carried out in the context of tsetse and trypanosomiasis (T&T) research and control.
Geospatial datasets and analyses for an environmental approach to African trypanosomiasis
Geospatial datasets and analysis techniques based on geographic information systems (GIS) have become indispensable tools in the planning, implementation and evaluation of a wide range of development programmes, including actions addressing sustainable agriculture and rural development. The growing volume of spatially explicit environmental information, combined with the widening utilization of GIS, allows ecological and socioeconomic factors to be integrated more fully into the decision-making process, thus laying the foundation for a holistic approach to development.
Análisis espacial del balance energético derivado de biomasa. Metodología WISDOM Provincia de Buenos Aires
Este estudio ha tenido como eje identificar, localizar y cuantificar la disponibilidad y el consumo de los recursos biomásicos en la provincia de Buenos
Aires, con el fin de promover el desarrollo de la energía renovable. En este sentido y siguiendo criterios de sustentabilidad, se realizó un diagnósticoprovincial de la oferta y la demanda de combustibles derivados de la biomasa y se obtuvo un balance bioenergético a nivel provincial, que fue desagregadoRespuestas jurídicas e institucionales al aumento de la demanda de agua
La FAO ha presentado a título de contribución a la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Agua un documento de base titulado "Agua para la Agricultura" (DOC. E/CONF.70/ 11). Este documento pasa en revista los aspectos técnicos, económicos y sociales del agua en la agricultura y propone un programa de acción para aumentar la produoción alimentaria.
Haiti and FAO
Haiti enjoys a dynamic partnership with FAO, which has been present in the country since 1978. FAO interventions have focused on food security and nutrition through support to the formulation of agricultural policies and the implementation of development programmes. In recent years, cooperation has centred on emergency agricultural assistance, although there is now a definite return to development programmes. The emphasis is on agricultural value chains, watershed management and development, and resilience building in the face of climate change.