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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 2586 - 2590 of 5074Ressources naturelles et environnement lettre d’information
Dans ce numéro, nous examinerons les projets en cours dans le cadre du lancement d’un nouveau partenariat mondial sur les sols, une initiative ambitieuse pour soutenir les efforts entrepris au niveau mondial sur les problèmes communs de gestion des sols. Nous examinerons également un projet régional centré sur l’assistance apportée à quatre pays andins – la Bolivie, la Colombie, le Pérou et l’Equateur – sur les questions d’adaptation au changement climatique et de gestion des risques de catastrophes dans le secteur agricole.
Recorsos naturales y medio ambiente boletín informativo
En este número describimos el lanzamiento, en la Sede de la FAO en septiembre de 2011, de la Alianza mundial sobre los suelos, y examinamos las etapas siguientes de esta alianza. También informamos acerca de las actividades colaborativas llevadas a cabo entre la FAO y la NASA, encaminadas a crear el Sistema Global de Gestión de Información sobre Fuegos, un procedimiento internacional de avisos de incendios por medio del cual se comunican datos fundamentales sobre los fuegos a regiones remotas de países en desarrollo.
Energy-Smart Food for People and Climate - Issue Paper
The aim of this paper is to discuss how the entire food sector, from the farmer’s fi eld to the consumer’s plate, can become more ‘energy-smart’. Becoming energy-smart will require a transformation along the food chain that involves: - relying more on low-carbon energy systems and using energy more effi ciently; - strengthening the role of renewable energy within food systems; - providing greater access to modern energy services for development, and at the same time supporting the achievement of national food security and sustainable development goals.
Soil health: technologies that save and grow. Factsheet 2
Agriculture must, literally, return to its roots by rediscovering the importance of healthy soil, drawing on natural sources of plant nutrition, and using mineral fertilizer wisely.
Report on the Symposium on Legal Aspects of Large Scale Investments in Land: Implications for Food Security and Rural Development
The Symposium on Legal Aspects of Large Scale Investments in Land: Implications for Food Security and Rural Development was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome on March 4th 2011. The Symposium was co-hosted by FAO and the World Food Law Institute at Howard University School of Law.