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BookletFAO working for SDG 14 2017Healthy oceans and seas are more important than ever. Oceans and seas cover more than 70 percent of our planet’s surface, provide half of the world’s oxygen, sequester carbon, and serve as home to 80 percent of life on earth. SDG 14, Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, is a major goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which commits the international community to act to surmount the key challenges facing our planet and all those who live on it. A focus on SDG 14 will be crucial to protecting marine resources, and the important role they play in human well-being and social and economic development worldwide. Through monitoring, instruments, both binding and non-binding, and other activities, FAO is working with countries to achieve SDG 14 objectives, addressing linkages with other targets of the 2030 Agenda and ensuring sustainable development in all three dimensions. This booklet shines a light on FAO’s work with countries and partners across the globe to ensure our oceans, seas and marine resources are used sustainably for the benefit of present and future generations.
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ProjectUpdating the Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy 2030 and Preparing a Medium-Term Plan of Action - TCP/EGY/3701 2021
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No results found.There is broad consensus in Egypt that, despite its achievements, the Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy ( 2030 needs to be reviewed in a number of areas As an agricultural and rural development strategy aiming to address existing and future challenges, there is a need for the SADS to go beyond a sectoral scope, as interlinkages between agriculture, water, land use, climate change, agro industry, input supply, food security and nutrition are key to determining the outcomes of the overall development process The environment, in particular water, land and climate change, is a sector closely considered within the SADS 2030 The recently developed National Water Resource Plan for Egypt provides an opportunity to endow the SADS 2030 with a well rounded vision and to assesses agricultural development needs with water management provisions In addition, it was agreed that linking agricultural and value chain development might provide a framework for developing more resilient agriculture and rural non farm sectors able to generate better jobs, reduce rural poverty and vulnerability and enhance food security At the outset of the project, specific focus was needed upon the favouring the participation of smallholders in modern value chains, ensuring a smooth exit out of the agricultural sector and employment opportunities in other sectors primarily agrifood processing and distribution for those unable to continue working in agriculture. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetIn action - Nuclear applications in agriculture
On-the-ground success, Part V
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No results found.The FAO-IAEA partnership, through the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, is a powerful example of interagency cooperation, unique in the UN family - a fusion of complementary mandates, common targets, joint programming, co-funding and coordinated management. Its close cooperation with both parent organizations has brought with it greater efficiency and shared approaches, responding to the needs of Member Countries and providing services and results to them and the international community at large. The Joint FAO/IAEA Centre's activities are carried out through two major delivery mechanisms: coordinated research projects and technical cooperation projects. Coordinated research projects are funded by the Joint Centre's regular budget and are implemented through global research networks; technical cooperation projects are funded by the IAEA's technical cooperation programme through voluntary contributions from Member Countries to carry out technology transfer and capacity building. A key strength of the capacity building, technology transfer and research tools supported by the Joint Centre derives from the intimate links between on-ground demand and adaptive research, as well as between institutions and farmers in Member Countries. This facilitates continuous feedback between R&D activities and field validation, as well as remedial action, if necessary, at any stage in the capacity building and technology transfer process. Through its focus on nuclear applications in food and agriculture, the Joint Centre provides dedicated solutions that contribute towards national, regional and global attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. In a world dealing with changing climates and associated extreme weather events; with emerging diseases that impact human and animal health and spread at unimaginable speed through global travel and trade; with growing populations dealing with poverty and hunger and facing scarce resources and disappearing biodiversity - this portfolio of issues and risks brings to light the urgent need for innovative technologies. Innovative technologies are providing for a better world and continue to have a major impact on finding solutions and delivering results for the global attainment of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The application of these technologies is helping to provide better nutrition, better production, a better environment and better livelihoods (the Four Betters) for the planet. This and related stories are highlighted in this biennial publication.
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