هذه الوثيقة الموجزة ، المستمدة من تقرير تقني كامل مع العنوان نفسه ، أعدها أساسا بول هاريسون. التقرير الكامل هو نتاج العمل التعاوني بين غالبية الوحدات الفنية في المنظمة. قام بإعداده فريق بقيادة جيلي بروينسما تحت الإدارة العامة لهارتويغ دي هاين ، نائب المدير العام للإدارة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية. شارك كل...

The report makes fifteen recommendations in three areas: Healthy food is every body’s business Levelling the playing field for a fair food system – good food must become good business Committing to grow the UK supply of fruit, vegetables, nuts and pulses, and products from UK sustainable agriculture, and to using them more...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has made a significant contribution to the implementation of the Agenda 21 chapters for which it was given responsibility at the Rio Summit. Over the past ten years the Organization has adopted an interdisciplinary and integrated approach towards achieving food security...

With world population expected to reach 8 billion by 2030, pressure on the environment will continue to mount. The challenge of the coming years is to produce enough food to meet the needs of an additional 2 billion people while preserving and enhancing the natural resource base upon which the...

Organic agriculture is a holistic production management system that promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It emphasizes the use of management practices in preference to the use of off-farm inputs, taking into account that regional conditions require locally adapted systems.

Market demand for organic fruits and vegetables has increased steadily in recent years; and this ought to present an opportunity for exporters in developing countries who in many cases practise low-input agriculture. However, there are significant hurdles to overcome in order to benefit from this opportunity. First, most importing countries...