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Measuring the state of food safety in Belgium with a food safety barometer
24/01/2024
This publication document discusses the development and implementation of a food safety barometer in Belgium. The purpose of the barometer is to measure the state of food safety in the country and enable evidence-informed risk management and policy decisions. The barometer relies on data collected from the control program of the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) and the National Reference Centre for Disease data.
Tackling antimicrobial resistance in food and agriculture
23/01/2024
This first report on FAO’s contribution to the global response to AMR outlines a wide range of activities undertaken by FAO at global, regional and country level. This report: describes FAO’s role in the global governance of AMR; provides an overview of progress on implementing national action plans on AMR in agrifood systems; and flags key challenges and opportunities related to AMR in the food and agriculture sectors.
Pathways towards lower emissions
11/12/2023
This FAO report presents a comprehensive global assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock systems, utilizing FAO’s Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM) based on the most recent available data. GLEAM also considers indirect emissions from upstream activities, such as feed and other inputs, and part of the downstream processes including post-farm transport, processing and packaging of raw products.
Agrifood solutions to climate change
01/12/2023
Amid a worsening climate crisis and slow progress in cutting greenhouse gases, sustainable agrifood systems practices can help countries and communities to adapt, build resilience and mitigate emissions, ensuring food security and nutrition for a growing global population. FAO is working with countries and partners from government to community level to simultaneously address the challenges of food security, climate change and biodiversity loss.
The transformative role of agriculture in refugee settings
01/12/2023
This publication shares the individual stories of South Sudanese refugees and host communities in Uganda and Kenya that have benefited from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) agricultural livelihood interventions in refugee settings. It explores FAO’s life-saving and resilience-building work with refugees, and calls for a shift in the way durable solutions are achieved.
World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2023
29/11/2023
This publication offers a synthesis of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape. Statistics are presented in four thematic chapters, covering the economic importance of agricultural activities, inputs, outputs and factors of production, their implications for food security and nutrition and their impacts on the environment.
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