Summaries of consultations
Youth Employment in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa
This document summarizes the online discussion Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa, which was held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 16 July to 10 August 2018. The discussion was organized to gather views in...
Reports and briefs
E-Agriculture in Action
The role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in agriculture has grown substantially in recent years in both scale and scope. Expanding broadband connectivity, increasing deployment of the “internet of things” (IoT), enhanced analytics, affordable devices and innovative applications...
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Consultation
Youth Employment in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa
As part of the preparations for the conference "Youth Employment in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa: Engaging through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Entrepreneurship", this online consultation is being held to collect broad views around the major thematic areas and provide an opportunity to youth engaged in agriculture and rural development across Africa to share experiences, successes stories, lessons learned, and good practices of youth led entrepreneurship and digital innovations in agriculture.
Consultation
Online consultation for review and comments on the zero-draft International Code of Conduct for the Use and Management of Fertilizers
The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) produced a zero-draft International Code of Conduct for the Use and Management of Fertilizers.
This online consultation aims at gathering comments and feedback on the current draft Fertilizer Code.
Consultation
Online consultation for developing the Code of Conduct for the Management of Fertilizers
This online consultation invites you to share your inputs on the development of a Code of Conduct for the Management of Fertilizers (CoCoFe). The aim of the CoCoFe is to assist member countries design policies and regulatory frameworks for the sustainable use of fertilizers.
Reports and briefs
Dial ‘N’ for Nutrition? A Landscape Analysis of What We Know About m-Nutrition, m-Agriculture and m-Development
Child undernutrition is one of the most devastating realities in many parts of the world. Globally in 2015, 159 million children below the age of five years were too short for their age (stunted) and 50 million were too thin for their height (wasted). Behaviour change of child carers is central to...
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Trainings, tools and databases
Integrated Pest Management of major pest and diseases in Eastern Europe and Caucasus
This book promotes Integrated Pest Management, to contribute to reduced reliance on pesticides and the avoidance of adverse impacts from pesticide use on the health and safety of farming communities, consumers and the environment. Through the IPM approach, technical advice is provided to help plan...
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Summaries of consultations
Summary of "Using information technology in the agriculture of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies and beyond - The potential of Wisdom Agriculture for poverty reduction and improved food security"
This document summarizes the online discussion Using information technology in the agriculture of APEC economies and beyond – The potential of Wisdom Agriculture for poverty reduction and improved food security which was held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 9...
Reports and briefs
In Brief: Pulses for food security and nutrition: How can their full potential be tapped?
FSN Forum brief based on the online discussions Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped? and Pulses: innovations from the field to the cooking pot, which were held from 25 May to 19 June 2016 and from 14 October to 4 November...
Reports and briefs
How Access to Energy Can Influence Food Losses
The report begins by reviewing the evidence to date focussing on the magnitude and geographical distribution of food losses. In the next sections the role of energy in post-harvest losses is discussed. Thereafter, the main entry points within the food value chain where lack of access to energy is...
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