强化粮食安全与营养所需的有利环境 2014年世界粮食不安全状况》介绍了关于食物不足状况的最新估计数，更新了在实现千年发展目标和世界粮食首脑会议饥饿相关目标方面取得的进展。审视现阶段在减少饥饿和营养不良方面的进展后发现，全球范围内和许多国家在减少饥饿方面持续出现进展，但在其他国家还需要更多实质性的努力。 最高层面做出持续政治承诺是消除饥饿的前提条件。这意味着将粮食安全和营养问题置于政治议程的最前列，并为提升 粮食安全和营养水平创造一个有利环境。今年的报告审议了七个国家的不同经验，并特别关注解决粮食安全和营养问题的有利环境，其反映了四个层面的承诺和能 力： 政策、方案和法律框架；筹集人力和财政资源...
This article summarizes the outcomes of an FSN Forum online discussion on Street Foods (September/October 2011). The discussion was part of a study carried out by FAO’s Regional Office for Africa on possible incentives to improve the safety, quality, and nutritional value of street foods.
With increasing global temperatures, rising sea levels and more frequent and intense extreme weather events, Pacific islands countries, especially those in warmer latitudes, are the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Their populations are expected to be among the first that...
This publication sheds light on the impacts of meat and dairy production, and aims to catalyse the debate over the need for better, safer and more sustainable food and farming.
Although there has been much debate about the potential benefits and risks of international investment, there is a lack of systematic evidence on the actual impacts on the host country and their determinants. This paper summarizes the results of FAO’s case studies on foreign investment in developing...
This discussion paper has been inspired by the exchanges that took place during the course of the learning event. It seeks to extend the discussion to include other actors working within the region, as well as in other regions confronted with the same questions. It proposes an initial approach to...
Cash transfers are nowadays widely used in response to the food and nutrition crises that affect the Sahel. Since the crisis of 2012, many stakeholders (including governments, United Nations agencies, international or local non-governmental organisations) have made use of them – at scale, in some...
The agricultural economics literature provides various estimates of the number of farms and small farms in the world. This paper is an effort to provide a more complete and up to date as well as carefully documented estimate of the total number of farms in the world, as well as by region and level...
The paper discusses the issues and policy options for reduction of food losses and waste in Europe and Central Asia, focusing primarily on middle and low income countries of the region. Food losses and waste (FLW) depend on specific conditions and the local situation in a given country. In broad...
FSIN Technical Series No.1 The Food Security Information Network (FSIN)* supports the development and harmonization of methods and tools for food and nutrition security analysis. A technical working group composed of renowned experts was constituted to lead the development of a common analytical...