Publications
Based on information provided by 91 countries and 27 international organizations, analysis of global literature and datasets, and contributions from over 175 authors and reviewers, The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture assesses biodiversity for food and agriculture and its management worldwide.
Digital Report: http://www.fao.org/state-of-biodiversity-for-food-agriculture/en/
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have recently published a title called, ‘Blockchain for Agriculture, Opportunities and Challenges’ as part of the E-Agriculture in Action series publications.
The focus of the publication is on blockchain technology in agriculture. The aim of the book is to demystify the technology, and provide some thoughts on the opportunities and challenges in implementing blockchain-based systems. The publication also includes case studies on the use of blockchain in Agriculture.
This booklet looks at FAO’s work in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, showing that enabling rural women to have the same access as men to resources, services and opportunities translates into economic and social gains for families, communities and nations at large.
In 2015, FAO, RUAF Foundation and Wilfrid Laurier University, with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, embarked on a collaborative programme to assess and plan sustainable city region food systems in seven cities around the world: Colombo (Sri Lanka), Lusaka and Kitwe (Zambia), Medellín (Colombia), Quito (Ecuador), Toronto (Canada) and Utrecht (the Netherlands). The City Region Food System (CRFS) research in the Toronto Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) and resulting analysis and recommendations helped facilitate cross- jurisdictional connections as well as strengthen rural, peri-urban and urban linkages.
This brochure highlights the importance of innovation as a means to achieve food security and the Sustainable Development Goals. It also calls for a shift from interventions focusing on single components of agricultural innovation towards a system-approach aimed at better responding to smallholder farmers’ needs.