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Small-scale dairying plays a crucial role in the livelihoods and food security of many smallholders and rural communities in Sri Lanka. Dairy products are essential to providing low-cost and high quality protein, minerals and vitamins, and great potential exists for the development of the dairy industry. However, domestic...

El objetivo del proyecto era complementar las actividades del proyecto GCP/GLO/391/EC, relacionadas con el sistema de examen y apoyo de la aplicación de la Convención Internacional de Protección Fitosanitaria (CIPF), a fin de que dicha Convención pueda comprender la situación global por lo que respecta a la aplicación de la...

More than 20 million people in the Sahel Region suffer from food insecurity. Without knowledge and data to understand the current situation, interventions are difficult to design and risk being ineffective. In recent years, the proliferation of food security indicators has created further challenges and, as a result, policymakers and...

Inland fisheries and aquaculture have great potential to contribute to nutritional, economic and social well-being, especially in hinterland and coastal areas in Guyana. With growing fish consumption and increasing demand for local freshwater fish, this project aimed to train farmers with simple fish production skills and increase capacity among small-scale...

The Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) was founded by FAO and the World Health Organization in 1963, with the mandate to develop international food standards in order to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in food trade. The number of Codex members in the African region has increased...