Plant Production and Protection

Achieving an environmentally sustainable increase of production and access to affordable healthy diets is key

This should be done while protecting and enhancing the livelihoods of the world’s small-scale agricultural producers and other agrifood system actors. Yet agricultural production systems still lack integration, optimization, diversification, and innovation, while relying on the intensive use of chemical inputs and of natural resources. Global food supplies today rely  on just a few crops and animal species, increasing the vulnerability to biotic stresses.
That’s why plant production and protection should focus on sustainable:


These sustainable production and protection technologies can greatly contribute to ensuring food security and nutrition, promoting food quality and safety, supporting farmers’ livelihoods, protecting the environment and biodiversity, and facilitating safe trade and economic growth.

 


Plant Production and Protection news

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FAO and the East African Legislative Assembly resolve to make agroecology a strategic priority

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FAO and the European Conservation Agriculture Federation forge partnership to accelerate agrifood systems transformation

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Joint SIF & Youth Forum: EmPOWERing Youth through innovative sustainable mechanization and digitalization - World Food Forum

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A side event during the World Food Forum highlights the power of media for sustainable agrifood systems

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FAO hosted a live demonstration of hydroponics at the World Food Forum 2024

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National leaders of eight OCOP countries in the Pacific Islands gather in Nanjing, China, to strengthen food value chains through the FAO's One Country One Priority Product initiative.

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Nepal and FAO to reinforce efforts to strengthen large cardamom value chain through investment, innovation, and global branding

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“Solutions in Africa for Africa”: Director-General highlights the importance of cutting-edge science to transform agrifood systems


Events

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2024

Virtual Event, 05/12/2024

Join us for this insightful webinar on the sustainable value chain of chestnuts, the special agricultural product of Albania. The webinar is organized by the FAO One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Secretariat in collaboration with the FAO Country Office in Albania and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Dev...


Goals

FAO Plant Production and Protection

Developing sustainable crop production systems for a world free from hunger

FAO Plant Production and Protection

Protecting the environment and biodiversity and facilitating safe trade and economic growth

 

FAO Plant Production and Protection

Enabling more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable crop production and protection

FAO Plant Production and Protection

Enhancing farmers' timely access to affordable quality and safe seeds and planting materials

 

FAO Plant Production and Protection

Ensuring food security and nutrition through sustainable plant production and protection

FAO Plant Production and Protection

Minimizing agricultural chemical inputs and mitigating climate change impact


Key areas


Tools

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Pesticide Registration Toolkit

The FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit is a decision support system for pesticide registrars in low and middle income countries.

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City Region Food Systems Assessment and Planning Online Toolkit

To complement the CRFS Assessment and Planning Handbook, the online Toolkit provides supplementary explanations, practical tools, training materials, technical examples, and workshop resources related to activities within each project module.

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Rotterdam Convention Technical Assistance Interactive Map

The interactive map allows users to have a comprehensive overview of the work of the Rotterdam Convention.

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Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE)

How agroecology supports the transformation to more sustainable agricultural and food systems.


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Improving food security, sustainability and livelihoods through the One Country One Priority Product initiative
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This study investigates how food system actors perceive recent shocks, identifies collective actions and public policies, and offers insights for enhancing...


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Multimedia

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Enhancing the use of quality seed for greater choice and benefit of smallholder farmers
13/12/2023

There are no good crops without good seeds. The desire of any farmer, irrespective of the size of their land, is to have access to quality seed and...