Results
Case study
2013
Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and Well-Being Interventions and policies for healthy communities
This book is about Indigenous Peoples’ food systems and how important local knowledge about foods and the ecosystems that provide them can be used to improve health and well-being. The authors describe processes and activities in nine cultures of Indigenous Peoples, where interventions were developed and implemented with local knowledge, and explain how this information can benefit Indigenous Peoples everywhere, and all of humankind.
Food and nutrition insecurity and the burden of high incidence of non-communicable diseases reach all corners of the globe. This “nutrition transition” is driven by changing lifestyles, loss of livelihoods for all those engaged in food production, increasing poverty and urbanization, and [...]
70252
2013
La Resiliencia de los medios de vida: Reducción del riesgo de desastres para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional
Si bien el Programa marco respalda a los asociados gubernamentales nacionales, sus beneficiarios directos son los pequeños productores de los países en desarrollo, tales como pequeños agricultores, pescadores, ganaderos y forestales y la población urbana pobre, especialmente las mujeres, cuyas vidas y medios de vida se ven amenazados. Los pequeños agricultores representan el 90 % de la población rural pobre y constituyen la mayoría de la población que pasa hambre en el mundo.
El Programa marco de reducción del riesgo de desastres para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional se fundamenta en los siguientes cuatro pilares temáticos integrados:
1. Creación de un entorno [...]
Report
2013
The State of Food and Agriculture 2013. Food System for Better Nutrition
Malnutrition in all its forms - undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity - imposes unacceptably high economic and social costs on countries at all income levels. "The State of Food and Agriculture 2013: Food systems for better nutrition" argues that improving nutrition and reducing these costs must begin with food and agriculture.
The traditional role of agriculture in producing food and generating income is fundamental, but agriculture and the entire food system - from inputs and production, through processing, storage, transport and retailing, to consumption - can contribute much more to the eradication of malnutrition.
70254
2013
Guía orientativa: integración del derecho a una alimentación adecuada en los programas de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional
La presente Nota orientativa contiene una descripción práctica para los profesionales que deseen integrar el derecho a una alimentación adecuada en los programas de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional. La Nota establece un puente entre las dimensiones normativas del derecho a la alimentación y la labor práctica de formulación, aplicación y supervisión de los programas en los países. Este instrumento consigue tal objetivo explicando los aspectos conceptuales, jurídicos y operacionales del derecho a la alimentación. A continuación, se examinan cuatro puntos de partida fundamentales para integrar el derecho a la alimentación en los programas de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional: responsabilidades de [...]
Issue paper
2013
FAO Trade Policy Technical Notes on Issues Related to the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture. No. 5 Domestic Support: Trade Related Issues and the Empirical Evidence
This Technical Note seeks to address two central questions relating to negotiations towards further disciplines on domestic support measures: (i) what are the characteristics of domestic support measures that cause such measures to have a potentially trade distortionary effect? and (ii) will further WTO disciplines on domestic support measures be effective in reducing levels of trade distorting support?
To provide context, the Note begins by summarizing how domestic support measures are currently disciplined within the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (UR AoA) and discusses the effectiveness of these disciplines. It then highlights the most significant aspects of the August 2004 Framework [...]
Report
2013
Applied Political Economy Analysis. A Problem-Driven Framework. Methods and Resources. ODI Politics and Governance
This framework helps practitioners and researchers to use political economy analysis to understand and respond to practical problems. The framework has three dedicated, but related, phases: problem identification, problem diagnosis and consideration of plausible change processes. In this introductory note we describe the key components of the framework, the relationships between them and how to use the framework to undertake analysis. Annex 1 contains a diagram of the overall framework. Annex 2 provides a glossary of key terms.
Training & e-learning
2013
PEST (Political, Economic, Social and Technological) Analysis / 4Rs (Rights, Responsibilities, Revenues and Relationships [in: FAO Learning Module 4. FAO Capacity Development. Organization Analysis and Development]
Organization development (OD) is an important area of capacity development practice to improve food and nutrition security, reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. OD is a powerful instrument that helps to analyse and engage in complex situations or contexts and discover effective ways to promote processes of organizational change.
Learning Module 4 is the fourth in the FAO capacity development series. It aims to create a basic understanding of OD and system thinking approaches, as even a basic understanding can cultivate a new way of working. It reflects the learning experience, constructive inputs and wealth of exchanges from the OD seminar series which was held in FAO [...]
Tool
2013
FAO Policy on Gender Equality. Attaining Food Security Goals in Agriculture and Rural Development
Gender equality is central to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) mandate to achieve food security for all by raising levels of nutrition, improving agricultural productivity and natural resource management, and improving the lives of rural populations. FAO can achieve its goals only if it simultaneously works towards gender equality and supports women’s diverse roles in agriculture and rural development. Gender equality is not only an essential means by which FAO can achieve its mandate, it is also a basic human right.
Available in French and Spanish.
Tool
2013
A Tool for Gender-Sensitive Agriculture and Rural Development Policy and Programme Formulation. Guidelines for Ministries of Agriculture and FAO. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Agricultural policies should redress gender inequalities to ensure that development interventions in the sector are effective and can achieve enduring positive impacts on the lives and economic potential of rural women, men, girls and boys. One powerful instrument for promoting realization of the rights and potential of rural women and girls is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance on how FAO and national ministries of agriculture (MoAs) can support and use CEDAW at the country level as a tool for policy development and programming [...]
Tool
2013
Voluntary Standards: Impacting Smallholders’ Market Participation
Voluntary standards are rules, guidelines or characteristics about a product or a process. They are not mandatory regulations, but are used voluntarily by producers, processors, retailers and consumers. These voluntary standards are usually developed by private sector actors (e.g. firms or consortiums), representatives of civil society, or public sector agencies.
Voluntary standards are part of a growing trend in global markets. As a result, FAO and member countries are being asked to respond adequately to the opportunities and challenges presented by business models that could foster both increased food security and better market access for small-scale producers.
FAO reviewed the current evidence of the impact of voluntary [...]