Results
Issue paper
2016
Wheat Production and Regional Food Security in CIS: The Case of Belarus, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Policy Studies on Rural Transition No. 2016-1
The main objective of the study is to produce critical projections of domestic wheat production to 2024 for Belarus, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. This will allow to answer the key question as to the limits of wheat production increases in the three countries. The main methodology of the study lies in a critical appraisal of the drivers of demand and supply for wheat in Belarus, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The first step in understanding the drivers of wheat demand and supply in these countries is to comprehend the farming system that produces wheat in these three countries. These countries are often cited as [...]
Tool
2016
Voluntary Guidelines for Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Policies, Programmes and National and Regional Plans of Action on Nutrition
The Guidelines aim to support countries in the development of nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices that consider the nutrient composition of biodiversity for food and agriculture (in particular the varieties, cultivars and breeds of plants and animals used as food, as well as wild, neglected and underutilized species) to address malnutrition in all its forms. The Guidelines are divided into three main elements: Research, implementation, and awareness. Examples of activities are provided on how mainstreaming could be implemented depending on each country’s needs and capabilities.
Briefs
2016
Resilience Analysis in Sudan. A Policy Brief
Since 1950s, Sudan has been intermittently devastated by civil wars and, in 2011, has split into two different nations, the Republic of Sudan (subject of the analysis) and the Republic of the South Sudan. Nowadays, almost half of the population of the Republic of Sudan is at or below the poverty line. The FAO RAP (Resilience Analysis and Policies) team carried out a household resilience analysis examining differences between female- and male-headed households and between regions. This brief presents the results and, based on them, the policy indications.
Case study
2016
Forest Landscape Restoration for Asia-Pacific Forests
The Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) approach, which is still in its nascent stages of development, is rapidly gaining attention as a more appropriate way to restore both degraded forests as well as the surrounding degraded landscape. The great value of this approach is that it integrates forest restoration actions with the desirable objectives of the landscape, and it is undertaken with the full participation of the people who will have a role in the management of the restored areas over the longer term. So, FLR brings together social, environmental and economic considerations in restoring the forests and lands, converse to [...]
Briefs
2016
How can trade and related policies be used to contribute to food security objectives? Trade Policy Briefs No. 19. Trade and Food Security
Trade and related policy measures are defined as those that affect trade flows, be they instruments of border protection or domestic market interventions. Trade-oriented measures (like import and export tariffs and quotas and non-tariff measures) are only one of the many categories of policies that can affect the flow of trade.
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Briefs
2016
How can governance be improved for trade and food security? Trade Policy Briefs No. 20. Trade and Food Security
Trade agreements are at the heart of the trade and food security debate as they set out the rules for national trade and agricultural policies, which play a key role in determining food security outcomes. The relationship between trade rules and food security has become an increasingly central element in this round of negotiations.
The contribution that trade can make to a country’s food security is partly determined by the disciplines that apply to other countries’ policies, but also by the “policy space” that the country itself is granted under WTO rules.
This brief looks at the role of the multilateral trading system in [...]
Tool
2016
Agricultural Development Assistance Mapping (ADAM)
ADAM gathers information from diverse databases to help users:
Analyse agricultural aid flows
Determine priorities for assistance
Formulate resource mobilization strategies
Browse Data Find out which resource partners are operating where and when; determine the top ten resource partners in the country/region of your choice; and analyse past spending in specific OECD-DAC sectors and FAO strategic objectives.
Analyse DataAnalyse common priorities between FAO, national governments and resource partners; view information on previously implemented projects; assess FAO's comparative advantage; and create a snapshot of resource partners' past activity.
Resource Partner ProfilesGather information on a resource partner's stated priority themes, preferred geographic areas of focus, spending patterns, favoured funding [...]
Data and statistics
2016
Gender and Land Rights Database
Land is a crucial resource for poverty reduction, food security and rural development. However, men and women do not always enjoy the same rights to land.
Explore the Gender and Land Rights Database (GLRD). Learn more about the different factors that relate to gender inequalities embedded in land rights by exploring the country profiles, gender and land-related statistics and the recently-developed legal assessment tool (LAT).
Read the Gender adn Land Rights Database brochure.
Case study
2016
Integrated Policy for Forests, Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods: Lessons From the Republic of Korea
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Republic of Korea was one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Deforestation had stripped the country of half its forest cover, contributing to severe erosion, repetitive flood and drought damage and a decrease in agricultural production which threatened national food security. Recognizing the importance of forests’ watershed and soil protection functions in restoring agricultural productivity, the government undertook an intensive forest rehabilitation effort. The implementation of two Ten-Year Forest Rehabilitation Plans in the 1970s and 1980s not only fully restored the country’s forest cover, but also delivered food security benefits [...]
Tool
2016
Addressing Rural Youth Migration at its Root Causes: A Conceptual Framework
This document presents the conceptual framework for distress migration of rural youth. The framework focuses on the migration of rural youth (aged 15–24), who account for a large proportion of migrants and are a particularly vulnerable group. The framework comprises three sections:
Analysis of the main factors determining the propensity of rural youth to migrate;
Assessment of the likely impacts of distress migration of rural youth in terms of rural development for local areas of origin;
Illustration of the most promising policies and programmes to reduce distress migration of rural youth and maximize its developmental benefits for the communities of origin.
