Recommended reads ahead of the 42nd session of the FAO Conference
31/05/2021
The FAO Conference meets every two years to determine the policies of the Organization, approve the budget, and make recommendations to its Members. If you would like to dig deeper into some of the subject areas that will be covered during this year’s upcoming sessions, read on.
FOR THE PROPOSED BIENNIAL THEME: “AGRICULTURE FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION: FROM STRATEGY TO ACTION”
The State of Food Security and Nutrition 2020. Transforming Food Systems for Affordable Healthy Diets
The number of people affected by hunger globally has been rising since 2014. This report spotlights the links between food security and nutrition, introduces new analysis of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, presents valuations of the health and climate-change costs associated with food consumption patterns and concludes by discussing policies and strategies to transform food systems to ensure affordable healthy diets.
In addition, a comprehensive reference list can be found at the end of the related meeting document: C 2021/2 – The State of Food and Agriculture: Agriculture Food Systems Transformation: from Strategy to Action
FOR REGIONAL CONFERENCES
Regional Overviews of Food Security and Nutrition can be browsed through the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World webpage.
FOR THE VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT FOR FOOD LOSS AND WASTE REDUCTION
The State of Food and Agriculture 2019: Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
This edition provided estimates of the percentage of the world's food lost from production up to the retail level, suggesting that identifying and understanding critical loss points in specific supply chains is crucial to defining appropriate measures.
FOR THE ERADICATION OF PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS (PPR) BY 2030 (DRAFT RESOLUTION)
PPR Global Eradication Programme
This five-year programme highlights the technical and policy tools foreseen as appropriate to lay the foundation for and commencement of PPR eradication by reducing the prevalence of PPR in currently infected countries.
FOR THE PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUB-COMMITTEE ON LIVESTOCK
Five practical actions towards low-carbon livestock
This technical policy brief looks at the connections between climate change and livestock farming, and describes ways to reduce carbon emissions, by using, for instance, more responsible packaging solutions.
World Livestock: Transforming the livestock sector through the Sustainable Development Goals
This report presents FAO’s vision of the contribution of the livestock sector to each of the 17 goals, and addresses the challenges this sector faces to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Further reading
Call for resource mobilization for the COAG Sub-Committee on Livestock
FOR THE PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF RANGELANDS AND PASTORALISTS (DRAFT RESOLUTION)
Crossing boundaries – Legal and policy arrangements for cross-border pastoralism
This report examines how pastoral mobility has been impacted by the creation of unnatural boundaries within pastoralists’ landscapes and how societies cope with these constraints through legal or informal arrangements.
FOR THE PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PLANT HEALTH (DRAFT RESOLUTION)
Scientific review of the impact of climate change on plant pests – A global challenge to prevent and mitigate plant-pest risks in agriculture, forestry and ecosystems
This study indicates that climate change has already expanded some pests’ host range and geographical distribution, and may further increase the risk of pest introduction to new areas. This calls for international cooperation to help countries adapt their pest risk management measures to climate change.
FOR THE PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DATE PALM (DRAFT RESOLUTION)
Atlas of date palm in Egypt
In an effort to promote Date Palm agriculture and develop a national strategic framework for its expansion in newly reclaimed land, this Atlas is an essential step in the identification and characterization of Date Palm cultivars in Egypt.
Additional resources
FAO FLAGSHIPS – THE STATE OF THE WORLD
FAO’s “The State of the World” publications provide a comprehensive overview of the most pressing global issues and challenges affecting the world today.
COVID-19 RESOURCES
FAO’s COVID-19 policy briefs provide succinct assessments of the pandemic’s impacts on food and agriculture, as they occur, and related guidance.
FAO PUBLICATIONS CATALOGUE
This catalogue shares the latest publications produced by FAO across all of its thematic areas, as well as some seminal older titles.
The catalogue is also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.
Article updated on 14/06/2021
