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FAO, Digital Earth Africa and Frontier SI’s collaboration to enhance the use of Earth observations in Africa
17/06/2022

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Digital Earth Africa and Frontier SI have initiated a new collaboration to help African countries use Earth observations to produce land cover and crop statistics. The outcomes of this collaboration are expected to help guide food security policy making and thus better support countries to achieve Zero Hunger.

Digital Public Good Alliance
30/05/2022

The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) is a multi-stakeholder initiative with a mission to accelerate the attainment of the SDGs in low- and middle-income countries by facilitating the discovery, development, use of, and investment in digital public goods. Digital public goods (DPGs) are open-source software, open data, open artificial intelligence (AI) models, open standards...

Climate Risk Toolbox
23/03/2022

The Climate Risk Toolbox was developed to support climate-resilient project design. The tool is an open-access resource allowing users to obtain a climate risk screening and report containing climate resilient measures, crucial to strengthen project formulation at early stages. It complies with requirements of international financial institutions and can be used by development practitioners for...

THE FAO/WHO Food Control System Assessment Tool
21/02/2022

The objective of this tool is to propose a harmonized, objective and consensual basis to analyse the performance of a national food control system. It is intended to be used by countries to identify priority areas of improvement and plan sequential and coordinated activities to reach expected outcomes. The Tool is based on Codex principles and Guidelines for National Food Control Systems.

Evidence platform for agri-food systems and nutrition
31/12/2021

The 105 recommendations of the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (VGFSyN) are categorized under 7 focus areas and several thematic sub-sections. You can browse the recommendations from the "Focus Areas" section, by navigating the focus and sub-focus areas' menu, or by doing a free search by key terms.

Global capacity needs assessment methodology - Integrating nutrition objectives into agricultural extension and advisory services programmes and policies
31/12/2021

The Global Capacity Needs Assessment (GCNA) methodology examines the capacity gaps at the individual, organizational and enabling-environment levels.

The Energizing Agriculture Assessment Tool (EAAT)
31/12/2021

The FAO/World Bank Energizing Agriculture Assessment Tool (EAAT) provides insight into the energy use of an agriculture value chain. It assesses current energy use, needs, energy intervention options and the related economic and GHG emission levels during production and processing. The tool helps understand where the use of energy could be further improved, and where energy issues might cause...

A guide to forest–water management
31/12/2021

The purpose of A Guide to Forest–Water Management is to improve the global information base on the protective functions of forests for soil and water. It reviews emerging techniques and methodologies, provides guidance and recommendations on how to manage forests for their water ecosystem services, and offers insights into the business and economic cases for managing forests for water…

Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets
31/12/2021

Sustainable Public Food Procurement (PFP) represents a key game changer for food systems transformation. It can influence both food consumption and food production patterns. It can deliver multiple social, economic, and environmental benefits towards sustainable food systems for healthy diets.

The Greenhouse Gas Data Management (GHG-DM) Tool
01/12/2021

The greenhouse gas data management (GHG-DM) tool helps greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory compilers manage the information related to the required activity data (AD) and parameters for estimating GHG emissions and removals in all inventory sectors.

Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems
01/12/2021

This series of paper detail new methodologies for estimating key components of agri-food systems emissions. They focus on GHG emissions associated with historic and current domestic food transport, waste disposal and energy use in fertilizer manufacturing, food processing, packaging, retail and household consumption.

Checklists and technical guidelines to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
01/12/2021

This series of “Checklists and technical guidelines to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing” provides as a reference guide for professionals as well as an assessment tool for practitioners for facilitating the implementation of national and international obligations to combat IUU fishing.

Information toolkit on food biotechnologies with a focus on food safety
01/12/2021

The FAO Information toolkit on food biotechnologies with a focus on food safety serves as a basis to assist countries in addressing the general public’s concerns on food biotechnology and food safety, to support them in raising awareness of the science of food biotechnologies and food safety and to inform discussions and decisions.

How to use antibiotics effectively and responsibly - for the sake of human and animal health
01/12/2021

The use of antibiotics and thus the threat of of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can be reduced by adopting the right husbandry practices. These publications provides practical tips to the livestock producer aiming at improving animal health and hence the reduced use of antibiotics.

The Urban Food Systems Coalition
01/10/2021

Cities are fundamental for food systems transformation and for the achievement of a number of SDGs linked to food systems transformation. The Urban Food Systems Coalition facilitates coherent and coordinated engagement, action and governance between national and local governments. By leveraging expertise from a wide range of partners, we support governments at all levels to implement....

The Biodiversity Integrated Assessment and Computation Tool (B-INTACT)
25/07/2021

The Biodiversity Integrated Assessment and Computation Tool (B-INTACT) uniquely seeks to provide a thorough biodiversity assessment of project-level activities in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector, taking on both a quantitative and a qualitative approach.

Making climate-sensitive investments in agriculture
14/05/2021

This comprehensive knowledge product provides investment practitioners with practical reference material on integrating climate risk considerations at all stages of the investment project cycle, from design to implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Guide on incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems
11/05/2021

This Guide provides policymakers and government technical staff with guidance on how investment incentives can be used (and how they should not be used) to enhance responsible investment in agriculture and food systems. The Guide provides an overview of responsible investment in agriculture and food systems; examines common types of incentives; ...

Rapid capacity assessment tool - Strengthening capacities to enhance responsible investment in agriculture and food systems
11/05/2021

This rapid capacity assessment tool aims to help practitioners carry out a multi-stakeholder assessment of existing and needed capacities to enhance responsible investment in agriculture and food systems at country level. It is designed to support the application of the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems.

Recarbonizing global soils - A technical manual of recommended management practices
31/01/2021

This technical manual gathers the existing data on the impacts of soil management practices on soil organic carbon (SOC) content in a wide array of environments, including the advantages, drawbacks, and constraints. It presents the practices, that have been shown to have a positive effect on SOC stocks and successful experiences of SOC sequestration in practical field applications.