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Utilise FAO’s extensive collection of tools, from guidance to methodologies, to assist in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of policies, programmes and projects for SDG progression.
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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...
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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; ...
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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.
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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.
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Agri-hire in Sub-Saharan Africa: Business models for investing in sustainable mechanization
01/01/2021
For a better understanding of how agricultural mechanization hire service provision can contribute to agricultural and rural development, this publication aims to (i) showcase a variety of business models of private-sector businesses providing agricultural mechanization hire services in Africa, (ii) identify success factors, and (iii) provide entry points for investment.
Stepping up – Everyone around the table for better nutrition and healthy diets
01/01/2021
This is a series of papers intended to highlight current understandings, gaps and misconceptions about engaging with businesses in the food system.
Capacity needs assessment tool: School-based food and nutrition education
01/01/2021
The capacity needs assessment tool is meant to be used by national and local groups as a foundation for the design of school-based food and nutrition education capacity development strategies.
Enabling sustainable food systems. Innovators’ handbook
31/12/2020
This handbook is written for “sustainable food systems innovators” by a group of innovators from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe who are leading initiatives to grow, share, sell and consume more sustainable foods in their local contexts. It includes experiences that are changing the organizational structures of local food systems to make them more sustainable.
Toolkit for value chain analysis and market development integrating climate resilience and gender responsiveness. Integrating agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) Programme
01/09/2020
This toolkit aims to help countries in selecting and analysing value chains for opportunities to improve climate change resilience and reduce gender inequalities. It intends to provide policy makers, planners, project developers, technical advisors and implementers at local, regional or national level with good practices of climate-resilient and gender-responsive value chain development.
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Methodology for Quantification of GHG Emission Reductions from Improved Management in Smallholder Dairy Production Systems using a Standardized Baseline
31/12/2018
This methodology presents requirements for development and assessment of a standardized baseline for quantification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions in smallholder dairy systems.
A Toolkit on gender-sensitive social protection programmes to combat rural poverty and hunger
01/12/2018
FAO has developed the Technical Guidance Toolkit on Gender-sensitive Social Protection Programmes to Combat Rural Poverty and Hunger. The Toolkit is designed to support social protection and gender policy-makers and practitioners in their efforts to systematically apply a gender lens to social protection programmes in ways that are in line with global agreements and FAO commitments.