The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent. Over this period, globalisation will continue, exposing the food system to novel economic and political pressures.This final report of the Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures Project argues that decisive action needs to take place now. The report identifies five considerable challenges ahead:
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2011Ukraine, Kirghizistan, Fédération de Russie, Moldova, Bélarus, Tadjikistan, Turkménistan, Ouzbékistan, Kazakhstan, Arménie, Europe orientale, Europe, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie occidentale, Amérique septentrionale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie méridionale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2011Qatar, Égypte, Nigéria, États-Unis d'Amérique, Ukraine, Kirghizistan, Indonésie, Brésil, Royaume-Uni, Ghana, Fédération de Russie, Moldova, Éthiopie, Bélarus, Mozambique, Laos, Turkménistan, Philippines, Libye, Tadjikistan, Émirats arabes unis, Ouzbékistan, Koweït, Argentine, Kazakhstan, Soudan, Bahreïn, Arménie, Arabie saoudite, Cambodge, Océanie, Asie occidentale, Europe, Asie orientale, Asie méridionale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Amérique septentrionale, Afrique septentrionale
Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesdécembre, 2010États-Unis d'Amérique, Espagne, Israël, Chili, Chine, Australie, Royaume-Uni, Canada, Venezuela, Kenya, Maroc, Japon, Afrique du Sud, Turquie, Italie, Portugal, Tunisie, Argentine, Inde, Brésil, Grèce
This guide complements the Food Security and Climate Change Challenge Badge activity booklet. The resources and activity ideas are designed to support you and your group and to help you educate children and youth about climate change and food security. The guide contains simple teaching tools to make learning appealing and fun, and provides a selection of activities and exercises to carry out individually or in your group. The guide can be used to achieve the Food Security and Climate Change Challenge Badge or can be used separately.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2010Égypte, États-Unis d'Amérique, Fidji, Chine, Indonésie, Australie, Canada, Guinée, République de Corée, Îles Salomon, Seychelles, Japon, Singapour, Malaisie, Philippines, Madagascar, Italie, République-Unie de Tanzanie, Équateur, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Cuba, Europe, Asie, Afrique, Océanie
Boom-and-bust cycles are commonplace in the exploitation history of sea cucumber fisheries but pandemic overfishing to critical levels now threatens the persistence of breeding stocks for future generations of coastal fishers. Resource managers must embrace an ecosystem approach to fisheries, in which biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services and the concerns of stakeholders are taken into account alongside of the productivity of stocks and the economic gains from fishing. This document is an abridged version of FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesdécembre, 2010Afrique, Libye, Soudan, Burundi, Éthiopie, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalie, République-Unie de Tanzanie, Ouganda, Cameroun, Namibie, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Libéria, Nigéria, Sierra Leone, Panama, Brésil, Jordanie, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Allemagne, Samoa
The Eastern and Anglophone Western Africa Regional Assessment meeting was organized by a task force consisting of FAO, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, African Land Policy Initiative, the United Nations World Food Programme, United Nations Development Programme, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme officials in Ethiopia.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2010Bangladesh, Suisse, États-Unis d'Amérique, Chine, Sri Lanka, Indonésie, Australie, Éthiopie, Pakistan, Niger, Uruguay, Thaïlande, Japon, Pays-Bas, Tunisie, Inde
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2010Égypte, Bangladesh, Honduras, Afghanistan, Allemagne, Pérou, Guatemala, Australie, Burkina Faso, Bolivie, Chine, Cameroun, Haïti, Philippines, Lesotho, Japon, Madagascar, Ouzbékistan, Italie, Inde, Paraguay, Brésil
This paper examines some of the key technical, institutional, policy and financial responses required to achieve climate-smart agriculture which sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes Greenhouse Gases (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals. Building on case studies from the field, the paper outlines a range of practices, approaches and tools aimed at increasing the resilience and productivity of agricultural production systems, while also reducing and removing emissions.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2010Soudan, Nigéria, Mauritanie, Israël, Suède, Zimbabwe, Australie, Royaume-Uni, Ghana, Congo, Malawi, Éthiopie, Kenya, Italie, République-Unie de Tanzanie, Botswana, Pays-Bas, Sénégal, Tchad, Cameroun, Afrique
This issue offers seventeen articles distributed among the following aspects of the climate change theme: two articles on Climate Change Impact; three articles on Climate Change Mitigation; nine articles on Climate Change Adaptation; and three articles that straddle all aspects of the climate change topic. The edition also presents specific information on aspects of climate change issues in individual countries including Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Zimbabwe
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