Preventing animal disease and plant pest outbreaks and food safety incidents before they occur is essential to protecting the food chain. Most food chain crises are...
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Pulses are crucial in nutritious diets. They provide cheap proteins and micronutrients. Pulses are also important as a cash crop for local, regional and international markets...
FAO recognizes the potential of rural women and men inachieving food security and nutrition and is committed toovercoming gender inequality, in line with the pledge to “leave noone behind”, which...
Smallholder poultry production is practised by most rural households throughout the developing world; despite the fact that its contribution to livelihoods appears to be of little nominal value...
The cactus Opuntia has been used in Mexico from pre-Hispanic times, and along with maize (Zea mays) and agave (Agave spp.), played a major role in the agricultural economy...
The Mediterranean region has more than 25 million hectares of Mediterranean forests and about 50 million hectares of other Mediterranean wooded lands. They make crucial...
There is a growing recognition that complex and multi-dimensional issues such as food security and nutrition (FSN) require cross-sectoral and holistic approaches, pooling together the resources, knowledge and expertise...
At its 42nd session in October 2015, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare...
In October 2014, at its 41st session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) to prepare a study on sustainable forestry...
In October 2014, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested its High Level Panel of Experts for Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare a report on sustainable...