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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.
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Displaying 1946 - 1950 of 5074Endorsement of Plans of Action for the GSP Pillars
Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA: II/2014/8
Session: Sess. 22
2015 Année Internationale des Sols
Matériel d'Information pour l'Année Internationale des Sols (AIS 2015).
Reaching consensus on the governance of tenure
This paper describes the perspective of stakeholders on the development of the Voluntary Guidelines on tenure. These Guidelines represent the greatest extent of “common ground” on governance of tenure that has been found to date in a global forum. This consensus was developed through intergovernmental negotiations with the participation of civil society, the private sector and research and academic institutes. This paper draws on interviews to identify how people engaged in the process and the dynamics that were created between the parties.
Plant Genetic Resources and Access and Benefit-Sharing
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/TTLE-ABS-1/14/3
Session: Sess.1
Rice fish agri-culture heritage: enduring farms, ensuring livelihoods
Rice fish culture (RFC) of China is a pilot system supported by the FAO-GEF global Initiative on “Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)” with the participation of Algeria, China, Chile, Peru, Philippines, and Tunisia.