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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    March, 2021
    Global

    Indicator 2.4.1: Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture
     

  2. Library Resource
    Responsible investments in agriculture and food systems – A practical handbook for parliamentarians
    Manuals & Guidelines
    December, 2020
    Global

    This Handbook provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the role that Parliamentarians and Parliamentary Advisors can play in the creation of reliable, coherent, and transparent “enabling environments” in the range of areas related to investment in agriculture and food systems. It does so through guidance notes, examples of good practices, and very practical indications, and sets out key stages of processes and mechanisms for MPs and advisors to consider while promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems.

  3. Library Resource
    Country Profile - Pakistan
    Reports & Research
    December, 2011
    Pakistan

    The country profile is a summary of key information that gives an overview of the water resources and water use at the national level. It can support water-related policy and decision makers in their planning and monitoring activities as well as inform researchers, media and the general public. Information in the report is organized by sections:

  4. Library Resource
      Country profile – Brunei Darussalam
    Reports & Research
    December, 2011
    Brunei Darussalam

    The country profile is a summary of key information that gives an overview of the water resources and water use at the national level. It can support water-related policy and decision makers in their planning and monitoring activities as well as inform researchers, media and the general public. Information in the report is organized by sections:


    • Geography, Climate and Population
    • Economy, Agriculture and Food Security
    • Water Resources
    • Water Use
  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2017
    Vietnam
  6. Library Resource
    January, 2011

    This report summarises current knowledge of the anticipated impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture. It examines the implications for local and national food security and the methods and approaches for assessing climate change impacts on water and agriculture.

  7. Library Resource
    January, 2007

    Climate change poses severe threats on agriculture. Even though some countries may experience beneficial change to agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), the majority, particularly developing countries, will experience significant negative impacts. This paper by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) promotes an integrative, holistic framework for climate change adaptation. It presents the potential impacts of climate change and the different approaches to adaptation, as well as knowledge gained through FAO's experience in the field.

  8. Library Resource
    The State of Food and Agriculture: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security cover image
    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Global

    The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, represents a new beginning in the global effort to stabilize the climate before it is too late. It recognizes the importance of food security in the international response to climate change, as reflected by many countries focusing prominently on the agriculture sector in their planned contributions to adaptation and mitigation. To help put those plans into action, this report identifies strategies, financing opportunities, and data and information needs.

  9. Library Resource
    Greening the Economy with Agriculture cover image
    Reports & Research
    December, 2012
    Global

    The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), through Resolution 64/236 of 24 December 2009, decided to organize the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3 to 6 June 2012 (UNCSD, also referred to as Rio+20). The two main stated themes decided by the UNGA for UNCSD are: a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and the institutional framework for sustainable development. The preparatory process foresees three sessions of the preparatory Committee and three inter-sessional meetings.


  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2009
    Canada, United States of America, Africa, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Europe

    Este informe de políticas se propone informar a los negociadores en dónde se sitúa la agricultura en el marco de las negociaciones actuales y proporciona algunas propuestas sobre cómo ésta podría abordarse en un acuerdo mundial sobre el cambio climático. El informe se basa en la presentación más técnica y exhaustiva acover_page por la FAO al Grupo de Trabajo Especial sobre la Cooperación a Largo Plazo (AWG-LCA), antes de su Cuarta Sesión (FAO, Enabling agriculture to contribute to climate change mitigation, 6 de febrero de 2009).

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