FAO’s goal is to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting sustainable agricultural development, improved nutrition and food security, and ensuring that everyone has access at all times to the food they need for an active and healthy life. The importance of biological diversity for food security and sustainable agriculture has long been recognized by FAO; the Organization is working daily to promote its conservation and sustainable use in the contex of agriculture.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Chad, Sudan, Niger, Cameroon, Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2000Morocco, United States of America, Philippines, Japan, Germany, China, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, Niger
A broad range of actions that can aid in the efforts to end hunger are described in this issue of Food, Nutrition and Agriculture. Improving the methods and tools to work drectly with food-insecure households is critical. For decades, growth monitoring has been practised by community health workers in many developing countries. Authors show how techniques for assessing children's growth status can be made more effective.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2012France, Nigeria, Chile, Germany, China, Australia, Latvia, Austria, Malawi, Kenya, Morocco, Somalia, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, Netherlands, Argentina, India, Senegal, Mexico, Canada
The objective of the workshop was to discuss in particular the various aspects of global soil information (Pillar 4 of the GSP) and the related information gathered by the e-SOTER project. The presentations and discussion were subdivided in four main sessions dealing with the following subjects: Status and needs of Global Soil Information Tools for polygon-based soil mapping (e-SOTER) Tools for Digital Soil Mapping The way-forward for Global Soil Information
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1959Switzerland, United States of America, Sweden, Germany, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Finland, Japan, South Africa, Myanmar, Argentina, Sudan, Mexico, Brazil
An international journal of forestry and forest industries
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2013Switzerland, United States of America, Japan, Luxembourg, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Australia, Canada, Republic of Korea, Hungary, Netherlands
The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) was formally established by members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) during its Council in December 2012. The Council recognized soil as an essential natural resource, which is often overlooked and has not received adequate attention in recent years, despite the fact that production of food, fiber, fodder, and fuel critically depends on healthy soils.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1953Indonesia, Kenya, Canada, South Africa, Israel, Pakistan, Germany
An international journal of forestry and forest industries
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1999Sudan, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mauritania, Mali, Sweden, Germany, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Niger, Cameroon, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Somalia, Italy, Tanzania, India, Senegal, Chad, France
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