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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 1451 - 1455 of 5074List of Documents. Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission, 29th Session
Meeting symbol/code: FO:LACFC/2015/Inf.3
Session: Sess. 29
Mobilizing Corporate Private Sector Investment in Small Scale Forest Enterprises (SSFE)
Meeting Name: Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC)
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFRC/2015/4
Session: Sess. 22
Contexte mondial et régional
Meeting Name: European Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:EFC/2015/3 - ECE/TIM/2015/3
Session: Sess.38 - Sess.73
Sphagnum Farming for Replacing Peat in Horticultural Substrates
Sphagnum (peat moss) biomass provides a GHG-neutral alternative to fossil peat in professional horticulture. So far however, it has only been collected in the wild. Small-scale land-based Sphagnum farming is currently practiced on degraded peatlands. Sphagnum farming has also been tested on specially constructed floating mats that guarantee a constant water supply. This water–based cultivation allows bog waters to be used as reservoirs to irrigate cultivated areas in dry periods.