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Community Organizations Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Acronym
FAO
United Nations Agency

Focal point

Javier Molina Cruz
Phone number
+390657051

Location

Headquarters
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153
Rome
Italy
Working languages
Arabic
Chinese
English
Spanish
French

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.

Members:

Naomi Kenney
Ilario Rea
Ana Paula De Lao
Marianna Bicchieri
Valerio Tranchida
Dubravka Bojic
Margret Vidar
Brad Paterson
Carolina Cenerini
VG Tenure
Stefanie Neno
Julien Custot
Francesca Gianfelici
Giulio DiStefano
Renata Mirulla
Gerard Ciparisse
Jeff Tschirley
Marieaude Even
Richard Eberlin
Yannick Fiedler
Rumyana Tonchovska
Ann-Kristin Rothe
Sally Bunning
Imma Subirats

Resources

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Analysis of Climate Change and Variability Risks in the Smallholder Sector

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2010
Tanzania
Kenya
Switzerland
Ethiopia
Malawi
Italy
Africa

Smallholder farmers in Kenya grow most of the country's food, vegetables and fruit. These farmers face formidable challenges in increasing production, preserving natural resources and addressing the impact of climate change in food production systems. Meeting these challenges is vital to sustained livelihoods and reduction of poverty, especially in the fragile dryland and semi-arid areas, where the impact of climate change is expected to be severe in Eastern Africa and Kenya.

Governance of Land Tenure in Central America

Reports & Research
November, 2010
Honduras
Belize
El Salvador
Chile
Guatemala
Bolivia
Austria
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Colombia
Panama
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Netherlands
Argentina
Paraguay
Mexico
Americas

Land Tenure Working Paper 18. Presents the main themes that characterize the governance in land tenure and analyses the aspects related to the evolution of agricultural policy issues in various Central American countries. It also offers some examples and lessons learned from new models of land administration and land access mechanisms that Central American governments and International Cooperation have fostered over the past fifteen years in the Region. Available in Spanish

Sistemas Agroforestales, Segurudad Alimentaria y Cambio Climático en Centroamérica. Resumen

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2010
Honduras
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Central America
Americas

Los SAF son un conjunto de tecnologías de manejo de suelo, agua, nutrientes y cultivos agrícolas y forestales que bajo un manejo integrado proporcionan importantes beneficios ambientales, productivos y socioeconómicos.

Sistematización de Experiencias de Manejo de Recursos Naturales para la Reducción de Riesgos y Desastres en el Sector Agropecuario: Terrazas de Formación Lenta y Zanjas de Infiltración en las comunidades de Cuyuni, Jullicunca y Carhuayo en Cusco (Perú)

Reports & Research
November, 2010
Honduras
Peru
Americas

Las acciones de manejo de recursos naturales en los distritos de Ccatca, Ocongate y Carhuayo por el socio-estratégico Programa Nacional de Manejo de Cuencas Hidrográficas y Conservación de Suelos (PRONAMACHCS) constituyen experiencias que en el marco de prevención de desastres naturales es replicable a zonas con ecosistemas similares en la región andina del Perú.