FAO publications update

July 2020 / Issue #37

 

HIGHLIGHTS

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020

Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets

The number of people affected by hunger globally has been rising since 2014. This report spotlights the links between food security and nutrition, introduces new analysis of the affordability of healthy diets, presents health and climate-change costs associated with food consumption and concludes by discussing policies and strategies to transform food systems.



The report is also available in a device-responsive HMTL version

320 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251329016
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OECD–FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020–2029

This annual report utilizes the commodity, policy and country expertise of both OECD and FAO and Member Countries to assess prospects for the coming decade’s global agricultural commodity markets. This year’s edition features a short scenario on COVID-19.
 


Also available in French

330 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251325391
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Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2020

Main report

Since the first assessment in 1948, the report has evolved into a comprehensive evaluation of forest resources and their condition, management and uses, covering all the thematic elements of sustainable forest management. One of the key findings in this edition is that while deforestation continues, it has been reduced in the last five years.



184 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251329740
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AGRICULTURE

Food Outlook 

Biannual report on global food markets, June 2020

Food markets will face many more months of uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the agri-food sector is likely to display more resilience to the crisis than other sectors. Featured in this report is a comparison of the Great Lockdown to the Great Recession, as well as revisions to the FAO food price indices.



166 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251328484
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ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH

FAO animal production and health manual

African swine fever in wild boar

Ecology and biosecurity

This publication provides an overview of Africa Swine Fever ecology in Northern and Eastern European populations of wild boar, and describes a range of practical management and biosecurity measures (e.g. in affected forests or during hunting) that can help stockholders address the problem in a coherent, collaborative and comprehensive way. 



104 pages | 176 x 250 mm | ISBN 9789251317815
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Biodiversity and the livestock sector 

Guidelines for quantitative assessment – Version 1

Twenty-five international experts in ecology, biodiversity, agronomy, life cycle assessment, livestock production systems, and environmental science have provided a methodology to introduce an approach to assess the impacts of livestock on biodiversity.
 


142 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251327456
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FAO animal production and health guidelines

Biosecurity guide for live poultry markets

This guide provides practical options for improving the hygiene and biosecurity in live poultry markets. It also contains information on appropriate ways to decontaminate markets (e.g. using detergents or disinfectants), and the equipment and vehicles that enter them. 

 

Also available in Chinese, French and Vietnamese

53 pages | 176 x 250 mm | ISBN 9789251089101
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Agripreneurship across Africa

Stories of inspiration​​​​​​​

Through case studies focused on themes such as achieving success at scale, women’s and youth entrepreneurship and agripreneurship in challenging environments, this publication offers advice to agripreneurs and incubator programmes across Africa.



Also available in French

236 pages | 176 x 250 mm | ISBN 9789251314715
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FAO legal guide

Legal guide on land consolidation

Based on regulatory practices in Europe

This publication provides guidance on legislative issues regarding land consolidation in alignment with the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security as well as international human rights law. It is based on good practices in Europe and focuses on rural areas. 



188 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251328583
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Proceedings of the FAO International Symposium on The Future of Food

10–11 June 2019

Academics, researchers, policymakers, public and private sector representatives, parliamentarians and government agencies addressed nutrition through four themes: sustainability and healthy diet research and knowledge gaps, governance, consumer confidence, and food system transformation.

 

98 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251326664
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Turkey – Syrian Refugee Resilience Plan

2020–2021

This document supports the Government of Turkey in addressing the needs of Syrians under temporary protection and vulnerable host communities in Turkey. The plan is based on a holistic cooperative approach involving a variety of actors, as well as partnerships with the private sector and local institutions.



40 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 99789251323519
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FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

Safety at sea for small-scale fishers in the Caribbean

Promoting a culture of safety awareness among fisherfolk, to reduce the number of accidents and increase the chances of survival if accidents occur, this manual provides guidance on safety matters related to work on a small-scale fishing vessel and both personal and navigational safety.

 

124 pages | 180 x 240 mm | ISBN 9789251324097
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