This regional overview highlights the need to promote healthier food environments through taxes and incentives that favour healthy food, social protection systems, school feeding programmes and the regulation of food advertising and marketing.

132 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251319581

In light of the recent Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25), learn more about FAO's guidance and support on climate change adaptation and mitigation through a selection of recent publications.
 

Based on nine country reports, this book provides an overview of how biodiversity has changed in the Near East and North Africa due to human food production practices. It also demonstrates how the conservation of biodiversity is essential to both livelihoods and food security.

52 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251318232

The meeting examined whether a low-level presence of residues in food linked to unavoidable and unintended carry-over in feed could constitute a threat to human health and might also impact negatively on trade.

60 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251318331

This manual showcases a series of actions to address disease in the pig and poultry sectors and promotes antibiotic use that complies with domestic governance and regulatory measures.

44 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251318911

This book provides guidance in developing antimicrobial resistance surveillance plans for food-borne bacteria. The guidelines stress the importance of harmonized data generation, collation and reporting for antimicrobial susceptibility testing and laboratory-based monitoring.

80 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251319307

This book reviews sporadic Escherichia coli (STEC) infections and identifies foods that facilitate their spread, including meat, vegetables and fruits.

72 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251317464

This review seeks to educate the general population about healthy eating for the next 10 to 20 years and forms the basis for establishing a suite of required nutrient reference values for specific population groups, the first of which are older infants and young children.

92 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251319574

This report provides guidance on safe water use when preparing fresh produce and fish. It is also a guide for water risk management.

98 pages | 176 x 250 mm | ISBN 9789251318089

This issue highlights the role of forests as crucial and cost-effective natural infrastructure for the production of high-quality water − including for cities − for more than half the world population.

88 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251319109

This report presents global nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer medium-term supply and demand forecasts for the period 2017−2022.

34 pages | 210 x 297 mm | ISBN 9789251318942