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Technical bookFAO Regional Priority Framework 2010-2019: Towards a food-secure Asia and the Pacific 2010
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No results found.As embedded in its Constitution, FAO's mandate is to raise the level of nutrition and standard of living of the people, secure sustainable improvements in efficiency of production and distribution of food and agricultural products, improve the condition of the rural population, contribute to an expanding world economy and ensure humanity's sustainable freedom from hunger. In this context, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific set out to translate FAO's strategic objectives into five r egional priority issues which are (a) strengthening food and nutritional security, (b) fostering agricultural production and rural development, (c) enhancing equitable, productive and sustainable natural resource management and utilization, (d) improving capacity to respond to food and agricultural threats and emergencies and (e) coping with the impact of climate change on food and agriculture. This publication sets out the regional priorities for the region in detail to 2019 and the implementat ion strategy for achieving the results. -
Technical bookScience and technology for sustainable food security, nutritional adequacy, and poverty alleviation in the Asia-Pacific Region 2002
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No results found.Science and technology have played a vital role in keeping agricultural production a step ahead of rapid global population growth during the past four decades. However, Green Revolution technologies did not benefit the vast rainfed and other marginal areas with high concentrations of hunger and poverty. The new farming technologies were also not friendly to the environment, often resulting in degradation of land, water and biodiversity. The region needs to step up agricultural production by 80 p ercent by the year 2030 to meet its growing food needs. However, because there is very little room for expanding the area under farm cultivation most of this increase will need to come from making existing farmland more productive. This publication examines the agrobiophysical, socio-economic and environmental status of farming systems in Asia-Pacific and the role that science and technology will be called on to play in “breaking the unholy alliance of hunger, poverty and environmental degradati on”. -
Technical reportReport of the workshop on reducing food insecurity associated with natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific 2005
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No results found.A report of the above workshop, held in Bangkok, Thailand from 27 to 28 January 2005, attended by 37 participants comprising representatives from Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal and Thailand as well as experts from various national and international specialized agencies in the region. The overall purpose of the workshop was to develop guidelines for reducing vulnerability to natural disasters for sustainable agriculture and food security. Emphasis was given to examining regional need s and translating global initiatives, such as those developed through the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, into regional and local actions in the context of agricultural disasters. The workshop also considered concrete priorities and proposed implementation mechanisms including regional alliances – in the context of agricultural disasters – in building a resilient rural community to meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of the world's malnourished by 2015. The recommendations of the workshop are included in the report.
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