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Technical bookLessons Learned on Diversification Experiences in the Special Programmes for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa 2011
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No results found.This study aims to learn from short-cycle animal husbandry experiences within the framework of the Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) implemented in sub-Saharan Africa in order to disseminate good practices through new initiatives, for example: the National Programme for Food Security (NPFS); the Regional Programme for Food Security (RPFS); agricultural development projects; and the implementation of new policies on livestock breeding. Furthermore, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) includes national and regional agricultural investment projects comprising livestock. With specific reference to the “diversification” subcomponent of the SPFS, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has more than 10 years’ experience in setting up and monitoring semi-intensive breeding units at different levels based on the concept of sustainability and replicability; it has moved on from approaches that failed to ac hieve technical progress in traditional breeding in Africa. In the diversification component, the following short-cycle domestic species have been bred in semi-intensive units: small ruminants and poultry (chickens, ducks and guinea fowl). This innovative methodology has attracted the attention of various national and international donors who have provided considerable support. This study assesses activities carried out in 11 countries of Central and West Africa: Mali, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Togo, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Burundi, Central African Republic and Senegal. The projects are assessed to make a comparative analysis of the technological options adopted (in terms of production, feeding and marketing). Lessons have been learned and best practices identified; the advantages and disadvantages of different techniques in the light of the results obtained with local populations (in particular, women and youth organizations in the rural and urban communities) are analysed. -
FactsheetStrengthening Institutional and Technical Capacity for Safe Food through Implementation of Food Safety Measures and Certification Schemes for Agricultural Products in Cambodia to Combat “COVID-19” - TCP/CMB/3803 2024
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No results found.Agriculture plays an important role in Cambodia’s economy, accounting for about 45 percent of the country’s gross domestic product and providing employment to around two thirds of the total labour force. The sector’s impressive growth over the past decade has contributed significantly to poverty reduction; however, agricultural production remains low, and many agricultural products are poor in quality. Legislative measures are either absent or not enforced, and similarly to other countries in the region, issues with food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary measures cause import rejections from relevant markets. Insufficient awareness of actors along the supply chain about hygiene and good practices related to handling, transport and storage leads to the frequent occurrence of food-borne illnesses, and the presence of live bird markets in most provinces in the country is believed to promote the amplification and dissemination of avian influenza. These issues negatively affect the livelihoods of producers, and supply chain participants and food vendors as consumers often associate food with illness rather than security and nutrition. That being said, there is an increased demand for safe and quality products both in domestic and international markets, opening up promising opportunities for smallholder farmers in Cambodia. -
Technical studyTrends in food legislation in Southeastern Europe: lessons from a regional technical cooperation project 2008
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No results found.Over the last decade, there have been significant changes in the national and international regulatory frameworks governing food control, food safety and food trade. The recognition of the Codex Alimentarius as the benchmark of international food standards for food safety by the World Trade Organization Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) in 1995 is one of the most significant recent influences on food regulation worldwide, and can be seen as an ac knowledgment of the increasing globalization of food production and food trade. Global outbreaks of food-borne disease, with concomitant media attention and outspoken consumer concerns, have also triggered unprecedented interest in food control and food regulation and in the country-level infrastructures that govern food safety and food quality.
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