What are the climate change impacts of current practices in charcoal production and consumption worldwide? What is the potential of sustainable charcoal production in reducing GHG emissions? What are the…

Analyses trends and developments in the markets for cereals, the oilseeds complex, sugar, meat, dairy and fish products. This edition also offers a detailed analysis of the outbreak of African…

This study quantifies global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aquaculture, and explains how cost-effectiveness analysis could be used to appraise GHG mitigation measures - thereby contributing to Sustainable Development Goal…

These guidelines support a harmonized international approach to assessing the impacts of livestock on biodiversity. The livestock sector is a major user of natural resources (land in particular) and contributor…

The Water Productivity web portal (WaPOR) contains various spatial data layers related to land and water use for agricultural production. This report provides a quality evaluation of the WaPOR V2…

Based on an analysis of consumption patterns, this study argues that the micronutrients zinc, iron and vitamin A are inadequately consumed in Ghana. To increase the consumption of nutrient-rich foods…

Introduces FAO’s work on biodiversity mainstreaming in the African region, focusing particularly on the need for champions to institutionalize mainstreaming mechanisms, strong leadership to ensure implementation at national level, and…

The meeting was an exchange of views on initiatives and approaches to mainstream biodiversity in the food and agricultural sectors. Topics discussed included healthy diets, human rights, agrobiodiversity and food…