scholarly journals Characterization of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Arnés García ◽  
José Luis Yagüe ◽  
Víctor Luis de Nicolás ◽  
José M. Díaz-Puente
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Delphi Panel ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
The World ◽  
A Site

The recognition and safeguarding of agricultural heritage in Europe are new concepts that are gaining attention due to the contribution they make to sustainability. Of the 57 Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) that exist in the world today, only six have been designated in Europe. Through a qualitative analysis of the proposal documents submitted by these six European GIAHS to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) during the designation process, this study provides a comparative characterization of these sites supported by expert assessment. During the first phase, 24 specific sub-criteria were observed based on the five main criteria that a site has to meet in order to demonstrate its global relevance as an agricultural heritage of humanity. The relevance of the resulting sub-criteria was then assessed by a Delphi panel of experts and the validated ones were applied in an assessment of the six European sites. The European GIAHS sites are characterized by the high value of their cultural landscapes’ evolution, modeled by traditional and adaptive agriculture knowledge and practices that are promoted and maintained thanks to organized and committed social organizations. The results of structuring of sub-criteria can facilitate the application of other possible European GIAHS sites.

scholarly journals Special Issue “Equine Viruses”: Old “Friends” and New Foes?

Viruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Romain Paillot
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Old Friends

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has recently estimated that the world equid population exceeds 110 million (FAOSTAT 2017) [...]

scholarly journals Global Diagnostic on Groundwater Governance

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Rubio
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Association ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Groundwater Governance ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World

Five international organisations cooperated in the project ‘Groundwater Governance: A Global Framework for Action’ (2011-2016): Global Environment Fund (GEF), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization International Hydrological Program (UNESCO IHP), International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) and World Bank. The project included a wide range of activities aiming to take stock of groundwater governance conditions and practices around the world and to enable diagnostic analysis at different spatial scales on groundwater governance. Five Regional Consultation Meetings were conducted in different parts of the world, with the aim to collect as much information as possible on groundwater governance in different regions and countries, and to capture the related perceptions and opinions of the more than five hundred participants. On top of this, five regional diagnostic reports on groundwater were prepared by knowledgeable professionals from each of these regions. The present Global Diagnostic on Groundwater Governance builds on all these activities and produced outputs, in particular on the five regional diagnostics and the reports on the Consultation Meetings. Governance Groundwater

Agrarian Reform and Rural Development

Worldview ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Sudhir Sen
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Agrarian Reform ◽  
World Population ◽  
World Conference ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
To Come

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is convening a World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) at FAO headquarters in Rome from July 12 to 20, 1979. This will provide a unique opportunity— perhaps the last, best chance—to come to grips with a problem that has long been crying out for an aggressive, well-planned attack.The trends are disastrous. The hour is already late. With each passing day some 200,000 more people are added to the world population, mostly to the poor nations to swell the ranks of their destitute.

Food and Agriculture Organization

1947 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 516-519
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Local Production ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
The World ◽  
Realistic View ◽  
A Current

International Cereals Conference: Under the sponsorship of FAO and at the request of the International Emergency Food Council, a special cereals conference met in Paris from July 9 to 12. The United Nations, the Economic Commission for Europe, the International Wheat Council, and some fifty-two nations were invited to attend the conference for a general discussion of measures which might be taken to ease the effects of the severe world shortage of grains expected for 1947–48. The Conference reported an “unparalleled” scarcity of grain in Europe and estimated the world's requirements at 50,000,000 tons. Both the Canadian and United States delegations, representing the two greatest grain-exporting nations of the world, criticized this figure as an overestimation and warned that a more “realistic view” should be taken of the export possibilities of their countries which were expected to furnish twothirds of the total 32,000,000 tons of exportable grain for the season. Motions adopted at the closing plenary session of the Conference pledged the grain-importing nations to take drastic steps to conserve available local production and to insure their maximum distribution for “exclusively human consumption.” These motions also described machinery for keeping data collected on a current basis and for the issuance of quarterly reports on the cereal situation in each country.

scholarly journals State analysis of horticulture and peach culture in the world

2020 ◽  
pp. 130-137
Author(s):  
A. V. Smykov ◽  
N. V. Mesyats
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Fruit Crops ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations Statistics Division ◽  
Official Data

Aim and task: conduct an analysis of scientific and technical literature, identify trends in world production of fruit crops and peaches. Methods. The article uses official data from the FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Statistics Division) (http://www.fao.org/faostat/ru), Federal Customs Service (http://customs.ru/statistic), Federal State Statistics Service (https://www.gks.ru). Statistical reports for the period from 1998 to 2017 were taken for analysis. The article uses official data from the FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Statistics Division) (http://www.fao.org/faostat/ru), Federal Customs Service (http://customs.ru/statistic), Federal State Statistics Service (https://www.gks.ru). Statistical reports for the period from 1998 to 2017 were taken for analysis. Results. The volume of fruit produced, the area under orchards is increasing annually throughout the world. The highest yield (20.0 - 37.7 t / ha) for all crops was achieved in the USA, the Netherlands, Egypt, France, Italy and others, and the gross fruit yield (2565 - 877177 thousand tons) is the highest in China, the USA, Turkey, India, Iran and others. The total volume of imports of the main types of fruits to Russia in 2016 amounted to 4,159.6 thousand tons, which is 4.6% or 181.7 thousand tons more than in 2015. In the structure of fruit supplies, the largest share in 2016, bananas, tangerines, apples, oranges, lemons, pears, grapes occupied. Peach remains in the world one of the main stone fruit crops. The leaders in the production of peach fruits are China, Italy, Spain, USA, Greece. In Russia, there is a shortage of peach production. Its import is 37.4 thousand tons of fruits (2016) and exceeds its own production. Main conclusions. The most important task remains the development of horticulture in Russia and the reduction of fruit imports on the domestic market.

Main Achievements of the World Organisation for Animal Health/United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Network on Animal Influenza

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (s1) ◽  
pp. e69-e70
Author(s):  
Gwenaelle Dauphin ◽  
Keith Hamilton ◽  
L. Mia Kim ◽  
Ghudipa Choudhury ◽  
Ilaria Capua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
United Nations Food ◽  
World Organisation

Main Achievements of the World Organisation for Animal Health/United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Network on Animal Influenza

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (s1) ◽  
pp. 380-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwenaelle Dauphin ◽  
Keith Hamilton ◽  
L. Mia Kim ◽  
Bhudipa Choudhury ◽  
Ilaria Capua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
United Nations Food ◽  
World Organisation
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