This paper describes the work done within the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on providing an ontology-based navigation for the Food, Nutrition and Agriculture (FNA) Journal. The aim of the revised navigation was to provide more efficient and effective browsing of the Food and Nutrition Publications using a knowledge model to guide the user with concepts and relati...

In the wake of the 2007-08 food crisis that brought higher and more volatile food prices, many countries expressed increased interest in pursuing policies to bolster their levels of food self-sufficiency. At the same time, there has also been widespread critique of policies designed to support food self-sufficiency, on the grounds that they are inefficient and can disrupt trade. This debate has...

OFFLU is the name of the network of avian influenza expertise inaugurated jointly in 2005 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organisation for Animal Health. Achievements and constraints to date and plans for the future are described.

1Department of Entomology and the Nematology and Chemistry Units, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani centre, Derech Hamacabim 68, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel 2Department of Entomology, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel 3Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappal...

1. The Executive Secretary is please to circulate herewith, for the information of participants in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, an information a document entitled “A contribution to the international initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators: rapid assessment of pollinators’ status” submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...

Wood packaging represents a pathway for the introduction and spread of pests. In March 2002, the Food and Agriculture Organization (F.A.O.) issued some regulations describing globally approved phytosanitary measures that significantly reduce the risk provoked by most of pests. The main purpose of this work is to describe the disinfesting system of pallets through the microwaves treatment.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations promotes nutrition interventions considering food as the basis for action, given the strategic role of food and the agricultural sector to improve food security for the community; thus, a large number of people, especially the poor, who participate directly or indirectly in agricultural activities are able to obtain benefits from its m...

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OBJECTIVE To describe the methods, strengths and limitations of available data sources for estimating US meat and protein consumption in order to facilitate accurate interpretations and applications. DESIGN We examined agricultural supply and dietary intake databases from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the US Department of Health and Human Services and the FAO to describe their meth...