Last November, Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the FAO, called together a World Summit on Food Security in Rome. Seven of the leaders of the G8 countries (the USA, Russia, Japan, Germany, France, the UK, Canada and Italy) failed to attend (only Italy’s prime minister was present). Nevertheless, we would like to see a favourable development from the 2009 meeting, held at a time in history whe...

In the mind of the general public, the rural sector is equal to agriculture and for a great majority of policymakers, rural development continues to mean agricultural development. Not surprisingly, it is a sector traditionally covered at the governmental level by the ministries of agriculture, and at the international development level by agencies with an agricultural development mandate such a...

This document has been prepared at the request of the Secretariat of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and in close collaboration with the FAO Plant Production and Protection Division, to facilitate the Commission’s deliberations when it will review key issues on targets and indicators for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture at its Fifteenth Regular ...

A greater understanding of how deficiencies manifest themselves and to what extent they are clinically relevant, by sex and age, remains important, and there is a priority need for improved standardization and reporting of measurements (Patrick Webb, Tufts University, Boston, Mass., USA). The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) indicators of hidden hunger capture under...

farmers need up to date information on efficient use and management of labour for agricultural production. yet, they lack adequate and needed information. hence, this study was undertaken to explore the sources and use of labour information by farmers in southwestern nigeria. multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. primary data were collected to elicit infor...

export is an important factor in economic development and the creation of regional agreements is one of the ways to facilitate trade and exports; but measuring the success rate of these agreements is one of the challenges of this field. in this study, we compared the factors affecting agricultural exports and imports in the eco and european :union: countries. the purpose of this study was to as...

Domestic marine fisheries in Oman are increasingly viewed as the eventual economic alternative to the soon to be depleted oil reserves. This has galvanized the Omani government to invest in the management of its marine living resources. This study aims to provide a better estimation of Oman’s domestic marine fisheries catches that can be used to improve fisheries management in the country. Usin...