Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Organisation O0021
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| Qualification | FAO Agriculture; FAO Fisheries; FAO Forestry |
| Détails de contact | FAO Headquarters Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome Italy Telephone: (+39) 06 57051 Fax: (+39) 06 570 53152 Email: FAO-HQ@fao.org |
| Type d'organisation | Environment-Development Institution |
| Intérët d'organisation | Conservation |
| Location | Italy |
| Membre de Groupe d'apprentissage | No |
Déscription
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. FAO helps developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since its founding in 1945, FAO has focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people. FAO's activities comprise four main areas:
-Putting information within reach
-Sharing policy expertise
-Providing a meeting place for nations
-Bringing knowledge to the field
Projets
FAO Agriculture:
1. The Pro-Poor Livestock Initiative contributes to poverty reduction through the formulation of international and national livestock policies that will ensure equitable, safe and clean livestock farming. A key challenge is to identify and promote income opportunities that may lead to significant economic growth for the poor.
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/projects/en/pplpi/home.html
FAO Fisheries:
2. ALCOM is a regional community-based aquatic resource management programme. ALCOM’s objective is to enhance outputs from smallholder farming systems and economies through improved management of aquatic resources.
http://www.fao.org/fi/alcom/alcom.htm
3. SFLP (Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods) primary objective is to assist fisheries communities to enhance their livelihoods by strengthening their human and social capital through the sustainable utilisation of aquatic resources and the development of an appropriate political and institutional environment, which takes the aspirations of the communities into consideration.
http://www.sflp.org/
4. Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP) The FMSP is a research initiative funded by DFID aimed at increasing food security and opportunities to generate income for those in developing countries through more sustainable management of both inland and marine, capture and enhancement fisheries.
http://www.fmsp.org.uk/
FAO Forestry:
5. Uganda: Community-based Enterprises for the Conservation of biodiversity at Bwindi Heritage Site
FAO is assisting local communities living around the Bwindi World Heritage site in creating viable community-based enterprises that improve their livelihoods, while providing incentives for the sustainable management of natural resources.
6. Colombia: Training in Sustainable Enterprise Development to commercialise biodiversity products
The Alexander von Humboldt Research Institute in Colombia, together with FAO’s Forestry Policy and Institutions Service (FONP) are carrying out market analysis for the creation of community-based tree and forest product enterprises.
7. Mozambique: Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Management
This activity is part of the action plan for the implementation of the Reduction of Absolute Poverty project, through the Forests and Wildlife Component of the National Investment Programme of the agricultural sector. It addresses local community participation in the use, conservation and management of natural resources. The contribution of FAO concerns the generation of tangible benefits for local communities through the application of sustainable participatory forest and wildlife management.
8. Chile: Support to forest development in communities
This project focuses on the improvement of forestry and agro-forestry based production and the commercialisation of its products, through the implementation of participatory and territorial planning methodologies in selected communities living in forest areas.
Couverture géographique
Africa
Americas
Asia
Gens
FAO's Animal Production and Health Division:
Samuel Jutzi, Director, AGA
Tel: +39 06 570 53371
Fax:+39 06 570 55749
Janice Wong, Secretary
Tel: +39 06 570 52990
Mr Lieven Verheust
Chief Technical Advisor ALCOM
E-mail: ALCOM@harare.iafrica.com
Benoît Horemans
Programme Coordinator SFLP
Tel : + 39 06 5705 6027
Fax : + 39 06 5705 6781
Email : SFLP-PCU@fao.org
URL de web
http://www.fao.org/
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