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Supporting, promoting and strengthening local agri-food systems
… Supporting, promoting and strengthening local agri-food systems OBSERVING that, we are in a globalized … climate change, biodiversity conservation, prevention of food health crises, and the need to provide the resources … those emerging periurban areas; CONVINCED that Local Agri-food Systems, by relocating food and its functions, which are …
Global Land Outlook
… 78 PART TWO: THE OUTLOOK 104 6 Scenarios of Change 106 7 Food Security and Agriculture 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 … (PBL). Alfred Duda contributed in part to Chapter 8. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) contributed in part … climate change, urbanization, migration, and conflict to food, energy, and water insecurity. In all its dimensions, …
Developing a Global Soil Regime
… as the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. It also briefly explores other complementary mechanisms … resources is essential if humanity’s overarching need for food, water, and energy security is to be met’.2 As a basic … diversity, the effects of climate change and reduction in food security,3 it is an essential aspect of all three of …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… framework for managing soils is not only critical for food production, but also for biological diversity … to 8 billion by the year 2020. 2 In order that sufficient food will be provided, both for these additional people and … at present with an inad- equate diet, a large increase in food production must take place. This increase in food …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… on its soils than it is today, to produce sufficient food to meet the ever-increasing food deficit. • A general realisation that the world … on the world, especially in terms of the decline in food security, indicates that soil has ecological limits and …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… threaten the livelihood of millions of people and future food security, with implications for water resources and the … Forestry and Fisheries” satellite event held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) … in Western PRC The extent of LD threatens national food security as land productivity has declined and conflicts …