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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its national, regional and international partners are committed to monitoring and analysing food and agricultural policies (MAFAP) to provide policy-makers in Africa and progressively beyond as well as their development partners and other stakeholders in civil society, with the best possible information on the effects of…

A significant proportion of developing countries have expressed an interest in greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation in the agriculture sector. However, compared to mitigation planning in some other sectors, progress with developing agricultural mitigation plans and the allocation of climate finance to the agriculture sector have been limited. The purpose of this guide is to provide…

This report investigates the links between material use and related land requirements. A growing world population, high – and growing – consumption levels in industrialised countries, rapidly increasing middle classes, related increased consumption levels and expanding urban areas are some of the key drivers behind the increasing demand for materials and land. Land is arguably one of the…

This discussion paper on “land footprint scenarios” prepared by SERI for Friends of the Earth Europe aims to contribute knowledge on how consumption changes undertaken by individuals (such as changes towards diets with lower amounts of meat consumption) or triggered by policies (such as EU’s renewable energy targets) impact on Europe’s global land footprint. After a short introduction to…

Companies are now generating, collecting and analysing unprecedented amounts of information. The strategic importance of thisinformation across the business, from toplevel strategy and decision-making to product development right through to sales and marketing, means it needs to be available to the right people at the right time in the right form. The perceived value of this information has never…

Few development challenges in Africa are as pressing and controversial as land ownership and its persistent gap between rich and poor communities. With a profound demographic shift in Africa from rural areas to the cities where half of all Africans will live by 2050, these gaps will become steadily more pronounced as governments and communities rise to the challenge of growing enough aff ordable…