Food security and climate change
The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) was
established in 2010 as part of the reform of the World Committee on Food Security
(CFS). The main role of the HLPE is to provide, at request of the CFS, policyoriented analysis and advice, to underpin policy formulation and the work of CFS.
Thus, the HLPE serves as CFS’s science-policy interface, thereby helping to
generate synergy between science and public policy and action. The HLPE functions
through a Steering Committee comprising 15 distinguished experts from around the
world, and which I have the honor to Chair.
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Food Security Assesment guide
In 2003 the International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies adopted the Policy on
Food Security and Nutrition in which it encouraged
National Societies to conduct food security assessments. This guide is intended for National Society
staff and volunteers in Africa who want to undertake food security assessments, but have no background knowledge on food security or a
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Food Security Indicator and Framework
This publication was made possible through
support provided by the Office of Health
and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Programs,
U.S. Agency for International Development,
under the terms of Cooperative Agreement
No. HRN-A-00-98-00046-00, the Food and
Nutrition Technical Assistance Project
(FANTA), to the Academy for Educational
Development. Additional support was
provided by the Office of Food for Peace,
Bureau for Humanitarian Response. Earlier
drafts of the guide were developed with
funding from the Food and Nutrition
Monitoring Project (IMPACT) (Contract No.
DAN-5110-Q-00-0014-00, Delivery Order 16),
managed by the International Science and
Technology Institute, Inc. (ISTI). The
opinions expressed herein are those of the
author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the
views of the U.S. Agency for International
Development
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Global Strategy for Improving Agri statistics
Three out of four poor people in developing countries live in
rural areas. Most rely directly or indirectly on agriculture for
their livelihoods. Agricultural development is vital to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, particularly those
related to poverty and food security and to environmental
sustainability. Agriculture contributes to development as an
economic activity, as a source of livelihoods, and as a provider of environmental services—roles that were spelled
out in substantial detail in the 2008 World Development
Report “Agriculture for Development” (World Bank 2008a)
Recognition of its importance has led to renewed commitment to agriculture within the international development
community
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Guide to crop and food assessment planning
This publication was made possible through
support provided by the Office of Health,
Infectious Disease and Nutrition of the Bureau for
Global Health and the Office of Food for Peace of
the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and
Humanitarian Assistance of the U.S. Agency for
International Development, under the terms of
Cooperative Agreement No. HRN-A-00-98-00046-
00 to the Academy for Educational Development.
Earlier drafts of the guide were developed with
funding from the Food and Nutrition Monitoring
Project (IMPACT) (Contract No. DAN-5110-Q00-0014-00, Delivery Order 16), managed by the
International Science and Technology Institute,
Inc. (ISTI). The opinions expressed herein are
those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the U.S. Agency for International
Development
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Handbook of remote sensing application
The purpose of this handbook on Remote Sensing for Agricultural Statistics is to provide guidelines on the use of
remote sensing in the context of agricultural statistics. Since the mid-1970s, remote sensing has been considered a
promising technique for improving agricultural statistics. Various applications of remote sensing have taken place
on all continents and today, several approaches may be considered mature enough to contribute to the sustainability
of agricultural statistics. In the context of the Global Strategy to improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (hereafter,
GSARS or Global Strategy; see World Bank, 2011), remote sensing has been identified as a prime contributor to
the localization and geocoding of the sampling units, a point of reference for Master Sampling Frames (MSFs), a
methodological improvement in design and estimation terms, as a way to achieve sustainability and as a core data
set for indicators linked to land uses and cover
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Handbook of statistical organization
The two main intended audiences for the Handbook of Statistical Organization,
Third Edition: The Operation and Organization of a Statistical Agency are: (a) the chief
statistician (or soon to be chief statistician of a statistical agency) and his or her
colleagues; and (b) those charged with oversight of the official statistics function.
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HCDA Validated Horticulture Data 2013
The agriculture sector is the mainstay in the Kenyan economy, and is the second most
important subsector in the agricultural sector after Tea.
The total domestic value in the horticulture sector in 2013 amounted to Ksh177 billion
occupying an area of 605,000 Ha with a total production quantity of 132 million MT. As
compared to 2012, the total value and area increased by 17% and19% respectively while
productivity had a variation of only 2%. Increase in value was because of improved farm gate
prices particularly for the vegetables, fruits and MAPs
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India national programme for horticulture
Over the years, horticulture has emerged as one of the potential agricultural
enterprises in accelerating the growth of economy. Its role in the country's nutritional security,
poverty alleviation and employment generation programmes is becoming increasingly
important. It offers not only a wide range of options to the farmers for crop diversification,
but also provides ample scope for sustaining large number of agro industries which generate
huge employment opportunities.
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Industrial Crop Report 2019
Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) is the regulator of the Kenyan agricultural sector as
provided by the provisions of the AFA Act No. 25 of 2013 and the Crops Act No. 16 of 2013.
While the AFA Act mandates the Authority to collect and collate data and maintain a
database on agricultural products, the Crops Act reinforces this provision by requiring the
Authority to maintain the necessary statistical information with respect to the scheduled
crops to enable proper and efficient planning.
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