This regional study presents an overview of the socio-economic importance and ecological impact of the use of non-wood forest products (NWFP) in the Near East. The document consists of two main parts: i) presentation of background information on the programme activities and analysis of the…

Five years after the World Food Summit, and at the beginning of the twenty-first century, The State of Food and Agriculture reflects on some of the main challenges faced in eliminating world hunger and poverty. The task may be daunting, but so are the numbers of hungry and undernourished people…

Meeting symbol/code: NEFC 2000 2

Meeting symbol/code: NERC 00 2

Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFC/2000/REP
Session: Sess. 14

Meeting symbol/code: FAO-RNE--ALAWUC/NE/00/REP
Session: Sess. 1

The central message which emerges from this meeting was that modernization is above all an issue of human-ware. It is quite noteworthy to see that, although most participants to the meeting were engineers, almost every paper and almost all questions and points of discussion dealt with…

Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9

Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9

Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9

The "Expert Consultation on Integrated Management of Land and Water within an Agro-SylvoPastoral System" was held in Safita, Syria (Cham Safita Palace Hotel) during the period 16-18 June 1997.The Consultation was jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform of…