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Country Fact Sheet on Food and Agriculture Policy Trends

Reports & Research
August, 2017
Argentina
Land & Food Security
food security
land use
agricultural land management
agriculture
Argentina is a major producer of agricultural goods, agriculture being a key sector both for its production scale and for its exports and GDP. The country is a leading food producer, with large-scale agricultural and livestock industries that have greatly benefitted from the commodity price boom of the past decade. From 2003 to 2015, the Government of Argentina pursued a growth-with-social-inclusion development strategy, introducing several measures in support of consumers through social protection, price controls and protectionist/restrictive trade policies.
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Gobernanza de la Tierra y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sustentable en Argentina

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2020
Argentina
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
property law
land use
land rights
land access
El presente informe fue construido de manera conjunta por las Iniciativas “ODS y Tierra”, “ENI Argentina” y “Land Matrix”. Su objetivo es realizar contribuciones al Estado y a la sociedad en general, para mejorar la implementación de los ODS y sus Metas relacionadas a la Tierra en la República Argentina. Para tal fin, se utilizaron datos extraídos del documento “Trayectoria de las Metas de Tierra de los ODS en Argentina”, estudio encargado por la ENI Argentina a la consultora Dra.
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AELE -Mercosur : un nouveau coup bas porté au climat, aux droits des peuples et à la souveraineté alimentaire

Reports & Research
May, 2021
Americas, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Les émissions provenant de l’augmentation des échanges bilatéraux de 10 produits agricoles clés devraient augmenter de 15 %, si l'accord de libre-échange entre l'Association européenne de libre-échange (AELE) et le Mercosur est mis en œuvre.

Les exportations de viande de bœuf, de maïs et soja du Mercosur constitueront la principale source des nouvelles émissions (47 %), suivie par les exportations de fromage depuis l'AELE (15 %).
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Flatness, Flooding and Farming (F3) : adapting to climatic and hydrological changes in the plains of Argentina and Paraguay; final technical report (October 1, 2011 - March 31, 2014)

Reports & Research
October, 2014
Argentina, Paraguay
Land & Food Security
farming systems
land management
Exploration and mapping of alternative land uses suggest ways to foster territorial development pathways that can coexist with a forest cover. As the Pampas and Chaco are becoming one of the most relevant global grain suppliers of South America, the fast expansion of crops over pastures (Pampas) and dry forests (Chaco), ongoing climate changes, and extremely flat topography, make these regions vulnerable to rapid and non-linear hydrological shifts, including long-lasting floods and salinization processes.
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Argentina

Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente en Argentina

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2014
Argentina, Central America, South America
Land & Food Security
land use
food security
agriculture
The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
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Responsible governance of agricultural investments: a right to food perspective

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2018
Malawi, Ghana, Argentina, Brazil, Norway, Germany
Land & Food Security
VGGT
land governance
food security
land tenure
In light of the endorsement of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), this Information Brief aims to provide concise and practical elements for a responsible governance of agricultural investments. Developed jointly with the FAO study The Right to Food and the Responsible Governance of Tenure: A dialogue towards implementation, this Information Brief offers a right to food perspective on a c rucial governance matter for the implementation of the VGGT.
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Food security and nutrition: Challenges for agriculture and the hidden potential of soil

Institutional & promotional materials
September, 2018
Angola, Yemen, Burundi, Nigeria, United States of America, Argentina, Zambia, Gambia, Uganda, Mali, Somalia, Tanzania, Australia, Netherlands, Congo, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Republic of Korea, Niger, Malawi
Land & Food Security
food security
land management
Report, prepared by FAO and the OECD with inputs from IFPRI, IFAD, the World Bank and WTO, submitted to the G20 Presidency of the Republic of Argentina in response to the Presidency’s request for information on future trends and challenges faced by global agriculture, with a special focus on the role of soils in promoting food security and the measures that could be undertaken to facilitate sustainable soil management.
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Argentina y la FAO

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2015
Argentina
Land & Food Security
natural resources management
food security
rural development
sustainable development
La acción de la FAO en Argentina se inició en 1953 y se ha mantenido sin interrupciones hasta el presente. Con más de 125 proyectos de cooperación técnica efectivamente ejecutados, la FAO en Argentina ha contribuido a intensificar las actividades de capacitación, el desarrollo institucional, la inocuidad de los alimentos, la sanidad vegetal y animal, la aceleración de los mecanismos de coordinación institucional, la difusión de buenas prácticas y la adecuación de normas y marcos regulatorios.
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Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans: Lessons from Western Province, Sri Lanka and Rosario, Argentina

January, 2015
Argentina, Sri Lanka
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
land use
forestry
agriculture
For cities to be sustainable, they need to simultaneously address the vulnerability of people, places and sectors that may be affected by a changing climate; mitigate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; and ensure adequate access to basic urban services such as water, food and energy to their growing populations.
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Agriculture in urban planning: generating livelihoods and food security

January, 2009
Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Peru, Ghana, Congo, Argentina, Senegal, Malawi
Urban Tenure
Land & Food Security
urban planning
food security
agriculture
This report, by researchers working in urban agriculture (UA), examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanising global South, the book examines the contribution of UA and city farming to livelihoods and food security. The case studies covered by the authors, focus on the following aspects of urban agriculture: