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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Qatar, Bangladesh, United States of America, Afghanistan, Samoa, China, Indonesia, South Sudan, Pakistan, Andorra, Yemen, Singapore, Mexico, Brunei Darussalam, United Arab Emirates, India, Russia, Sudan, Mongolia, Georgia, Montenegro, Lebanon

    The Programme for World Census of Agriculture 2000 was the sixth prepared by FAO for encouraging countries to undertake an agricultural census with standardized international concepts, definitions and methodologies. The programme covered the censuses carried out during the decade (1996 – 2005). Some 122 countries carried out an agriculture census during the decade and 114 countries made available their census reports to FAO. This publication is a methodological review of the agricultural censuses conducted within the framework of the Programme for World Census of Agriculture 2000.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2012
    India, China, Mexico, Spain, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Asia, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Northern America

    Besides India, there are a few other countries like Mexico, Spain, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China which also make intensive use of groundwater. This highlight reviews groundwater institutions and policies in these countries, with a special focus on the interlinkages between energy and groundwater. It finds that while there are useful lessons from international experience, none of the other countries offer unmetered electricity to farmers as India does. It is this lack of energy accounting and resistance to metering that is at the heart of the invidious energy-irrigation nexus in India.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2018
    Republic of Korea, Bangladesh, United States of America, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Germany, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Italy, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mongolia, Asia

    There are numerous global, regional, national and even subnational targets for increasing forest area and forest restoration. In light of these global targets and emerging ambitious national commitments, it is imperative to develop low-cost strategies and techniques for landscape restoration. The most widely used restoration strategies involving planting of tree seedlings are often costly and their application for restoring vast expanses of degraded forest lands in the region may be limited.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    February, 2019
    Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Qatar, Zambia, Israel, Guatemala, China, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Botswana, Guinea-Bissau, Bolivia, Kuwait, Malta, Nicaragua, India, Niger, Togo

    El agua - fuente de seguridad alimentaria/Día mundial de la alimentación: 16 Octubre 2002

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2010
    Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, United States of America, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, Ukraine, China, Zimbabwe, Portugal, India, Sri Lanka, France, New Zealand

    Le but principal de ce document est de présenter la situation énergétique actuelle du secteur alimentaire du point de vue de la demande et de l’approvisionnement, et d’identifier les moyens de rendre l’ensemble de la filière agro-alimentaire énergétiquement plus intelligent.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2018
    Guinea, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Italy, Germany

    This FAO Legal Paper is the overall synopsis of a series of legal assessment reports that evaluate the laws and policies in the land, forestry and fisheries sectors in Sierra Leone and make recommendations to align them with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), which were endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security in May 2012.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Fiji, Bangladesh, United States of America, Samoa, Micronesia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Maldives, Mongolia, China, Australia, Italy, Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Palau, Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, India, Bhutan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Americas, Asia, Northern America, Oceania

    This document provides an overview of the status of forest resources in Asia and the Pacific and their sustainable management through national forest programmes in 30 countries in the region, including new country profiles for Brunei Darussalam, Maldives and the United States of America. The update is based on information derived from a variety of sources, including country reports to the eighteenth Asia Pacific Forestry Commission meeting in Australia in May 2000. Major changes have emerged in forests and forestry policies in recent years.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1999
    Dominica, Fiji, Bangladesh, Tuvalu, Mauritius, Dominican Republic, Samoa, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Suriname, Cook Islands, Comoros, Guyana, Cape Verde, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Palau, Marshall Islands, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Jamaica, Sao Tome and Principe, Cuba, Malta, Guinea, Uruguay, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Bahrain, Kiribati, Haiti, Nauru, Saint Lucia, India, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Bhutan, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Papua New Guinea, Niue, Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania

    A synthesis of available data on social and economic factors, forest resources and nonwood forest products production and trade in the Asia-Pacific region. This study draws together information from a variety of statistical databases and from country and thematic studies in this working paper series. With the most important overall regional statistics tabulated is intended as a convenient starting point for analysts.

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