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…

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

The outlook for the forestry sector in Algeria in the context of the current socio-economic and political environment. Likely scenarios to the year 2020 are presented and key issues affecting future development are outlined.

Meeting symbol/code: NEFC 2000 2

Meeting symbol/code: NERC 00 2

Proceedings of the meeting including a summary of the resulting recommendations and the text of papers presented.

Meeting symbol/code: COFO 1999 REP

Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9

This paper outlines FAO's past and present activities on combating desertification, with particular emphasis on the Near East Region, in an attempt to mobilise all the potential efforts towards the establishment of an adequate strategy to enable this particular part of the world to build…