Recent studies have examined the urban metabolism of cities using urban consumption as a proxy for food inflows but very few studies have aimed at quantifying the role of cities as trade hubs and nutrient sinks of their hinterlands. We therefore examined the linkages between food and animal feed supply, their places of production and nutrient flows...
Women play an increasingly greater role in agriculture. Ensuring that they have opportunities—equal to those of men—to participate in transforming agriculture is a prerequisite for sustainable intensification. Increased gender equity in agriculture is both a practical and a social justice issue: practical because women are responsible for much of t...
Using groundwater for agricultural production has the potential to build resilience in food insecure regions of the world. Use of groundwater can boost agricultural production, improve rural incomes and strengthen farmers’ ability to withstand climate shocks and water variability. However, for groundwater to contribute to sustainable intensificatio...
Using groundwater for agricultural production has the potential to build resilience in food insecure regions of the world. Use of groundwater can boost agricultural production, improve rural incomes and strengthen farmers’ ability to withstand climate shocks and water variability. However, for groundwater to contribute to sustainable intensificatio...
La FAO a publié début 2017 une étude intitulée L’Avenir de l’alimentation et de l’agriculture. Tendances et défis (dont l’intégralité n’est disponible qu’en anglais), qui constitue assurément un document de référence. Plus qu’un exercice de prospective à proprement parler, ce document de 180 pages constitue un état des lieux complet et détaillé de ...
Il y a plus qu’il n’y paraît dans ce bref ouvrage de 160 pages qui peut se lire d’une traite. Si l’on ne s’arrête pas aux petits problèmes de forme qui l’émaillent çà et là (coquilles, tournures approximatives, redites, structure parfois un peu floue) - qui trahissent une rédaction sans doute rapide -, on trouvera dans son contenu, et surtout dans ...
Communication orale : présentation de l'étude réalisée pour le Forum des chefs d'entreprise / International audience
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