 The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) is a global mechanism established in 2012 to position soils in the Global Agenda and to promote sustainable soil management. The Partnership, hosted by FAO, works to improve soil governance towards food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and sustainable development for all.
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The United Nations estimates that fish supports the livelihoods of 10-12% of the world's population. More than 3 billion people rely on fish for 20% of their daily protein intake, with some coastal communities reliant on fish for almost 70% pf their intake. The world community celebrates World Fisheries Day every year on 21 November.
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 A hamburger need 5,000 liters of water to prepare, when you consider it's whole food chain. McDonald's sells 75 hamburgers every second. The water needed for that can fill a standard swimming pool. Every second.
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The Climate and Food Insecurity Index is a measure of how vulnerable a country's food security system is to the negative impacts of weather and climate
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 Nineteen million tons. That�is how much food Japan throws away every year, according to the Ministry of the Environment. As if that wasn't bad enough, up to 9 million tons of this food is disposed of before its expiration date.
... Metropolis magazine
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 How much of the food you will eat today will be locally produced? And how much will travel hundreds, if not thousands, of miles before it is delivered to your plate?
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 In 2030, only 29% of the global harvests of 10 major crops may be directly consumed as food, down from about 51% in the 1960s. The rest will be used for meat production, biofuels and other purposes.
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■ Food is not just food!
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 Did you know? To produce one kilogram of corn, we need to use 400 litres of water!
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There are more than 7,000 edible plant species, but only about 170 are grown on a commercial scale? - FAO
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Of the world�s 805 million people chronically undernourished in 2012�E014, two-thirds (526 million people, or 12% of the region�s population) reside in developing countries in Asia.
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Foods that travels over 2500 kms are responsible for upto 17 times the CO2 of local grown food
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If you have any suggestions, questions or comments, please email GDRC's Coordinator:
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Did you know? The United Nations has designated 5 December as "World Soils Day" highlighting the importance of soils ... where food begins! See FAO's pages for the day.
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World Soils Day
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As a part of its Post-2015 contribution "Nourishing People, Nurturing the Planet", FAO released an interesting list of 100 facts in 14 themes linking people, food and the planet. View the PDF ...
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F orest degradation, land-based pollution, soil nutrient degradation, and soil salinization, create a widening gap between demand for natural resources for food production and the environment�s ability to provide and replenish those resources.
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 Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific are likely to face the highest reductions in agricultural potential in the world due to climate change. By 2050, the expected yield reduction for
- Irrigated paddy: 14-20%
- Irrigated wheat: 32-44%
- Irrigated maize: 2-5%
- Irrigated soybean: 9-18%
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In 2010, it was estimated that the amount of edible food in Europe that ended up in the garbage could have fed �all the hungry people in the world �two times over.
- Movie "Taste the waste"
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 Nineteen million tons. That�s how much food Japan throws away every year, according to the Ministry of the Environment. As if that wasn�t bad enough, up to 9 million tons of this food is disposed before its expiration date.
- Metropolis magazine
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ARCHIVES: The United Nations designated 2016 as the International Year of Pulses. The IYP 2016 aimed to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production aimed towards food security and nutrition.
Did you know that only 20 crop species provide for 90% of the world's food requirements? And that wheat, maize, and rice account for 60% of the world's diet? 
The missing link in the New Urban Agenda is: Food systems. Nutrition and agriculture as key parts of integrated urban-rural development are almost completely absent from the Habitat III discussions.
The world, and Asia, is currently passing through a difficult period of concern about the future sustainability of food supplies. Read the report prepared by the UN Population Division: "World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision, Key Findings and Advance Tables"
Keep track of food security issues at the global level: Explore the websites of FAO, IFAD and WFP - the three UN agencies tasked by the UN General Assembly with food and related issues.
The BBC series, "Follow the Food" examines the biggest challenges facing the world food system, from climate change to malnutrition, and looks at some of the solutions to overcome them.
The modern supermarket is a marvel of globalization: In the dead of winter, you can buy Mexican tomatoes, Chilean asparagus, Californian citrus, and meat and seafood that may have traveled to numerous countries before hitting the shelves. With Follow Your Food,you can take a closer look at what goes on behind the scenes.
Food waste is no laughing matter, but laugh anyway! US comedian, John Oliver, tackles the issue of food waste in a recent episode of "Last Week Tonight"
June 5th is celebrated the world over as World Environment Day. The intrinsic links between our environment and the problems we are facing - whether climate change or biological diversity or any of the myriad of problems - and the security of our food production and consumption systems, is an important issue to be kept in mind.
