Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Release : 2013-06-17
Genre : Law
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The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture write by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This book was released on 2013-06-17. The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as well as in other sectors. SOLAW is aimed at sensitizing its target audience on the status of land resources at global and regional levels and FAO's viewpoint on appropriate recommendations for policy formulation. SOLAW focuses on these key dimensions of analysis: (i) quantity, quality of land and water resources, (ii) the rate of use and sustainable management of these resources in the context of relevant socio-economic driving factors and concerns, including food security and poverty, and climate change. This is the first time that a global, baseline status report on land and water resources has been made. It is based on several global spatial databases (e.g. land suitability for agriculture, land use and management, land and water degradation and depletion) for which FAO is the world-recognized data source. Topical and emerging issues on land and water are dealt with in an integrated rather than sectoral manner. The implications of the status and trends are used to advocate remedial interventions which are tailored to major farming systems within different geographic regions.