catalogo publicaciones FAO 2019

AREAS OF WORK
SENEGAL
A farmer trained in
Integrated Production
and Pest Management
through the Farmer
Field Schools stirs
the soil to facilitate
root growth.
©FAO/Olivier Asselin
AGRICULTURE
Sustainability underpins all of
FAO's work in agriculture.
It is the explicit focus of
several publications that explore
promising ecosystem-based
approaches for the sustainable
intensification of agriculture
(see p. 41) and that will be
further discussed at upcoming
international fora focused on
topics such as conservation
agriculture, sustainable animal
production and health, horticulture
crops, plant health and food
safety. Some other titles provide
specific guidance on the
management of land and water
resources – see for example the
Water reports series on p. 45.
Soils is a key focus this year, with
a Global Symposium on Soil
Erosion that took place in Rome
in May 2019 and several recent
publications produced on the
subject (pp. 46–47).
An increasing number of
publications explore innovations
and technology as a path towards
sustainability, from blockchain to
the use of drones (pp. 48−49).
Several major FAO events have
addressed this theme, including
a Seminar on Digital Agriculture
Transformation that took place in
June 2019. This year has also
seen the launch of the UN Decade
on Family Farming, an area where
innovation has a key role to play.
Food systems and the increasingly
complex interconnections between
producers and consumers are
another important area, and are
the subject of several recent titles
on questions such as the place of
cities in the food security equation
(p. 43). A key upcoming event
for FAO will be the Milan Urban
Food Policy Pact Mayor Summit
(October 2019). •
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