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FAO - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
FAO is the largest specialised agency in the UN system and lead
agency for agriculture and rural development. It has a mandate to fight hunger
and rural poverty, through operational assistance to its member nations and
through the development of international statistics, codes, norms and
conventions.
Acccordingly, FAO publications aim at developing and improving the efficiency of food production and distribution worldwide, and deal with a wide range of technical and normative aspects. FAO publishes monographs, technical publications, reports and periodicals dealing with agriculture, economics and statistics, fisheries, forestry, environment, nutrition, legislation and all general aspects of the world food situation, in print, on CD-ROM or online.
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More than 400 papers were published in 50 volumes of Animal Genetic Resources over a period of nearly 30 years. The journal began in 1983 as Animal Genetic Resources Information and was renamed Animal Genetic Resources in 2010....more
- Published: 15 Oct 2012
- ISBN: 9789250071886
- £21.50
This tenth edition of the State of the World's Forests explores the role of forests in human history, finding strong links between forest use and economic and social development and between unabated forest destruction and economic decline. ...more
- Published: 15 Nov 2012
- ISBN: 9789251072929
- £21.50
This edition serves as a reference and provides guidance to improve the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests with the overarching goal of achieving food security for all and to support the progressive realisation of the right ...more
- Published: tbc
- ISBN: 9789251072776
- £Not known
'The Second Report on the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture' (SoWPGR-2) has received widespread international press coverage as it provides a comprehensive overview of recent trends ...more
- Published: 01 Oct 2010
- ISBN: 9789251065341
- £67.50 (£68.85 inc. VAT)
This essential report contains an overview of the current global agricultural situation, including data on agricultural production, food consumption and agricultural trade....more
- Published: 23 Feb 2010
- ISBN: 9789251062159
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£52.95£37.80
State of the World's Forests, published biennially, provides a global view of major developments affecting forests. The theme for the 2009 edition is 'Society, forests and forestry: adapting for the future'. The 2007 issue reviewed 'Progress towards sustainable forest management' with an emphasis on ...more
- Published: 01 Apr 2009
- ISBN: 9789251060575
- £38.95
The pearl oyster industry is a growing multi-billion dollar sector of molluscan aquaculture. The end product of pearl farming, the pearl, is unique to this sector. Pearl production is entirely based upon health. ...more
- Published: 17 Apr 2008
- ISBN: 9789251058961
- £26.95
The Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission is intended to help Member Governments participate effectively in the work of the joint FAO / WHO Food Standards Programme. The manual is particularly useful for national delegations attending Codex meetings ...more
- Published: 11 Apr 2008
- ISBN: 9789251058800
- £11.50
Compendium of Food Additive Specifications
Joint FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives - 68th Meeting 2007
This document contains food additive specifications monographs, analytical methods and other information, prepared at the sixty-eighth meeting of the Joint FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 to 28 June 2007. ...more
- Published: 08 Apr 2008
- ISBN: 9789251058664
- £21.50
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