Roots and Tubers in the Global Food System
Roots and Tubers in the Global Food System

Author: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Committee on Inter-Centre Root and Tuber Crops Research

Publisher: IITA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9789290602033

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In 1995, TAC commissioned an Inter-Centre Review of Root and Tuber Crops Research in the CGIAR, and that group's final report was submitted in April 1996. Among its findings, the review recommended that the Centers working on these crops prepare, in consultation with non-CGIAR members, "a comprehensive, documented text that sets out a vision for root and tuber research employing inter-Centre collaborations and institutional partnerships ... "(TAC, 1997). At International Centers' Week 1996, representatives of CIAT, CIP, IFPRI, IPGRI, and IITA met, formed an informal committee, and established a task force to prepare such a report, with CIP and CIAT representatives acting as co-convenors. This document synthesizes the principal findings of the subsequent work. Roots and tuber crops have myriad and complex roles to play in feeding the world in the coming decades. Far from being one sort of crop that serves one specific purpose, they will be many things to many-very many-people.

Roots and Tubers for the 21st Century
Roots and Tubers for the 21st Century

Author: Gregory J. Scott

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 0896296350

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Synthesizes a significant amount of data and information on roots and tubers in an effort to provide a clearer vision of their past, present, and future roles in the food systems of developing countries. How the production and use of these commodities have changed and will continue to change over time are all the more important to understand because of the contribution they make to the diets and income-generating activities of the rural and urban poor in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Provides a fuller understanding of the prospects of roots and tubers for food, feed, and other uses in developing countries.

Towards Effective and Sustainable Seed Relief Activities
Towards Effective and Sustainable Seed Relief Activities

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9789251052150

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This report contains papers given to a FAO workshop meeting, held in Rome in May 2003, organised to consider how to improve the effectiveness of seed relief schemes to promote sustainable development and food security, to identify gaps in the development of tools, guidance and methodologies, and to make recommendations for further collaborative work. It includes case studies of seed relief activities in several African countries.

Seed Policy and Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Seed Policy and Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author:

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9789251045558

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The meeting recognised the need for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources for sustainable agricultural development of the region. Discussions focused on the appropriate mechanisms required to ensure capacity for the maintenance, production and equitable distribution of good quality seeds from a wide range of plant varieties. The meeting agreed to establish the Seed Consultative Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Pesticide Residues in Food - 2004
Pesticide Residues in Food - 2004

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 736

ISBN-13: 9789251053904

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This document, published in two volumes, contains the summaries of the residue data considered and the recommendations made at the 2004 Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the WHO Core Assessment Group.

Pesticide Residues in Food - 2004
Pesticide Residues in Food - 2004

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9789251052426

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The annual Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and WHO Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues was held in Rome, Italy, from 20 to 29 September 2004. The FAO Panel of Experts had met in Preparatory Sessions from 15 to 19 September. The meeting was held in pursuance of recommendations made by previous meetings and accepted by the governing bodies of FAO and WHO that studies should be undertaken jointly by experts to evaluate possible hazards to humans arising from the occurrence of pesticide residues in foods. This report contains information on ADIs, maximum residue levels and general principles for the evaluation of pesticides. The recommendations of the joint meeting, including further research and information, are proposed for use by Member Governments of the respective agencies and other interested parties.