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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.
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Meeting Name: North American Forest Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NAFC/2016/Inf.2
Session: Sess. 28
Contexte mondial et régional
Meeting Name: European Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:EFC/2015/3 - ECE/TIM/2015/3
Session: Sess.38 - Sess.73
Sphagnum Farming for Replacing Peat in Horticultural Substrates
Sphagnum (peat moss) biomass provides a GHG-neutral alternative to fossil peat in professional horticulture. So far however, it has only been collected in the wild. Small-scale land-based Sphagnum farming is currently practiced on degraded peatlands. Sphagnum farming has also been tested on specially constructed floating mats that guarantee a constant water supply. This water–based cultivation allows bog waters to be used as reservoirs to irrigate cultivated areas in dry periods.
North American Forest Commission meeting. Provisional Timetable
Meeting Name: North American Forest Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NAFC/2016/Inf.1
Session: Sess. 28
Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition Proceedings of the FAO International Symposium. 18-19 September 2014, Rome, Italy
AGROECOLOGY is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable food systems. It focuses on the interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment. Agroecological practices work in harmony with these interactions, applying innovative solutions that harness and conserve biodiversity. Agroecology is practised in all corners of the world, with the traditional and local knowledge of family farmers at its core.