Research and Development
The Politics of Food in Modern Morocco (Review)
MoroccoMoshe Gershovich
Rice

Since adequate nourishment is a prerequisite for human existence and social tranquility, control over the process by which food is produced, distributed, and consumed is both required of any responsible authority and a source of power in its hands...

On-Farm Production (crops, livestock)
Goat Farming in the Arganeraie of Agadir in Morocco: Livestock System and Production Parameters
MoroccoKheyyat El, Saïd EL Madidi
Livestock and Small Ruminants

In order to characterize goat farming of the arganeraie in the province of Agadir in Morocco. A structured questionnaire survey and individual monitoring of farm animals were conducted in 35 randomly selected goat farmers in 9 villages of Amskroud co...

Research and Development
The Evaluation of the Consumption of Additives and their relationship to the Food Products in Morocco
MoroccoN. Rhaiem, H. Sedki, M. Youss, Nassima Chahboun, M...

The mode of food products that is consumed in Kenitra has changed in the last decade due to the food products that are full of additives. These food products have become the dominant in supermarkets, and more consumed among students at schools. The r...

Research and Development
Contested Knowledge: Changing Practices in Origin-food Communities
MoroccoMariagiulia Mariani, Claire Cerdan, Iuri Peri
Rice

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how communities engaged in the valorisation of origin food through Geographical Indications (GIs) and Slow Food Presidia can be resilient to changing conditions and able to innovate their practic...

Research and Development
Political Economy of the Wheat Sector in Morocco: Seed Systems, Varietal Adoption, and Impacts
MoroccoZewdie Bishaw, Yigezu A. YIGEZU Yigezu, abdulaziz...

In Morocco, wheat is an important cereal crop that significantly contributes to the livelihoods of farming communities and the national economy. On average for the period 2010–2016, the country produced 5.7 million tonnes of wheat grain on about 3.2...

Nutrition
2019 – The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI): Safeguarding against economic slowdowns and downturns
All CountriesFAO

SOFI 2019 confirms a rise in world hunger for a third year in a row. There were 821 million chronically undernourished people in the world last year, up from 811 the previous year. One in nine people in the world now faces hunger. Africa is the regio...

Research and Development
The State of the World’s Forests 2018: Forest Pathways to Sustainable Development
All CountriesFAO
Rice

Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is a commitment made by countries to tackle the complex challenges we face, from ending poverty and hunger and responding to climate chan...

Research and Development
Halting the Spread of Disease and Helping Livestock Farmers in Liberia
LiberiaFAO
Livestock and Small Ruminants

The project was implemented in response to an outbreak in four counties of Liberia of Pestedes PetitsRuminants(PPR) or Sheep and Goat Plague, a devastating disease affecting small ruminants. A widespread vaccination programme was put in place, awa...

Training and Capacity Building
Promoting Aquaculture and Employment in Liberia
LiberiaFAO

Decades of turmoil and civil conflict have had a crippling effect on Liberia’s agricultural sector, and increasingly rapid growth in youth migration to urban areas has led to high youth unemployment and urban poverty. Agriculture is the sector with t...

Research and Development
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018
All CountriesFAO
Fish and Aquaculture Products

The 2018 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture emphasizes the sector’s role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and measurement of progress towards these goals. It notes th...

On-Farm Production (crops, livestock)
Angola: Rice Crop Grow and Food Security Reinforcement
AngolaChiambo PJ, Coelho JP, Soares FB, Salumbo A and Li...

Rice is the staple food of more than three billion people around the world. In Angola it is the most consumed food after maize and cassava. At a time when the country population increases at an approximate annual rate of 3.27% associated to an econom...

Research and Development
Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report – FAIRS Annual Country Report
South AfricaWellington Sikuka

All the sections of the report have been updated based on recent amendments to regulations, updated website links and to comply with the updated reporting instructions. The report includes an assessment of laws and import requirements for food and...