Yearbook of Forest Products 2006 - Annuaire des produits forestiers 2006 - Anuario de productos forestales 2006 (En/Fr/Es/Ar/Ch)
FAO 2008, 338 pages,
Price: $60.00
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This is the 60th issue of the "FAO Yearbook of Forest Products", a compilation of statistical data on basic forest products for all countries and territories of the world. It contains annual data on the production and trade in forest products for the years 2002-2006 and on directions of trade in 2005 and 2006. - Le présent volume est la 60éme édition de l' "Annuaire des produits forestiers", un recueil de données statistiques sur les produits forestiers de base pour tous les pays et territoires du monde.
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State of Food and Agriculture 2007, (The). Paying farmers for environmental services (En)
FAO 2007, 236 pages,
Price: $65.00
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The State of Food and Agriculture 2007 explores the potential for agriculture to provide enhanced levels of environmental services alongside the production of food and fibre. The report concludes that demand for environmental services from agriculture - including climate change mitigation, improved watershed management and biodiversity preservation - will increase in the future, but better incentives to farmers are needed if agriculture is to meet this demand.
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State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - in brief, (The) (En)
FAO 2007, 38 pages,
Price: $12.00
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Sustainable management of the world's livestock genetic diversity is of vital importance to agriculture, food production, rural development and the environment. "The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture" (available in English, ISBN 978-92-5-105762-9) draws on 169 Country Reports, contributions from a number of international organizations, 12 specially commissioned thematic studies and wider expert knowledge to provide the first global assessment of these resources and their management.
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State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, (The) (includes a CD-ROM) (En)
FAO 2007, 550 pages,
Price: $195.00
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Sustainable management of the world's livestock genetic diversity is of vital importance to agriculture, food production, rural development and the environment. "The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture" is the first global assessment of these resources. Drawing on 169 Country Reports, contributions from a number of international organizations and 12 specially commissioned thematic studies, it presents an analysis of the state of agricultural biodiversity in the livestock sector - origins and development, uses and values, distribution and exchange, risk status and threats - and of capacity to manage these resources - institutions, policies and legal frameworks, structured breeding activities and conservation programmes.
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Food Labelling. Fifth edition. FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (En)
FAO 2007, 48 pages,
Price: $16.00
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Food labelling is the primary means of communication between the producer and seller of food on one hand, and the purchaser and consume on the other. The Codex Alimentarius standards and guidelines on food labelling are now collected in this compact format to allow their wide use and understanding by governments, regulatory authorities, food industries and retailers, and consumers.
This fifth edition includes all texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2007.
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Yearbook of Fishery Statistics 2005. Capture production. - Annuaire de statistiques des pêches 2005. Captures. - Anuario de estadísticas de pesca 2005. Capturas. Vol. 100/1 (En/Fr/Es)
FAO 2007, 552 pages,
Price: $70.00
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This volume of the 'Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: Capture production' presents the annual statistics, for a varying series of recent years ending in 2005, on a worldwide basis, on nominal catches of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals, residues and plants, taken for all purposes (commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence) by all types and classes of fishing unites (fishermen, vessels, gear etc.
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Animal Food Production - First edition. FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission - new series (En)
FAO 2008, 198 pages,
Price: $22.00
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Basic texts on meat hygiene, animal feeding and antimicrobial resistance, including the code of hygienic practice for meat, the code of practice for good animal feeding, a glossary of terms and definitions (Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods), and more. This first edition includes the texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2007.
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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS CD-ROM 2007 - International Food Standards - Normes internationales pour les aliments - Normas internacionales para los alimentos
Codex Alimentarius (Mult)
FAO 2008, 0 pages,
Price: $120.00
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The Codex Alimentarius (food code) is the single, most important global reference point for consumers, food producers and processors, national food control agencies and the international food trade. This CD-ROM contains over 400 international standards, guidelines and codes of practice, recognized as benchmarks by the World trade Organization, on food labelling and food hygiene; commodities; and food safety assessment for food derived from biotechnology, adopted by the Commission up to 2007, together with a fully searchable record of the joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting reports for the past five years.
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Yearbook of Fishery Statistics 2005. Aquaculture production - Annuaire de statistiques des pêches 2005. Production de l'aquaculture - Anuario de estadísticas de pesca 2005. Producción de acuicultura. - Vol.100/2 (En/Fr/Es)
FAO 2007, 214 pages,
Price: $30.00
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This volume of the 'Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: Aquaculture production' is a compilation of statistics on world production of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic plants and animals produced from all cultures, for the years 1996-2005. The statistics, in quantities and value, are presented by country or territory, species, culture environment and year, and for various aggregations.- Le présent volume de l' "Annuaire statistique des pêches: Production de l'aquaculture" regroupe les statistiques de la production mondiale de tous poissons, crustacés, mollusques et autres animaux aquatiques, et plantes aquatiques à partir de toutes formes d'élevage, pour les années 1996-2005.
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Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems . Third edition - FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (En)
FAO 2007, 88 pages,
Price: $18.00
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Official and officially recognized inspection and certification systems are fundamentally important and very widely used means of food control systems. The confidence of consumers in the safety and quality of their food supply depends in part on their perception as to the effectiveness of these systems as food control measures. A substantial part of the worldwide trade in food depends upon the use of inspection and certification systems.
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Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. First edition. FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (En)
FAO 2007, 192 pages,
Price: $28.00
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The Codex standards for all fresh fruits and vegetables and relevant related texts including the Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. This first edition includes all texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2007. (Also published in French and in Spanish)
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Milk and Milk Products - First edition. FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius
FAO 2008, 250 pages,
Price: $28.00
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This volume includes Codex standards on milk, milk powders, condensed milks, creams, butter and all sorts of cheeses, and other related texts such as the Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and Milk Products , published in this compact format to allow their wide use and understanding by governments, regulatory authorities, food industries and retailers, and consumers. This first edition includes all texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2007.
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Cereals, Pulses, Legumes and Vegetable Proteins – First edition
FAO 2008, Paperback, 110 pp
Price: $20.00
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The Codex standards for Cereals, Pulses, Legumes and Vegetable Proteins and other related texts such as the Code of Practice for the Prevention of Mycotoxin Contamination in Cereals are published in this compact format to allow their wide use and understanding by governments, regulatory authorities, food industries and retailers, and consumers. This first edition includes all texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2007.
To be published also in French and Spanish
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Waters – First edition (Expected Publication Date August 2008)
FAO 2008, Paperback, 48 pp
Price: $15.00
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The Codex standards for waters and codes of hygienic practice deal with mineral waters, bottled/packaged drinking waters, and with collecting, processing and marketing of natural mineral waters. The standards are published in this compact format to allow their wide use and understanding by governments, regulatory authorities, food industries and retailers, and consumers. This first edition includes all texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2007.
To be published also in French and Spanish
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Organically Produced Food - Third edition. FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius (En)
FAO 2007, 60 pages,
Price: $16.00
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With the increasing production and international commerci of organically produced foods, international standard are essential to facilitate trade and prevent misleading claims. The Codex standards for organically produced foods facilitate the harmonization of requirements for organic products at the international level, and provide assistance to governments wishing to establish national regulations.
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State of the World's Forests 2007 (En)
FAO 2007, 156 pages,
Price: $50.00
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FAO's biennial State of the World's Forests series offers a global perspective on the forest sector, including its environmental, economic and social dimensions. This seventh edition examines progress towards sustainable forest management. Part I reviews progress region by region. Each regional report is structured according to the seven thematic elements of sustainable forest management agreed by international fora as a framework for sustainable forest management: extent of forest resources; biological diversity; forest health and vitality; productive functions of forest resources; protective functions of forest resources; socio-economic functions; and legal, policy and institutional framework.
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Cross-sectoral Policy Developments in Forestry (En)
FAO 2007, 282 pages,
Price: $150.00
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Forest protection and forestry practices are closely linked to decisions that address measures on climate change, biodiversity and the institutional framework for sustainable development. This rich and multifaceted text documents the progress made in creating the political, economic and social conditions that are necessary for a sustainable and multifunctional use of forest resources. An invaluable resource for policy makers, land owners and representatives of non-government organizations, this book will also aid students and researchers in forestry and the environment, and all those concerned about the fate of forests and the maintaining of our natural resource base.
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State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2006, (The) (English)
FAO 2007, 60 pages,
Price: $28.00
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The "State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2006" focuses on the question of why the development and food security needs of developing countries need to be better reflected in the design and implementation of new agreements on further liberalization of international agricultural markets, and on the mechanisms under discussion to achieve this goal. In the WTO Doha Development Round, how to safeguard the interests of enveloping countries, especially the lower-income countries, has proved to be highly topical but is also problematic: the issues and arguments are complex and sometimes controversial.
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Capacidad de pesca y manejo pesquero en América Latina y el Caribe (español)
FAO 2007, 422 pages,
Price: $54.00
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El Plan Internacional para la Ordenación de la Capacidad Pesquera fue adoptado por el Comité de Pesca de la FAO en febrero de 1999. La FAO ha desempeñado una función importante en el proceso de adopción del plan a través de la preparación de pautas y recomendaciones técnicas. Destacados científicos de América Latina y el Caribe han realizado una serie de estudios que constituyen un primer paso hacia la mejor comprensión de los problemas de capacidad y sobrecapacidad en las pesquerías de la región.
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Global strategy for prevention and control of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, (The). March 2007 (En)
FAO 2007, 54 pages,
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Although there remain serious gaps in knowledge, there has been an increased understanding of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) since the panzootic started in late 2003, and experience with various control approaches has allowed refinement of strategies at the global, regional and national levels. The revised global strategy presented here is based on the experience and lessons learned from the involvement of FAO and OIE in the global control of H5N1 HPAI over the last three years.
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Marker-assisted selection. Current status and future perspectives in crops, livestock, forestry and fish (En)
FAO 2007, 492 pages,
Price: $65.00
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In the light of continuing research and technology development, the process of producing improved varieties, clones, breeds and stains of agriculturally important species is continuously becoming more accurate, reliable and efficient. Today, molecular marker-assisted selection (MAS) is the core technology involved for increasing the rate of genetic gain in crops, livestock, forestry and farmed fish.
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Water Lifting Devices. A handbook for users and choosers. Third Edition (En)
FAO 2007, 350 pages,
Price: $40.00
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This is an updated and expanded new edition (formerly Water Pumping Devices), surveying the water-lifting technologies that are available and appropriate for smallholdings. It examines the costs and general suitability of the different technologies to enable farmers and policy makers to make informed choices.More than one billion people still do not have access to safe drinking water, and almost two billion people suffer from diseases arising from contaminated water due to poor sanitation.
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Weedy rices - origin, biology, ecology and control (En)
FAO 2007, 162 pages,
Price: $32.00
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This publication presents a compilation of information from literature reviews on the body of knowledge available from ongoing unpublished research, research reports and symposia carried out on various aspects of the importance, ecology, biology and control of weedy rices. It also highlights global economic and environmental problems created by weedy rices, including red rice types. This document is a result of FAO partnership arrangements with institutions of excellence to generate information that will be for general public use in an attempt to fulfil the goal of food security.
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Livestock's long shadow. Environmental issues and options (En)
FAO 2006, 414 pages,
Price: $60.00
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This report aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation. The assessment is based on the most recent and complete data available, taking into account direct impacts, along with the impacts of feed crop agriculture required for livestock production. The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.
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