Agriculture at a Crossroads: Synthesis Report
International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was to assess the impacts of past, present and future agricultural knowledge, science and technology on the - reduction of hunger and poverty, - improvement of rural livelihoods and human health, and - equitable, socially, environmentally and economically sustainable development. The IAASTD was initiated in 2002 by the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a global consultative process to determine whether an international assessment of agricultural knowledge, science and technology was needed. Mr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) opened the first Intergovernmental Plenary (30 August-3 September 2004) in Nairobi, Kenya, during which participants initiated a detailed scoping, preparation, drafting and peer review process. The outputs from this assessment are a global and five subglobal reports
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| Format: | Reports and Books biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)
2009
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| Subjects: | agriculture; agricultural economics; agricultural landscape; agricultural legislation; agricultural planning; agricultural land; land use; land management and planning, Ecosystem Management, Resource Efficency, |
| Online Access: | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/7862 |
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