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Mountain agriculture: Opportunities for harnessing Zero Hunger in Asia

Mountain food security and nutrition are core issues that can contribute positively to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals but paradoxically are often ignored in Zero Hunger and poverty reduction-related agenda. Under the overall leadership of José Graziano da Silva, the Former Director-General of FAO, sustainable mountain agriculture development is set as a priority in Asia and the Pacific, to effectively address this issue and assist Member Countries in tackling food insecurity and malnutrition in mountain regions.

This comprehensive publication is the first of its kind that focuses on the multidimensional status, challenges, opportunities and solutions of sustainable mountain agriculture development for Zero Hunger in Asia. This publication is building on the ‘International Workshop and Regional Expert Consultation on Mountain Agriculture Development and Food Security and Nutrition Governance’, held by FAO RAP and UIR in November 2018 Beijing, in collaboration with partners from national governments, national agriculture institutes, universities, international organizations and international research institutes. The publication provides analysis with evidence on how mountain agriculture could contribute to satisfying all four dimensions of food security, to transform food systems to be nutrition-sensitive, climate-resilient, economically-viable and locally adaptable. From this food system perspective, the priority should be given to focus on specialty mountain product identification (e.g. Future Smart Food), production, processing, marketing and consumption, which would effectively expose the potential of mountain agriculture to contribute to Zero Hunger and poverty reduction. In addition, eight Asian country case studies not only identify context-specific challenges within biophysical-technical, policy, socio-economic and institutional dimensions,

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Field Value
Document type Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Language of document
  • English
Topics
  • Agriculture and fishing
  • SDG2 Zero Hunger
  • Sustainable Development Goals
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • India
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Viet Nam
Copyright Yes
Version / Edition 1
License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO)
Co-author (individual) Edited by Li, X; El Solh, M.; Siddique, K.
ISBN number 978-92-5-131680-1
ISSN number 978-92-5-131680-1
Publisher Bangkok, Thái Lan
Publication date 2019
Pagination 322
General note

​FAO. 2019. Mountain agriculture: Opportunities for harnessing Zero Hunger in Asia. Bangkok.

Keywords mountain farming,poverty,sustainable development,social security,climate smart agriculture,SDG,Asia
Date uploaded October 12, 2021, 02:14 (UTC)
Date modified November 11, 2022, 04:04 (UTC)