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'The claims of Asia and the Far East’: India and the FAO in the age of ambivalent internationalism [PDF]
If any nation were poised to actualize the developmental promises that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) extended to the international community, it was India.
Siegel, Benjamin
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Common Utilization Types Change Urgency in Horand Region [PDF]
Background & Objective: In this research work, land suitability as one of the first step in sustainable agriculture was done to find urgency of utilization type change in Horand region.
Hossein Rezaei +3 more
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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate current nutritional guidelines of modern diets based on medical and nutrition facts and their effect on gut microbiota and health, considering current recommendations of world authorities such as FAO and WHO.
Barbora Růžičková, Pavel Kohout
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WHY THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE DECLARED THAT 2016 IS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PULSES?
The paper demonstrates the importance of the VIR grain legumes collection in the context of the International Year of Pulses (IYP) declared by the UN. A range of activities planned by the FAO within the framework of IYP aims to heighten public awareness ...
M. A. Vishnyakova, S. V. Shuvalov
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In Memoriam: Professor Stanislaw Kafel (1927-2023)
Professor Stanisław Kafel passed away on March 23, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. He was a distinguished employee of the Institute of Food and Nutrition (IŻŻ) in Warsaw, incorporated in 2020 into the structures of the National Institute of Public Health ...
Lucjan Szponar, Ewa Rychlik
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Dynamics of global forest area: Results from the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015
The area of land covered by forest and trees is an important indicator of environmental condition. This study presents and analyses results from the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 (FRA 2015) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
R. Keenan +5 more
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Optimization of ATO Re-benchmarking Method Based on Light Braking Command
Objective When the initial parking of an FAO (fully automatic operation) train in station exceeds the permitted range for door opening, the ATO (automatic train operation) system needs to re-benchmark accurately.
HUA Zhichen, QIAO Zhiyuan, JIN Jie
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Step by Step Calculation of the Penman-Monteith Evapotranspiration (FAO-56 Method)
AE459, a 12-page fact sheet by Lincoln Zotarelli, Michael D. Dukes, Consuelo C. Romero, Kati W. Migliaccio, and Kelly T. Morgan, provides a step-by-step calculation of the reference evapotranspiration (FAO-56 method) for a given location from the ...
L. Zotarelli +4 more
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The emergence of international food safety standards and guidelines: understanding the current landscape through a historical approach [PDF]
Following the Second World War, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) teamed up to construct an International Codex Alimentarius (or 'food code') which emerged in 1963.
Borowy I +38 more
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En las últimas décadas fueron cobrando gran relevancia para la agricultura y la alimentación, unas instituciones poco consideradas desde las ciencias sociales: los bancos de semillas. Se trata de instituciones clave en relación a la conservación y uso de
Pablo Ariel Pellegrini +1 more
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