Infographic: what’s wrong with our food system?

Reblogged from Good.is: 

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Around the world every night, one in seven people go to bed hungry—that’s almost one billion people. People are hungry not because there isn’t enough food produced but because our food system is broken. In fact, 80% of the world’s hungry are directly involved in food production. We can address this hunger if we support small-scale food producers, tackle climate change, and reduce food waste. Check out our latest infographic to learn about some of the ways that the food system can be fixed to improve the quality of life for millions.

The family tree of ecology

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Over the past century, ecology has become a main concern for mankind, and thus for governments, international organizations and companies. But where does the concept come from ? Who forged it, what events led it to acquire such importance, and how does ecology now belong to our collective unconscious ?

@Adeline_Bordot

Interactive Infographic: Your Daily Dose of Water

Every time you flush the toilet, wash your hands, drive your car, or take a bite of your lunch, you’re using water.  The biggest surprise may be that 95 percent of your water footprint isn’t from a long shower or running your washing machine—it’s from the food, energy and products you use every day. Check out our interactive infographic that shows all the ways your daily dose of water adds up on a typical day. CLICK HERE

via Good.is

@Adeline_Bordot

FAO Statistical Yearbook 2012 on World Food and Agriculture

The 2012 edition of the FAO Statistical Yearbook represents a break away from FAO tradition. Through employing data from global statistical providers, including FAO, the publication presents a visual synthesis of the major trends and factors shaping the global food and agricultural landscape and their interplay with broader environmental, social and economic dimensions. In doing so, it strives to serve as a unique reference point on the state of world food and agriculture for policy-makers, donor agencies, researchers and analysts as well as the general public.

The book is subdivided into four thematic parts:

• The setting measures the state of the agricultural resource base, by assessing the supply of land, labour, capital, inputs and the state of infrastructure, and also examines the pressure on the world food system stemming from demographic and macroeconomic change

• Hunger dimensions gauges the state of food insecurity and malnutrition, measuring the multitude of dimensions that give rise to and shape undernourishment

• Feeding the world evaluates the past and present capacity of world agricultural production and the role of trade in meeting changing food, feed and other demands

• Sustainability dimensions examines the sustainability of agriculture in the context of the pressure it exerts on the environment, including the interaction of agriculture with climate change, and how it can provide ecosystem services in relation to the bio-based economy

Download the report on the FAO website

@laurencefoucher

Pemulungs: The recycling people in Indonesia

For more information on Danone Ecosystem Fund and its projects, click here or visit ecosysteme.danone.com. 

@Adeline_Bordot

The female face of farming - the backbone of the rural economy

Reblogged from Farming First:

Women are the backbone of the rural economy, especially in the developing world. Yet they receive only a fraction of the land, credit, inputs (such as improved seeds and fertilizers), agricultural training and information compared to men. 

Empowering and investing in rural women has been shown to significantly increase productivity, reduce hunger and malnutrition and improve rural livelihoods. And not only for women, but for everyone.

 

Farming first and the FAO released a great story about women and agriculture. As usual the story isn’t just made with text but contains a lot of rich content as charts and infographics.

By the 8th of March will be #womensday! Find more about our projects for women empowering here.