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This document from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization discusses the need to transition food and agricultural systems towards sustainability. It makes three main points: 1) Ending hunger is essential to achieving sustainable development. 2) Food consumption and production must be more efficient. 3) Governance of food/agriculture must change and transition costs/benefits shared equitably. National governments should establish resource rights, incentivize sustainable practices, promote fair markets, reduce risks to vulnerable groups, and invest in innovation/infrastructure. The FAO calls on countries to commit to accelerating hunger reduction, using guidelines on food security and tenure rights, and supporting sustainable agricultural development.
This document from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization discusses the need to transition food and agricultural systems towards sustainability. It makes three main points:
1. Ending hunger and malnutrition is essential to achieving sustainable development. Fair access to resources, employment, income and social protection programs are needed.
2. Both food consumption and production must be more sustainable and use fewer resources. This requires encouraging sustainable consumption, reducing food waste, adopting climate-smart agriculture, and sustainably intensifying production.
3. Fundamental changes are needed in governance and sharing costs/benefits equitably during the transition to sustainability. National policies should establish resource rights, incentivize sustainable practices, promote fair markets, increase resilience, and invest
The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) Executive Summary:
1) The IAASTD assessed how agricultural knowledge, science, and technology can reduce hunger, poverty, and facilitate sustainable development.
2) It recognized that while agricultural innovations have increased productivity, unintended social and environmental consequences were less considered.
3) The assessment concluded that a new approach is needed to achieve development and sustainability goals through more engagement across diverse perspectives on the role of agriculture.
The document discusses how female farmers in South Africa are working to build resilience against climate change and food insecurity through sustainable agriculture projects. The projects are funded by the EU and implemented in partnership with local organizations. They teach ecological organic farming practices like food gardens and renewable energy. Participating women say the projects have helped them provide for their families and tackle poverty without relying on government assistance. The efforts both strengthen food security and highlight the challenges of climate change impacts.
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1. The G20 Leaders' Declaration addresses the multidimensional crises currently facing the global economy, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the war in Ukraine.
2. Most G20 members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and its exacerbation of global economic challenges. The declaration calls for upholding international law and resolving conflicts through diplomacy.
3. The declaration commits the G20 to taking swift policy actions and international cooperation to promote recovery, food and energy security, investment in developing countries, and achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
1. The G20 Leaders' Declaration summarizes the discussions and agreements from the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia from November 15-16, 2022. The leaders addressed ongoing global economic challenges and committed to coordinated actions to strengthen recovery and achieve sustainable development.
2. Key issues discussed included the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, climate change, rising food and energy insecurity exacerbated by conflicts. The leaders condemned the war in Ukraine and its effects on the global economy and food security.
3. The leaders committed to using policy tools to support growth, food and energy security, fiscal sustainability, and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This includes investments, reforms, cooperation on macroeconomic policies,
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This document is the G20 Bali Leaders' Declaration from their summit on November 15-16, 2022. The declaration discusses the global economic challenges facing the G20 countries, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the war in Ukraine. The leaders commit to policy cooperation to promote strong, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive global growth. They also pledge to address issues like food security, energy security, climate change, and biodiversity loss.
The document outlines key challenges and approaches to improving global food safety. It discusses various hazards that can arise throughout the food supply chain from production to consumption. Effective food safety requires a multisectoral and multidisciplinary approach. New control techniques are needed as pathogens can survive traditional preparation and contaminated food often looks and smells normal. International standards like Codex Alimentarius help harmonize food safety systems globally. The document then summarizes the vision, strategic goals and framework for a regional food safety strategy in Asia Pacific, as well as the drivers necessitating a new WHO Global Food Safety Strategy.
TOWARDS THE FUTURE WE WANT: End hunger and make the transition to sustainabl...Dr Lendy Spires
This document from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization discusses the need to transition food and agricultural systems towards sustainability. It makes three main points: 1) Ending hunger is essential to achieving sustainable development. 2) Food consumption and production must be more efficient. 3) Governance of food/agriculture must change and transition costs/benefits shared equitably. National governments should establish resource rights, incentivize sustainable practices, promote fair markets, reduce risks to vulnerable groups, and invest in innovation/infrastructure. The FAO calls on countries to commit to accelerating hunger reduction, using guidelines on food security and tenure rights, and supporting sustainable agricultural development.
This document from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization discusses the need to transition food and agricultural systems towards sustainability. It makes three main points:
1. Ending hunger and malnutrition is essential to achieving sustainable development. Fair access to resources, employment, income and social protection programs are needed.
2. Both food consumption and production must be more sustainable and use fewer resources. This requires encouraging sustainable consumption, reducing food waste, adopting climate-smart agriculture, and sustainably intensifying production.
3. Fundamental changes are needed in governance and sharing costs/benefits equitably during the transition to sustainability. National policies should establish resource rights, incentivize sustainable practices, promote fair markets, increase resilience, and invest
The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) Executive Summary:
1) The IAASTD assessed how agricultural knowledge, science, and technology can reduce hunger, poverty, and facilitate sustainable development.
2) It recognized that while agricultural innovations have increased productivity, unintended social and environmental consequences were less considered.
3) The assessment concluded that a new approach is needed to achieve development and sustainability goals through more engagement across diverse perspectives on the role of agriculture.
The document discusses how female farmers in South Africa are working to build resilience against climate change and food insecurity through sustainable agriculture projects. The projects are funded by the EU and implemented in partnership with local organizations. They teach ecological organic farming practices like food gardens and renewable energy. Participating women say the projects have helped them provide for their families and tackle poverty without relying on government assistance. The efforts both strengthen food security and highlight the challenges of climate change impacts.
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1. The G20 Leaders' Declaration addresses the multidimensional crises currently facing the global economy, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the war in Ukraine.
2. Most G20 members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and its exacerbation of global economic challenges. The declaration calls for upholding international law and resolving conflicts through diplomacy.
3. The declaration commits the G20 to taking swift policy actions and international cooperation to promote recovery, food and energy security, investment in developing countries, and achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
1. The G20 Leaders' Declaration summarizes the discussions and agreements from the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia from November 15-16, 2022. The leaders addressed ongoing global economic challenges and committed to coordinated actions to strengthen recovery and achieve sustainable development.
2. Key issues discussed included the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, climate change, rising food and energy insecurity exacerbated by conflicts. The leaders condemned the war in Ukraine and its effects on the global economy and food security.
3. The leaders committed to using policy tools to support growth, food and energy security, fiscal sustainability, and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This includes investments, reforms, cooperation on macroeconomic policies,
G20 Bali Leaders' Declaration, 15-16 November 2022Dadang Solihin
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The document outlines key challenges and approaches to improving global food safety. It discusses various hazards that can arise throughout the food supply chain from production to consumption. Effective food safety requires a multisectoral and multidisciplinary approach. New control techniques are needed as pathogens can survive traditional preparation and contaminated food often looks and smells normal. International standards like Codex Alimentarius help harmonize food safety systems globally. The document then summarizes the vision, strategic goals and framework for a regional food safety strategy in Asia Pacific, as well as the drivers necessitating a new WHO Global Food Safety Strategy.
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FAO provides tools and guidance to help countries implement the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. This includes tools grouped by the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets. FAO conducts assessments on various natural resources and generates knowledge to support member countries. Key tools listed are codes of conduct, management plans consistent with ecosystem approaches, guidelines on issues like invasive species, protected areas, and genetic resources. FAO works on sustainably intensifying agriculture and promoting sustainable use, management and conservation of biodiversity in food and agriculture.
Imagine a world where farms bear no crops, forests have no trees, and nature exists without plants. Not only would our world look incredibly different, but humanity would probably cease to exist altogether. Plants provide 98 percent of the air we
breathe and 80 percent of the food we eat. That’s how much our lives depend on plants, yet we often overlook how vital they are. Our global plant resources are under threat from pests. Once plant pests
are established in an area, it becomes nearly impossible and extremely costly to eradicate them. This sets back global efforts to achieve the United
Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by curtailing our ability to provide
food security for all, protect our environment and biodiversity for future generations, and ensure that crops and plant products are traded safely to help boost economic growth.
The International Plant Protection Convention Secretariat and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland partnered to gather the world’s best plant-health experts and advocates. The first and largest International Plant Health Conference was held in London on 21–23 September 2022 and aimed
to address new and emerging plant-health challenges resulting from climate change, increased international trade, rapid loss of biodiversity, and new pest pathways such as e-commerce. Together we explored more efficient policies,
advanced scientific solutions, and structures and mechanisms at the national, regional and global levels. Much work remains to protect our plants. We call on governments, legislators, policymakers and donors to invest in research, outreach and building the
capacity of national plant protection organizations, and to strengthen pest monitoring and early-warning systems. We need all industry sectors and government partners to join forces and adhere to international plant-health standards to mutually protect our plants, food supplies, and economies. We need the public to be cautious when taking plants and plant products when travelling, as these could carry plant pests. Likewise, we should be aware, when buying plants and plant products online, that they should come with phytosanitary certificates that attest freedom from pests and that they meet phytosanitary import requirements.
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 59 on “Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and IPES-FOOD was held on Wednesday 15 January 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing brought various perspectives and experiences on agroecological systems to support agricultural transformation. Experts presented trends and prospects for agroecological approaches and what it implies for the future of the food systems. Successes and innovative models in agroecology in different parts of the world and the lessons learned for upscaling them were also discussed.
This document discusses food waste and sustainable development. It summarizes that approximately 1 billion tons of food is wasted each year, with 61% coming from households and 26% from food service. Reducing food waste can help address food insecurity, climate change, and other issues. The UN aims to halve food waste by 2030 under SDG 12.3. The Food Waste Index estimates that 1 billion tons of food is wasted annually at retail and consumer levels, costing nearly $1 trillion and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Collecting better food waste data can help track progress and guide strategies to reduce waste.
WHO ha rilasciato una nuova serie di parametri di riferimento globali per i livelli di sodio in oltre 60 categorie di alimenti che aiuteranno i paesi a ridurre il contenuto di sodio negli alimenti.
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Food and agriculture are vital to achieving the SDGs. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is leading international efforts to eradicate world hunger and build fairer societies.
As part of the Paris Climate Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 2oC, annual emissions reductions from agriculture must reach 1 gigatonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e/yr) by 2030. Plausible options to do this only deliver 21–40% of this target. Agricultural systems are witnessing ambitious goals and require transformative actions. Across food systems actions include: application of next generation technologies, increasing investment flows and improving returns, change in pattern of landholdings, enhancing capacities through skill development and capacity building, and via changes in the distribution and dynamics of the population and labour force. This transformation would generate multitude of benefits such as education, nutrition, health, water, sanitation, and empowerment of women and youth, and transforming rural livelihoods and indigenous communities.
Reducir la inseguridad alimentaria y fomentar el empleo y la generación de ingresos.
El proyecto tiene como objetivo desarrollar un enfoque para atraer
inversiones alineadas con los ODS en sistemas agroalimentarios que puedan que puede ser replicado en otros países y regiones en desarrollo
con impactos similares.
Statement by the Chair of the CGIAR Consortium Board at the 40th Anniversary ...CGIAR
Speech delivered by Chairman of the CGIAR Consortium Board at the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of CGIAR, at the FAO in Rome. 2 December 2011
http://consortium.cgiar.org/cgiar-turned-40/
Since the CGIAR’s establishment in 1971, its expanding agenda of research has led to important gains in agricultural productivity as well as natural resource management and food policy across the developing world.
This remarkable 40-year performance provides a firm foundation for a forceful response to the daunting challenges that agriculture and rural environments will face over the next 40 years.
1. The document provides an overview of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It discusses FAO's origins, objectives, mandate, and evolution over 70 years.
2. FAO plays a leading role in international regulatory cooperation on nutrition, food, and agriculture. It has almost universal UN membership and develops legally binding and non-binding standards and agreements.
3. FAO's current structure and strategic framework are the result of periodic reforms to improve performance and respond to challenges like population growth, climate change, and food insecurity. FAO's goals are to eradicate hunger, reduce poverty, and ensure sustainable resource management.
This document presents a vision for organic food and farming research priorities to 2025. It identifies major challenges facing European agriculture related to food availability and quality, energy and resource dependence, ecosystem services, and rural economies. The document outlines strengths of organic systems in addressing these challenges through multifunctionality and sustainability. It proposes three strategic research priorities: 1) viable concepts for empowering regional economies, 2) securing food and ecosystems through eco-functional intensification, and 3) high quality foods for healthy diets and quality of life. Specific research ideas are provided for each priority to contribute to the overall sustainability of agriculture through stakeholder engagement and holistic systems analysis. A Technology Platform on Organics will be launched to facilitate industry and research discussions
This document presents a vision for organic food and farming research priorities to 2025. It identifies major challenges facing European agriculture like food availability and quality, resource dependency, and rural decline. The strengths of organic systems in addressing these through sustainability, ethics, and local economies are outlined. Three strategic research priorities are proposed: 1) viable rural economies through regional concepts, 2) securing food and ecosystems through eco-functional intensification, and 3) high quality foods for health through nutrition research. Specific research ideas are provided for each priority to contribute to the overall sustainability of European agriculture and food systems by 2025. A Technology Platform will be launched to develop this strategic research agenda.
This document presents a vision for organic food and farming research priorities to 2025. It identifies major challenges facing European agriculture like food availability and quality, resource dependency, and rural development. The strengths of organic systems are outlined, like sustainability and environmental protection. Weaknesses like productivity gaps are also noted. Three strategic research priorities are proposed: 1) Empowering rural economies regionally and globally through organic systems. 2) Securing food and ecosystems through eco-functional intensification using organic methods. 3) Providing high quality, healthy foods through organic systems. Specific research ideas are presented for each priority to advance organic agriculture and address societal challenges over the coming decades.
This document summarizes key points from a presentation on G20's implicit commitment to strengthening the global seed sector and navigating international seed trade standards. Some key points include:
- G20 recognizes the importance of diverse, nutritious seed varieties for food security and calls for research collaboration on biofortified and climate-resilient seeds.
- Specific initiatives like MAHARISHI aim to facilitate research on millet and ancient grain production.
- Regulations should be updated to ensure seed quality, safety, and sustainability while supporting innovation.
- An EU audit report identified gaps in documentation and production controls between Indian and EU seed standards.
- Future metrics could measure how seed systems contribute to sustainable food systems goals
This publication provides information on the use of price policies to promote healthy diets and explores policy developments from around the WHO European
Region. It examines the economic theory underpinning the use of subsidies and taxation and explores the currently available evidence. The publication includes
several case studies from WHO European Member States where price policies have been introduced. It concludes with some observations about the design of
more effective price policies.
The G20 Development Ministers discuss three main topics around tackling food security:
1) Developing rural agriculture to increase jobs, production, and access to food.
2) Addressing food price volatility through further research on market interventions and increasing transparency of supply and demand data.
3) Ensuring sustainable food security by transitioning to alternatives to biofuels that impact land and food, and promoting Conservation Agriculture through regional research, compensation for farmers, and technology transfers tailored to communities.
Consideration of Conformity Assessment for the Circular Economy.pdfDr. Monideep Dey
The post-COVID recovery offers an opportunity to reverse unsustainable economic trends and build back better, to promote sustainable consumption and production as laid out in SDG 12 and transition to a circular, more resilient and low-carbon economy. Nations are developing a circular economy in the context of the Paris Agreement, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Call for Action on Adaption and Resilience. ISO, UNECE and other international standards organizations are developing a number of standards that are essential in supporting the climate agenda; they help adapt to climate change, quantify greenhouse gas emissions and promote the dissemination of good practices in environmental management.
A critical element to ensure the achievement of sustainable develop goals is the assessment of conformity and accountability that such goals are being achieved and in a manner consistent with all the SDGs. Although this document reports specifically on conformity assessment for the Circular Economy that is aimed to serve UN SDG12 – Responsible consumption and production, and also UN SDG-13, Climate action, many concepts and methods discussed here will be applicable more broadly in the implementation of all SDGs.
International Standards also play a crucial role in underpinning the global economy, and creating trust on all aspects of international trade. In the past, advanced economies have been the main participants in the development of international standards with participants from the transition and developing economies only playing a minor role. This paper emphasizes that issues important to developing and transition economies such as those for social and environmental concerns should be addressed in international standards for them to have broad benefit across all nations and to achieve the SDGs worldwide.
Priorities for Public Sector Research on Food Security and Climate Change, Review 1 by Dale Andrew, OECD on April 12, 2013 at the Food Security Futures Conference in Dublin, Ireland.
La empresa de estudios de mercado Ipsos lanzó su informe mensual “Preocupaciones del Mundo”, que estudia la percepción sobre los temas que generan mayor inquietud en la ciudadanía en más de 25 mil personas adultas de 29 países. Aquí podemos ver:
¿Cual es el tema que más inquieta a los chilenos?
¿Es el control de inmigración uno de los temas que más preocupa a los chilenos?
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La empresa de investigación de mercados Ipsos lanzó su más reciente informe “Claves Ipsos”, para lo que encuestaron a varias personas con el fin de identificar las principales opiniones y preocupaciones de los chilenos sobre sus prioridades desde la agenda ciudadana y la reforma de pensiones.
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- Specific initiatives like MAHARISHI aim to facilitate research on millet and ancient grain production.
- Regulations should be updated to ensure seed quality, safety, and sustainability while supporting innovation.
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- Future metrics could measure how seed systems contribute to sustainable food systems goals
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¿Es el control de inmigración uno de los temas que más preocupa a los chilenos?
¿Va Chile por el buen camino?
La empresa de investigación de mercados Ipsos lanzó su más reciente informe “Claves Ipsos”, para lo que encuestaron a varias personas con el fin de identificar las principales opiniones y preocupaciones de los chilenos sobre sus prioridades desde la agenda ciudadana y la reforma de pensiones.
De acuerdo con los resultados entregados por la Facultad de Economía y Gobierno de la Universidad San Sebastián (USS), a través de su Centro de Políticas Públicas, tras la reinstalación de la discusión sobre la reforma previsional solo un 28,4% de las personas prefiere la alternativa presentada por el Gobierno, de un 3% a cuentas individuales y un 3% a un fondo común. Además, un 71,4% de los encuestados prefiere que todo o la mayor parte de la cotización adicional del 6% se destine a sus cuentas individuales.
Informe What Worries the World_Resumen global - Octubre 2023.pdfAproximacionAlFuturo
La empresa de estudios de mercado Ipsos lanzó su informe mensual “Preocupaciones del Mundo”, que estudia la percepción sobre los temas que generan mayor inquietud en la ciudadanía en más de 25 mil personas adultas de 29 países. Aquí podemos ver:
¿Cual es el tema que más inquieta a los chilenos?
¿Es la corrupción uno de los temas que más preocupa a los chilenos?
¿Va Chile por el buen camino?
Common Beans as a Source of Amino Acids and Cofactors for Collagen Biosynthesis AproximacionAlFuturo
Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are widely consumed in diets all over the world and have a significant impact on human health. Proteins, vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and other micro- and macronutrients are abundant in these legumes. On the other hand, collagens, the most important constituent of extracellular matrices, account for approximately 25–30 percent of the overall total protein composition within the human body. Hence, the presence of amino acids and other dietary components, including glycine, proline, and lysine, which are constituents of the primary structure of the protein, is required for collagen formation. In this particular context, protein quality is associated with the availability of macronutrients such as the essential amino acid lysine, which can be acquired from meals containing beans.
La consultora internacional Ipsos lanzó su estudio “Monitor Global de Salud”, que muestra la percepción de más de 23 mil personas en 31 países, incluido Chile, sobre los principales desafíos para la salud personal y de los sistemas de salud, incluyendo cómo los ciudadanos califican los servicios que tienen disponibles y qué piensan que debe mejorarse.
Identifying the Determinants of the Increase in Native Forests in Southern ChileAproximacionAlFuturo
The econometric results show that smaller farms and those located in Los Lagos presented less probability of increasing their native forests. In the same way, an increase in the share of forest plantations area decreases the probability. Conversely, the scrub area share is related to the recovery of native forests in the sample. No significant effects of the variables associated with the implementation of management plans and technical assistance were found.
World Bank Report - Wired: Digital Connectivity for Inclusion and GrowthAproximacionAlFuturo
El informe estima que el Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) regional crecerá un 2 por ciento en 2023, ligeramente por encima del 1,4 por ciento proyectado anteriormente, pero aún por debajo del de todas las demás regiones del mundo. Se esperan tasas de crecimiento del 2,3 por ciento y 2,6 por ciento para 2024 y 2025, respectivamente. Estas tasas, similares a las de la década de 2010, no son suficientes para lograr los avances tan necesarios en inclusión y reducción de la pobreza. Los países deben encontrar formas de promover la inclusión y el crecimiento, mejorar la gobernanza y generar consenso social. Las soluciones digitales pueden ser parte de la respuesta. La ampliación de la conectividad digital, combinada con políticas complementarias, ofrece la posibilidad de crear sociedades más dinámicas e inclusivas.
Encuesta Chile nos Habla, realizado por la Universidad San Sebastián, que arroja que 2 de 5 encuestados cree que reactivar la economía debe ser el objetivo para el Presupuesto 2024. Con relación a las principales áreas a las cuáles asignar la mayor cantidad de recursos, las tres primeras mayorías las obtiene salud, educación y seguridad, seguido por pensiones.
estudio de Digitalización de las Empresas en Chile - Entel DigitalAproximacionAlFuturo
El documento presenta los resultados de un estudio realizado por Entel Digital y Cadem sobre la digitalización de las empresas en Chile. El estudio encuestó a 628 dueños, gerentes y directores de empresas de todos los tamaños y sectores productivos. Los resultados muestran que la mayoría de las empresas están en una etapa transicional de digitalización, valorándola pero sin ejecutarla totalmente. La percepción de la digitalización es positiva, aunque las grandes empresas están más avanzadas. Transporte, construcción y agricultura son los sectores más rezagados.
Reportes Enadel 2022 sobre Comercio y Turismo en Region de OHigginsAproximacionAlFuturo
Así lo reveló la 5° Encuesta Nacional de Demanda Laboral ENADEL 2022, que en esta versión levantó información sobre estos dos sectores económicos, con el objetivo de caracterizar los requerimientos de capital humano de las empresas, para apoyar la toma de decisiones de los actores que participan en el sistema formativo laboral. Esto, con el fin de fortalecer las políticas orientadas a mejorar las trayectorias laborales de los trabajadores y la productividad de las empresas.
Este documento describe un centro de innovación dedicado al vino y la oliva ubicado en Marchigüe, Región de O'Higgins. El centro ofrece servicios de laboratorio para análisis físico-químicos y microbiológicos, así como insumos de laboratorio. Además, muestra diversos productos creados en el centro como vinos y aceites de oliva. El documento promueve los servicios del centro para quienes deseen desarrollar sus propios productos vitivinícolas y oleícolas.
Este documento presenta los resultados clave de una encuesta realizada por Ipsos en Chile sobre probidad y corrupción. Algunos hallazgos clave son: 1) La mayoría de las instituciones chilenas se asocian más a corrupción que a probidad, especialmente partidos políticos y el Congreso. 2) Hay altos niveles de desacuerdo con afirmaciones sobre el buen funcionamiento del Estado y las empresas privadas. 3) Se percibe corrupción en todos los niveles, y las prácticas más identificadas son el nepotismo, sobornos y
La empresa de investigación de mercados Ipsos lanzó su más reciente informe “Claves Ipsos”, en el que encuestó a 800 chilenos para describir las opiniones y los comportamientos de los ciudadanos respecto de temas de interés para el país. En esta edición se analizó la campaña de invierno para el combate contra las enfermedades respiratorias, medidas preventivas y vacunación.
Decreto del Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública del 24 de junio de 2023AproximacionAlFuturo
Declara como zonas afectadas por catástrofe a las Regiones de Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, del Libertador General Bernardo OHiggins, del Maule, de Ñuble y del Biobío
Informe de la Comisión de Alto Nivel sobre Salud Mental y COVID-19 de la Orga...AproximacionAlFuturo
Una nueva agenda para la salud mental en las Américas. Informe de la Comisión de Alto Nivel sobre Salud Mental y COVID-19 de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Reporte ADP Personas y Trabajo 2023: una visión sobre el equipo humano global.AproximacionAlFuturo
Este documento resume las principales conclusiones de una encuesta realizada a más de 32,000 trabajadores de 17 países sobre sus actitudes hacia el lugar de trabajo actual y futuro. Algunos hallazgos clave son:
1. La mayoría de los trabajadores recibieron aumentos salariales en el último año, pero menos de la mitad cree que su salario es justo y la mayoría espera aumentos mayores en 2023 debido a la alta inflación.
2. Aunque la flexibilidad ha disminuido en importancia para los trabajadores, sigue siendo un factor
Encuesta Chile Nos Habla - Sistema Pensiones - Politicas Públicas USS.pdfAproximacionAlFuturo
El documento presenta los resultados de una encuesta sobre el sistema de pensiones chileno realizada en junio de 2023 a 1,170 personas de todo Chile. La mayoría apoya la Pensión Garantizada Universal propuesta y que los fondos se destinen a cuentas individuales. Sin embargo, existe división en igualar la edad de jubilación entre hombres y mujeres.
lanzamiento del ESTUDIO DE TRANSFORMACIÓN DIGITAL EN EMPRENDIMIENTOS DE LA REGIÓN DE ÑUBLE, el cual fue aplicado a 100 emprendimientos de la zona y tuvo como fin medir el estado tecnológico e innovativo de pequeñas y medianas empresas
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We will explore Vertex AI - Model Garden powered experiences, we are going to learn more about the integration of these generative AI APIs. We are going to see in action what the Gemini family of generative models are for developers to build and deploy AI-driven applications. Vertex AI includes a suite of foundation models, these are referred to as the PaLM and Gemini family of generative ai models, and they come in different versions. We are going to cover how to use via API to: - execute prompts in text and chat - cover multimodal use cases with image prompts. - finetune and distill to improve knowledge domains - run function calls with foundation models to optimize them for specific tasks. At the end of the session, developers will understand how to innovate with generative AI and develop apps using the generative ai industry trends.
We are pleased to share with you the latest VCOSA statistical report on the cotton and yarn industry for the month of March 2024.
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Discovering Digital Process Twins for What-if Analysis: a Process Mining Appr...Marlon Dumas
This webinar discusses the limitations of traditional approaches for business process simulation based on had-crafted model with restrictive assumptions. It shows how process mining techniques can be assembled together to discover high-fidelity digital twins of end-to-end processes from event data.
3. Background Information
The Declaration on Transformative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems was
adopted on 4 November 2022 on the occasion of the Ministerial meeting of the OECD Committee for
Agriculture (COAG) held in Paris. The Declaration articulates a shared vision for governments on the
actions needed to transform agriculture and food systems with a view to i) ensuring food security and
nutrition, ii) strengthening sustainability and iii) ensuring inclusive livelihoods.
The Declaration underlines the key role of developing transformative and innovative policies towards
more sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems. To this end, it calls on Adherents to
develop and implement coherent whole-of-government policy packages, promote inclusive processes,
increase investment in research and development and infrastructure, enhance research collaboration
and knowledge sharing, strengthen international cooperation, strengthen the contribution of trade to
agriculture and food systems transformation and develop measures for local, national and global food
systems.
Ministers also invited the OECD, through COAG, to develop work in a number of key areas, including
measuring sustainable agricultural productivity growth; developing new approaches to support
inclusive policy efforts; analysing opportunities for demand-side policies; enhancing agri-environmental
indicators and developing metrics to measure climate change mitigation and adaptation; measuring
trade’s contribution to sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems; examining
environmentally harmful and beneficial support measures; collecting evidence on women’s
contribution into innovation and on the gender responsiveness of policies and standards; and
assessing policies to support the transition for entrants and those exiting the sector.
The Declaration builds on extensive work of the OECD on agriculture and food systems over the past
20 years, including the 2016 Declaration on Better Policies to Achieve a Productive, Sustainable and
Resilient Global Food System [OECD/LEGAL/0423], as well as findings included in the OECD
Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation reports, the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook and the
2021 Making Better Policies for Food Systems report.
For further information please consult the COAG Ministerial meeting website:
https://www.oecd.org/agriculture/ministerial/ or contact coagministerial@oecd.org.
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4. WE, the Ministers and High Level Representatives of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union, met at the
OECD headquarters in Paris on 3-4 November 2022 in the context of the meeting of the OECD Committee
for Agriculture at Ministerial level, under the leadership of Canada and New Zealand as Co-Chairs, with the
overarching theme of “Building sustainable agriculture and food systems in a changing environment: Shared
challenges, transformative solutions” to discuss the current and future challenges facing agriculture and food
systems and the role of OECD and its member countries in developing and implementing transformative
solutions to tackle them.
WE CONDEMN Russia’s unjustifiable, unprovoked and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine in the
strongest possible terms as a flagrant violation of international law that shakes the very foundation of the
international order, in line with the 2022 OECD Ministerial Council Statement. We also RECALL the decision
of the OECD Council of 8 March 2022 to immediately suspend the participation of the Russian Federation
and Belarus in OECD bodies. WE RECOGNISE that the war poses severe risks to global food security, and
the right to adequate food including through the destruction of infrastructure and crops, and by damaging
trust in supply chains. WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY with the people and the democratically elected
government of Ukraine.
WE WELCOME the EU Solidarity Lanes and the Black Sea Grain Initiative brokered by Türkiye and the
United Nations (UN) as important contributions to global food security.
WE WELCOME the OECD’s continuous support through its analyses of the economic, environmental and
social repercussions of the war and of proposals in support of Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction,
together with relevant international partners.
WE REITERATE our shared goals articulated in the Declaration on Better Policies to Achieve a Productive,
Sustainable and Resilient Global Food System adopted at the meeting of OECD Committee for Agriculture
at Ministerial Level held 7-8 April 2016.
WE REITERATE the importance of the OECD’s role at the international level in supporting evidence-based
policymaking for productive, resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems and as a forum for OECD
Members and partners to work together to share knowledge, experience and data.
WE REAFFIRM one of the central aims of the OECD is to promote policies to facilitate trade on a multilateral,
non-discriminatory basis and minimise market distortions.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE the need for agricultural policies, including support, to contribute to reducing
agricultural emissions and to create positive environmental outcomes.
WE RESTATE our commitment to the goals and objectives of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), World Trade
Organisation (WTO) Agreements, and other relevant multilateral agreements, as applicable.
WE WELCOME the UN Secretary-General's statement of action at the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and
the Tokyo Compact on Global Nutrition Growth at the 2021 Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit.
WE WELCOME the Quadripartite Memorandum of Understanding on One Health to combat Antimicrobial
Resistance (AMR), emerging zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential and other threats to global health
security.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO a successful and ambitious outcome at UNFCCC COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh
and at the CBD COP15 in Montreal.
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5. WE RECOGNISE the urgent need for a transformation towards more sustainability and resilience to address
the triple challenge facing agriculture and food systems of
● ensuring food security and nutrition for a growing global population,
● addressing environmental challenges, including climate change and biodiversity loss, and
● providing opportunities for livelihoods for all farmers, including family farmers, and others employed
along food supply chains.
Towards transformative solutions for sustainable agriculture and food systems
WE COMMIT:
1. to support the transformation of agriculture and food systems towards more sustainability and resilience
through a comprehensive approach by:
a. Developing and implementing coherent, effective whole-of-government policy packages.
b. Strengthening efforts to promote inclusive processes by building a common understanding of facts,
interests and values.
c. Increasing investment in research and development and infrastructure.
d. Enhancing research collaboration and knowledge sharing, including acknowledging and promoting
the importance of Indigenous and traditional knowledge.
e. Strengthening international cooperation through the OECD and other international fora, including
through the exchange of best policy practices.
f. Strengthening the contribution of trade and well-functioning markets to agriculture and food systems
transformation.
g. Developing measures for local, national and global food systems to address the triple challenge.
WE CALL on the OECD, through the Committee for Agriculture to support our efforts by:
2. Enhancing dialogue and cooperation among stakeholders to identify opportunities for substantive action
towards sustainable agriculture and food systems transformation.
3. Strengthening the assessment of investments in agricultural innovation systems that offer cost-effective
levers to progress towards productive, sustainable, and resilient agriculture and food systems.
4. Strengthening the adoption of the food systems approach across its work where appropriate, including
enhancing data and analysis in collaboration with other OECD committees.
Ensuring food security and nutrition
WE COMMIT:
5. To take comprehensive action towards ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition consistent with SDG
2.
6. To take action to achieve sustainable productivity growth consistent with SDG 2.4.
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6. 7. To reduce food loss and waste consistent with SDG 12.3 and improve its measurement.
8. To reinforce policies to promote healthy diets and food consumption choices through sustainable food
systems.
9. To deepen engagement with stakeholders to identify and scale-up innovative and sustainable solutions
in developed and developing countries.
10. To not impose unjustified trade restrictive measures such as unjustified export prohibitions or restrictions
that undermine global food security.
11. To continue to strengthen our support to the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) initiative,
providing all relevant data including on public and private stocks and fertilisers markets in order to
enhance market transparency.
12. To promote and support a rules-based, open and transparent multilateral trading system with the WTO
at its core.
13. To contribute to WTO agricultural trade reform efforts in line with Article 20 of the Agreement on
Agriculture.
WE CALL on the OECD, through the Committee for Agriculture to support our efforts by:
14. Facilitating robust and comparable measurement of sustainable agricultural productivity growth.
15. Developing new approaches and analysis to support inclusive policy efforts to promote global food
security and nutrition, addressing both emergency responses and long-term developments, including
through trade and well-functioning international and domestic markets.
16. Strengthening analysis of the functioning of global and domestic food supply chains including with
regards to input sourcing including energy and fertiliser, market concentration and other logistical
concerns, to identify potential risks and opportunities for achieving sustainable and resilient food
systems.
17. Strengthening analysis of opportunities for demand-side policies to improve consumer health and the
sustainability of food systems.
Strengthening sustainability
WE COMMIT:
18. To increase climate change mitigation efforts by reducing emissions from agriculture and food systems
and effectively increase carbon sequestration to contribute to the goal of achieving economy-wide net-
zero greenhouse gas emission by 2050, giving positive consideration to agriculture sector specific
greenhouse gas reduction targets, actions and innovative policies building on existing Nationally
Determined Contributions of the Paris Agreement.
19. To develop and implement policies to facilitate adaptation to climate change.
20. To invest in research, innovation and extension services that can facilitate sustainable productivity
growth and offer climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions.
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7. 21. To improve water conservation and management in agriculture, by increasing overall water use
efficiency, reducing impacts on freshwater resources and enhancing resilience to water-related risks, as
well as to continue our efforts to align with relevant OECD standards.
22. To work together to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030, while delivering
sustainable agricultural development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation.
23. To reduce the negative environmental impacts of livestock production and practices that harm animal
health and welfare while recognising the positive contributions that livestock can make to soil quality
management, biodiversity and livelihoods.
24. To intensify efforts as appropriate to reform or reorient agricultural policy, and in particular to address
those support measures that are harmful to the environment, to move towards more sustainable
agriculture and food systems.
25. To promote the development and implementation of agricultural practices that conserve, sustainably use
and restore biodiversity, tackle negative effects of land conversion to agriculture on biodiversity, enhance
ecosystem services and improve soil health and water and air quality, including through agro-ecological
and other innovative, context specific, approaches.
WE CALL on the OECD, through the Committee for Agriculture to support our efforts by:
26. Enhancing agri-environmental indicators, based on science, to foster environmental and climate
stewardship of agriculture, and the conservation of land, water and biodiversity.
27. Developing data, common metrics and analysis to measure progress in climate change mitigation and
adaptation in agriculture and food systems, including food loss and waste and contribute to the OECD’s
climate change engagement including through the Horizontal Project on Climate and Economic
Resilience and the International Programme for Action on Climate (IPAC).
28. Analysing the effectiveness and efficiency of existing and potential agricultural policies to incentivise
improved environmental outcomes from food systems.
29. Examining environmentally harmful and beneficial support measures and providing evidence-based
analysis to support reform to improve environmental outcomes.
30. Strengthening analysis and providing solutions to ensure the positive contribution of international trade
and domestic markets to the sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems.
31. Improving, including through modelling, monitoring and anticipation of risks for agriculture and food
systems, including water-related risks to build overall resilience for agriculture and food systems.
Ensuring inclusive livelihoods
WE COMMIT:
32. To tackle adjustment challenges and to promote opportunities for the livelihoods of those affected by
food systems transformation and climate change, including those needing to change activities or exit the
sector.
33. To address labour challenges along the whole supply chain by developing policies to attract youth,
women and new entrants to the agricultural and food sector and to strengthen the transfer of knowledge
and skills to address the evolving needs of all those working in the sector.
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8. 34. To develop risk management policies fostering greater resilience and enabling farmers, especially the
most vulnerable, to cope with more frequent, unpredictable, adverse events.
35. To promote and measure progress towards inclusive agriculture, and recognise the significant
contributions and address the unique challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples, women, youth and
underrepresented and marginalised groups, including through investments to ensure the transformation
towards just and inclusive food systems.
36. To reinforce measures to foster greater opportunity for women in the agricultural sector, including
leadership positions in order to reduce current inequalities and inequities.
37. To promote coherent sustainable, responsible and inclusive agriculture and food systems activities that
reinforce rural development.
38. To continue and deepen our efforts to implement the OECD Recommendation on the OECD-FAO
Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains.
39. To facilitate the access, uptake and application of digital technologies and other innovations that
accelerate a sustainable and inclusive transformation of agriculture and food systems.
40. To support the development and implementation of science- and evidence-based standards that
facilitate trade and ensure access to innovations, while protecting human, animal health and welfare and
plant health, and the environment including through a One Health approach.
WE CALL on the OECD, through the Committee for Agriculture to support our efforts by:
41. Collecting evidence to highlight women’s contribution into innovation and to support inclusive and gender
responsive policies and standards to accompany the transition of new entrants into the sector and of
those needing to change activities or exit the sector to align future farming with broader food system
objectives, on production and nutrition, livelihood and the environment.
42. Establishing data and evidence to enable the identification, assessment, and monitoring of agricultural
and food policy mixes to maximise synergies and manage trade-offs including with respect to the unique
challenges of underrepresented and marginalised groups.
43. Deepening analysis on the market relations between food value chains actors and their outcomes with
regards to incomes and food prices.
44. Identifying innovation policies and the accompanying institutions, investments, and knowledge transfer,
to catalyse efficient progress towards agricultural productivity, sustainability and resilience contributing
to rural development.
45. Assessing the opportunities, barriers and policy levers for broader adoption of digital technologies
towards sustainable and inclusive transformation of agriculture and food systems.
46. Improving methods for the monitoring and evaluation of policies relating to agricultural labour markets
and human capital.
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9. About the OECD
The OECD is a unique forum where governments work together to address the economic, social and
environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand
and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance,
the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population. The Organisation provides a
setting where governments can compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems,
identify good practice and work to co-ordinate domestic and international policies.
The OECD Member countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the
United Kingdom and the United States. The European Union takes part in the work of the OECD.
OECD Legal Instruments
Since the creation of the OECD in 1961, around 460 substantive legal instruments have been
developed within its framework. These include OECD Acts (i.e. the Decisions and Recommendations
adopted by the OECD Council in accordance with the OECD Convention) and other legal instruments
developed within the OECD framework (e.g. Declarations, international agreements).
All substantive OECD legal instruments, whether in force or abrogated, are listed in the online
Compendium of OECD Legal Instruments. They are presented in five categories:
• Decisions are adopted by Council and are legally binding on all Members except those which
abstain at the time of adoption. They set out specific rights and obligations and may contain
monitoring mechanisms.
• Recommendations are adopted by Council and are not legally binding. They represent a
political commitment to the principles they contain and entail an expectation that Adherents will
do their best to implement them.
• Substantive Outcome Documents are adopted by the individual listed Adherents rather than
by an OECD body, as the outcome of a ministerial, high-level or other meeting within the
framework of the Organisation. They usually set general principles or long-term goals and have
a solemn character.
• International Agreements are negotiated and concluded within the framework of the
Organisation. They are legally binding on the Parties.
• Arrangement, Understanding and Others: several other types of substantive legal
instruments have been developed within the OECD framework over time, such as the
Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, the International Understanding on
Maritime Transport Principles and the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
Recommendations.