Qualidade protéica de dietas avaliadas segundo os padrões FAO 1968 e FAO 1973

Fao-wmo Roving Seminar

Ontologia de Contexto e Qualidade de Contexto

This paper approaches Context Knowledge Representation and Quality of Context (QoC) through the development of an ontology in this domain. It is thereby intended to improve knowledge sharing between humans and machines, and allow knowledge reuse between applications. A QoC assessment can contribute in order to enable context-aware applications to detect anomalies in sensors, generate alerts, di...

The FAO Open Archive: Enhancing the Access to FAO Publications Using International Standards and Exchange Protocols

Since 1998, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been publishing its electronic publications in the FAO Corporate Document Repository (CDR). The electronic publishing workflow is maintained by the Electronic Information Management System (EIMS). The EIMS-CDR holds more than 38 500 documents and is the gateway to FAO's publications. The EIMS-CDR coexists with the...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Genetically modified rice that contains beta-carotene, widely known as Golden Rice (GR), has not yet been introduced in any country. It was developed to address Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in low-income rice consumers, but currently needs much more development and testing before it can be introduced into farmers’ fields. GR is the most famous biofortification effort undertaken with modern biotec...

Fao Animal Production and Health

Many local livestock breeds and minor species are in decline and may be lost because they cannot compete with high-yielding exotic breeds. Conserving these breeds is important: many have unique traits, such as hardiness and disease resistance, that are vital for future livestock production. One way to help ensure their survival may be to sell products from these breeds to high-value, specialist...