This document has been prepared at the request of the Secretariat of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and in close collaboration with the FAO Plant Production and Protection Division, to facilitate the Commission’s deliberations when it will review key issues on targets and indicators for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture at its Fifteenth Regular ...

A greater understanding of how deficiencies manifest themselves and to what extent they are clinically relevant, by sex and age, remains important, and there is a priority need for improved standardization and reporting of measurements (Patrick Webb, Tufts University, Boston, Mass., USA). The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) indicators of hidden hunger capture under...

Domestic marine fisheries in Oman are increasingly viewed as the eventual economic alternative to the soon to be depleted oil reserves. This has galvanized the Omani government to invest in the management of its marine living resources. This study aims to provide a better estimation of Oman’s domestic marine fisheries catches that can be used to improve fisheries management in the country. Usin...