This book identifies and attempts to quantify some current and anticipated food safety issues that are associated with climate change, including foodborne pathogens and parasites, harmful algal blooms, pesticides, mycotoxins and heavy metals, with an emphasis on methylmercury. It proposes some forward-looking approaches to help build more resilient food systems. In...

This report synthesizes the current scientific literature concerning the transmission of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, antimicrobial residues and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) from environmental sources (e.g. contaminated water, soil, manure or human wastes, fertilizers, processing and transportation facilities) to foods and feeds of plant and aquatic a...

This report provides new evidence for monitoring trends in food security and nutrition within the framework of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The publication focuses on migration, gender, youth, and the linkages with rural development and food security in the region. Migration is tied in multiple ways to gender, youth, and agricultural and rural developme...

These guiding principles are the result of an Expert Consultation jointly led by FAO and WHO in July 2019. They take a holistic approach to diets, and consider international nutrition recommendations, the environmental cost of food production and consumption, as well as adaptability to local social, cultural and economic contexts. The term -Sustainable Healthy Diet...