SARD and Policy Brief series, SARD Initiative, Rome, Italy
The first set in the SARD and ...Policy Brief series is now available online. Prepared in collaboration with other international organizations, these briefs encourage and assist policy-makers in developing and implementing policies to achieve SARD. Here you can access:
SARD and Agricultural Workers, outlining policy options to promote fair conditions of employment in the agricultural sector;
SARD and Child Labour outlining policy options to prevent and eliminate forms of child labour that harm, abuse or deprive children of an education;
SARD and Organic Agriculture outlining policy options for making organic agriculture broadly accessible so its full benefits can be realized;
SARD and the Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction outlining policy options for utilizing sustainable agriculture as an effective poverty reduction strategy;
SARD and Agricultural Trade outlining policy options for using trade to address poverty and hunger as well as provide livelihood and food security;
SARD and Rural Enterprises outlining policy options for rural enterprise as a means to improve equity through local economic growth.
A second set of the SARD and ... Policy Brief series were developed. Here you can access:
SARD and Climate Change, presenting policy options to mitigate climate change and improve the capacities of small-scale agricultural producers to adapt to its adverse effects,
SARD and Children and Youth, outlining policy options to mainstream children and youth as priority groups and strengthen their capacity to contribute to development policies and programmes,
SARD and Rural Property Rights, reviewing policy options to strengthen the capacity of vulnerable groups to protect their natural resources and participate in planning and implementing rural development policies, programmes, and legislation,
SARD and Bioenergy, outlining policy options to ensure energy crop production improves livelihoods without compromising food security or environmental well-being,
SARD and Agro-Ecology, presenting policy options to enable small poor farmers to improve farm yields by incorporating improved agricultural technologies with the ecological and social dimesnsionsof traditional farming systems,
SARD and Farmers'Organizations, outlining policy options to strengthen the capacity of farmers to participate in planning and implementing agricultural and rural development policies and programmes,
SARD and Migration,reviewing policy options to guarantee migrant worker rights, reinforce their protection and enhance their contribution to development,
SARD and Indigenous Peoples, outlining policy options to strengthen Indigenous Peoples’ rights to natural resources, protect their traditional knowledge and ensure a fair share of the benefits from development,
SARD and Women, presenting policy options to strengthen mainstreaming of gender issues in policies and programmes and improve rural women’s access to social, legal, economic and natural resources,
SARD and Agricultural Biodiversity, outlining policy options to enhance rural peoples’ capacity to safeguard agricultural biodiversity through fostering in situ and ex situ conservation techniques and ensure fair and equitable benefits from the use of genetic resources,
SARD and Livestock, reviewing policy options to promote livestock systems that enable livestock holders to both optimize their benefits and safeguard the environment,
SARD and Conservation Agriculture, presenting policy options to enable rural people to engage in conservation agriculture through locally appropriate technologies, inputs and knowledge,
SARD and Mountain Regions outlining policy options to ensure that the specific constraints, potential and diversity of mountain regions are adequately integrated into SARD strategies and policies.
SARD and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), presenting policy options to promote national and international standards for environmentally, socially and economically sustainable on-farm practices,
SARD and Upscaling Good Practices, outlining policy options to allow rural people to to gain access to, develop and adapt appropriate solutions to their priority problems
Solution Exchange (2007) Booklet on NREGA Works for Resource Management - Experiences in India, Work and Employment Community, New Delhi, India
The Booklet summarizes experiences during the implementation of Natural Resource Management (NRM) programmes and initiatives undertaken through the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in India. Recent manuals and resource books on how to integrate NRM and watershed development activities into the NREGA are also presented.
GTZ Sustainet (2007) Sustainable Agriculture: A pathway out of poverty for East Africa's rural poor, GTZ Eschborn, Germany, with funding from the Governments of Germany
The publication presents nine examples of successful projects, plus lessons on policy changes and approaches to scale up sustainable agriculture approaches in Kenya and Tanzania.
IFAP (2007) The Struggle to Combat Desertification: Guidelines to Good Practices and Farmer Experiences for Sustainable Development, Paris, France, with support from the French Government
This publication on good practices capitalizes on the experiences and observations of farmers from over 25 countries and their strategies and techniques to combat the effects of desertification on agriculture, the environment , and socioeconomic well-being. Technical fact sheets on 12 countries, including South Africa, Australia, Algeria, Nicaragua and Ghana, are also included.
SARD Initiative (2007) SARD Initiative Newsletter, 4th Issue, FAO, Rome, Italy, supported by the Government of Italy
The Newsletter provides updates on activities implemented by the Initiative and information on selected topical issues. To receive the Newsletter electronically, or to submit a contribution for the next issue, contact the editor at: SARD-Initiative@fao.org.
GTZ Sustainet (2006) Sustainable Agriculture: A pathway out of poverty for India's rural poor, GTZ Eschborn, Germany, with funding from the Governments of Germany, Norway and the SARD Initiative.
The publication includes 14 examples of successful sustainable agriculture approaches (organic farming, forest home gardens, rainfed sericulture) documented by Sustainet’s Indian project partners.
SARD Initiative and SEI (2006) Guide to produce a succinct description of a SARD Good Practice, FAO, Rome, Italy, supported by the Government of Norway
The guide consists of a questionnaire and a template to document SARD practices that have had a demonstrated impact at community level. The guide is aimed particularly at civil society partners supporting the introduction or replication of good practices and those that are managing learning networks..
SARD Initiative, IITC and The Christensen Fund (2006) Cultural indicators of Indigenous Peoples' food and agro-ecological systems, draft version for peer review, FAO, Rome, Italy, supported by the Government of Norway
The technical paper analyses, elaborates on and validates Indigenous Peoples’ views about some of the most important cultural indicators of food security, food sovereignty and sustainable development, with the aim to promote improved understanding and accountability between Indigenous Peoples and those working to support them.
SARD Initiative (2006) SARD Project Toolkit, FAO, Rome, Italy, supported by the Governments of Italy and Norway
A practical manual to support project staff, technicians and designers to improve the sustainability and impacts of agriculture and rural development projects, including those that are already on-going.
