| Knowledge - Extension |
| A new capacity building strategy for rural development: Spending on activities or investing in results? |
| This paper argues that a large part of the problems plaguing agricultural workers in Latin America could be solved by those same workers if provided with appropriate technical and entrepreneurial capacity building skills. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/KN0101_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/KN0101_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/KN0101_es.htm |
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| Knowledge - Communication for development |
| Capacity building for rural development |
| This paper highlights one of the functions of communication for development - the need to produce messages for capacity building, messages that impart relevant information while meeting the needs of local people in order to help them improve their immediate surroundings. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/KN0901_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/KN0901_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/KN0901_es.htm |
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| Knowledge - Communication for development |
| An introduction to participatory communication for sustainable development |
| This manual presents cases and methods for information, communication and capacity building to be applied for natural resources management in the National Park of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/KN0805_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/KN0805_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/KN0805_es.htm |
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| Knowledge - Communication for development |
| Connect Rural Knowledge Venture |
| The Communication for development group announces the "Connect Rural Knowledge Venture" which is intended to increase access to appropriate and practical information by farm families, rural enterprises and producer groups. It builds local capacity in information production and outreach and adds value to existing networks, projects and communications initiatives.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/KN0303_en.htm |
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| Knowledge - Extension |
| Tertiary education for mid-career level extension personnel: Ghana case study |
| What can you show employees if you can't show them the money? The answer sounds almost simple-minded: Improved job performance and satisfaction. The poor performance of African national extension systems is often linked to the low educational level and dwindling motivational levels of most frontline extension personnel. In reaction to this situation, an university educational program was devel... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/KN0501_en.htm |
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| Knowledge - Education |
| Human resource and institutional capacity building through agricultural education |
| There are very direct implications for agricultural education in the area of human
resource capacity building since by definition the term (and the process) has education,
both formal and non-formal, at its core. In its broadest interpretation, capacity building
encompasses human resource development as an essential part of development. Capacity-building efforts should focus on institutional st... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EXdirect/EXan0015.htm |
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| Knowledge - Research and technology |
| Biotechnology in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: FAO policies and strategies |
| Modern biotechnology is already making important contributions - and poses significant challenges - to agriculture, forestry and fisheries development. FAO recognizes that biotechnologies are a new group of powerful tools for research and ultimately for accelerating development, and not an end in themselves. It perceives that modern biotechnologies should be used as adjuncts to - and not as substi... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/RTdirect/RTre0001.htm |
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| Knowledge - Extension |
| From margin to mainstream: revitalization of agricultural extension curricula in universities and colleges in sub-Saharan Africa |
| This article discusses an innovative extension training initiative being implemented in selected universities and colleges in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors argue that African agricultural universities and colleges must strengthen their capacities to develop and deliver responsive extension training programmes in order to train extension staff to become critical thinkers and reflective practition... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EXdirect/EXan0027.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environmental Monitoring in China's Hubei Province |
| This article reports on FAO assistance to Hubei Province in Central China to enhance its environmental data acquisition and management capacity by strengthening the Hubei Agro-Environmental Protection Station, in order to identify, analyze, monitor and report on the levels of pollutants in water, soil and crops in the province. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPan0011.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Farm-level information in policy-making and planning for sustainable development |
| This paper aims to identify those factors that hinder farm-households from sustainably managing natural resources, as well as government interventions that can help to reinforce good practices.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPan0002.htm |
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