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This guide draws on the lessons learned in the framework of the project “Increasing incomes and food security of small farmers in West and Central Africa through exports of organic and fair-trade tropical products”, implemented by FAO in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone from September 2005 to...
Guidelines
2010
This document defines operative procedures and minimum requirements for building smallholder groups’ management capacity for organic agriculture and fair trade certification.
These guidelines propose requirements for establishing a credible and efficient group management system, including also ICS, which could be used by any kind of certification scheme. In addition to group...
Guidelines
2010
This article discusses the mitigation and adaptation potential of organic agricultural systems along three main features: farming system design, cropland management and grassland and livestock management. An important potential contribution of organically managed systems to climate change mitigation is identified in the careful management of nutrients and, hence, the reduction...
Journal article
2010
This Food Security Toolkit, designed specifically for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), aims to improve Pacific Islanders’ ability to produce and access safe and nutritious foods that meet their dietary and cultural needs. Targeting food security in the Pacific region is a critical action in the face of climate...
Book
2010
La presente publicación describe el estudio realizado por la Asociación Italiana para la Agricultura Biologica (AIAB)1 , por cuenta del “Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Tutela del Territorio y del Mar”, sobre las experiencias de agricultura y ganadería orgánica en los parques nacionales, con el fin de extraer enseñanzas útiles...
Italy
Report
2010
This publication is a summary of research carried out by the Italian Association for Organic Farming (AIAB) for the Ministry of the Environment, the purpose of which was to analyze Italian experiences of organic farming in National Parks in order to draw conclusions which could then be useful for the...
Italy
Report
2010
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