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ArticleForest Extension: Equitable partnerships for sustainable multi-functional forestry 2014
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No results found.The paper reflects on the emerging trends of extension theory and practice, and highlights how issues of social justice and ecological sustainability are increasingly the major challenges facing rural development and hence extension programmes. Forestry extension as a discipline can contribute to agricultural and agroforestry extension programmes, extension services of private industry, government and non-government organisations; farmers organisations; wildlife and parks services, among ot hers. The paper discusses the challenges and opportunities to forest extension from the changing economic environment, institutional reforms, and the international processes in sustainable forest management. It concludes that forestry extension requires to be demand driven; pluralistic in nature (allow for the participation of a multiplicity of service providers);focus on capacity building of farmers organisations in accessing technology and information; contribute to the development of benefit sharing mechanisms and access to markets. The paper provides examples of extension partnership models between farmers, between farmers and the private sector, and between service providers in the forest sector currently being supported FAO. Strong synergistic and iterative relationship with research along the research-development continuum is emphasised. -
DocumentStudent interactive session: Bringing fresh perspectives. Chapter Six of the Proceedings of the FAO International Symposium on the Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition 2016
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No results found.Chapter 6 contains the Report of outcomes from the student session. The session started with key messages from the five panelists. The students, in turn, presented their statements and posed a wide range of questions to the panelists. The student community wants to be part of the dialogue in the decision-making processes. Biotechnology has to be better integrated and linked with other topics and issues related to food and agriculture. Students emphasized that participation of farmers and inclu sion of smallholders in policy processes is essential to be able to transfer biotechnologies for their needs. The student community is both hopeful and concerned about the role of biotechnologies and the state of food and agriculture and its impact on small farmers. They are aware of the new technologies, the vast new potential and the rapid advances that are being made. But will it translate into a better future? Will it make the world better? These are the larger questions that merit our refle ction. The FAO international symposium on “The role of agricultural biotechnologies in sustainable food systems and nutrition” took place from 15 to 17 February 2016 at FAO headquarters, Rome. Over 400 people attended, including 230 delegates from 75 member countries and the European Union, as well as representatives of intergovernmental organizations, private sector entities, civil society organizations, academia/research organizations and producer organizations/cooperatives. The symposium encompassed the crop, livestock, forestry and fishery sectors and was organized around three main themes: i) climate change; ii) sustainable food systems and nutrition; and iii) people, policies, institutions and communities. The proceedings provide the main highlights of the symposium which covered a broad range of biotechnologies, from low-tech approaches such as those involving use of microbial fermentation processes, biofertilizers, biopesticides and artificial insemination, to high-tech ap proaches such as those involving advanced DNA-based methodologies and genetically modified organisms. Read the full reportFull report chapter by chapter:
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Book (stand-alone)Developing an Asia-Pacific strategy for forest invasive species: The coconut beetle problem – bridging agriculture and forestry
Report of the Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network Workshop
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No results found.Graceful coconut palms are a fixture of the tropical landscape and represent an important cash crop in the Asia-Pacific region. But a mysterious pest began ravaging the palms, scorching and browning the leaves, and ultimately killing them. It turned out that the mysterious pest is the palm leaf beetle which previously occurred only in the Pacific islands. If the menace is not halted, it is likely to cause major economic problems especially for rural folks dependent on the crop. Obviously natural barriers cannot be effective anymore in a shrinking globe where plant material is moved freely around the region. When FAO became aware of the problem it took immediate measures to control the spread of the leaf beetle. While chemical control measures can generally be applied, in this case the height of the palm and the cost of chemicals have both proven to be prohibitive. FAO took several steps to bring about effective control using biological control methods. But this remains only one measure among a series of activities needed if proper control is to be brought about. FAO has been exploring the range of activities which have to be put in place for effectively controlling the coconut leaf beetle from spreading further. This proceedings represents the results of a workshop – convened from 22 to 25 February 2005 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam – of agricultural and forestry experts from across the region. They call for a need to develop a regional programme to investigate the coconut le af beetle problem so that the status of infestation and effectiveness of the eradication programme can be systematically monitored. The experts also point out the critical need to work between sectors. The proceedings goes beyond the coconut leaf beetle problem to look at the broader issues of invasive species in the region such as technology transfer, policies, institution building, and the importance of farmers’ education, all of which are integral parts of pest management.
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