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Technical paper
Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands
Reducing risks, addressing vulnerability and enhancing resilience
Pastoral livestock production is crucial to the livelihoods and the economy of Africa’s semi-arid regions. It developed 7,000 years ago in response to long-term climate change. It spread throughout Northern Africa as an adaptation to the rapidly changing and increasingly unpredictable arid climate. It is practised in an area representing...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Can We Improve Public Extension Services Using Corporate Social Responsibility Funds?
In October 2018, I gave a presentation on Seizing and Scaling Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for Improving Public Extension Services at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) at Jeonju in the Republic of Korea.
India
2018
Guidelines
The Supply Chain Initiative
Rules of governance and operations
The Supply Chain Initiative (SCI) was established on 1st April 2013 by the following European associations representing the food and drink industry (FoodDrinkEurope), branded goods manufacturers (AIM), the retail sector (EuroCommerce, ERRT, Independent Retail Europe, Euro Coop), small and medium-sized enterprises (UEAPME), and agricultural traders (CELCAA).
European Union
2018 - European Union
Report
2018 Global Food Policy Report
IFPRI's flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017, and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018 at the global and regional levels. This year's report looks at the impacts of greater global integration—including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge—and the threat of current...
2018 - INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI)
Fact sheet
Why bees matter: The importance of bees and other pollinators for food and agriculture
For centuries bees, busy as they are known to be, have benefited people, plants and the planet. But did you know that bees are not the only ones that sustain life on earth? By carrying pollen from one flower to another, bees, butterflies, birds, bats and other pollinators facilitate and...
2018 - FAO
Journal
DEFIS SUD n°136 - Le baromètre des agricultures familiales 2018-2019
La nouvelle édition annuelle de Défis Sud propose un regard sur les agricultures, avec des faits, des chiffres et des prévisions.
Face à l’augmentation de la population, au réchauffement climatique et à la perte de ressources naturelles, les solutions proposées pour répondre au défi de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale devraient davantage...
2018 - SOS FAIM BELGIUM
Policy brief/paper
Agro-ecology: capitalization of experiences in West Africa
Factors that further or limit the development of agro-ecological practices. Evaluation of the socio-economic and agro-environmental effects
This is a summary note on the CALAO (Capitalization of stakeholder experience for the development of resilient agro-ecological techniques in West Africa) Project.
CALAO's goail is to make the following available for practitioners, political bodies,...
2018 - AVSF
Fact sheet
Country factsheet on small family farms: Malawi
The Smallholder Farmers’ Data portrait is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers across the world.
This Factsheet generates an overview on how small family farmers in Malawi live their lives by using the Data Portrait, putting an emphasis on the constraints they face, the...
Malawi
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Value of Household and Community Seed Banks
Video: Value of Household and Community Seed Banks – the fifth video release in a series of six videos from the ACB
Availability of and access to diverse, quality seed is a key element in successful crop production. Commercial seed systems focus only on seeds where profits can be made. Over...
South Africa
2018 - African Centre for Biodiversity
Report
The EU-Wide Individual Farm Model for Common Agricultural Policy Analysis
This report presents the first EU-wide individual farm level model (IFM-CAP) aiming to assess the impacts of CAP towards 2020 on farm economics and environmental effects. The rationale for such a farm-level model is based on the increasing demand for a micro simulation tool capable to model farm-specific policies and...
European Union
2018 - European Commission
Video
Agroecology and climate change
As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, achieving a world without hunger and malnutrition calls for urgent action to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient. The impacts of climate change are further increasing uncertainties and vulnerabilities facing farmers and communities.
Integrated, cross sectoral approaches like agroecology are an...
Argentina - France - Hungary - Mali
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Guidelines
Integrated management of the fall armyworm on maize
A guide for farmer field schools in Africa
Tens of millions of smallholder farmers across Africa are facing a new foe in their fields: the Fall Armyworm (FAW). Newly arrived from the Americas, this insect prefers to eat maize, but can live on over 80 plant species. Farmers are alarmed by the ragged maize leaves in their fields caused...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Fact sheet
Iran and FAO
Matching FAO’s expertise to Iran’s development priorities FAO assistance in Iran is currently shaped by the 2017-2021 Country Programming Framework (CPF), which is centered on four strategic priority areas: Environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture Food security and food safety Inclusive and resilient rural development Knowledge-based economy...
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Agroecological rice production in China
Restoring biological interactions
Biodiversity is an important characteristic to keep ecosystems stable and to make efficient use of environmental resources. These trends of simplification of agro-ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, and degradation of ecosystem services need to be averted. Agroecology is a promising approach to restore biodiversity and ecosystem services to agro-ecosystems, and transition...
China
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Book
Tecnología y Sociedad
Análisis de procesos de innovación y cambio tecnológico en diversos territorios rurales de Argentina
El libro demuestra a través de datos que, ante un desafío tan relevante es indispensable articular la investigación y el desarrollo tecnológico, la extensión y la transferencia tecnológica, la vinculación tecnológica, las articulaciones con otras instituciones, la gestión del conocimiento y la comunicación. Asimismo, expone que los procesos de innovación...
Argentina
2018 - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
Conference proceedings
Achieving Social and Economic Development in Africa through Ecological and Organic Agricultural Alternatives
This publication, Achieving Social and Economic Development in Africa through Ecological and Organic Agricultural Alternatives, is a follow up to FAO’s 2013 publication Organic Agriculture: African Experiences in Resilience and Sustainability. It gathers in one volume the plenary papers presented during the Third African Organic Conference that took place in...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Productive diversification of African agriculture and its effects on resilience and nutrition
The agriculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the backbone of national economies, sustaining rural and urban livelihoods alike, and providing food and income for the majority of households. Recent agriculture growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been solid and has supported improvements in nutrition outcomes and poverty rates. Despite some...
Malawi - Zambia
2018 - World Bank
Fact sheet
Adaptación al cambio climático en las comunidades alpaqueras altoandinas
Los boletines informativos de proyectos (BIP) tienen como propósito fortalecer la comunicación con todos nuestros socios y contrapartes, dando a conocer regularmente los proyectos que se ejecutan en la región, así como detalles referidos a los avances en el proceso de su implementación.
En esta ocasión, tenemos el agrado de presentarles...
Peru
2018 - Soluciones prácticas
Policy brief/paper
Food Democracy: Feeding the World Sustainably
This paper situates the competing visions for the future of agriculture and food systems in the context of key social, economic and environmental challenges. Drawing on both the growing literature on these issues and Trócaire’s experience the paper presents Trócaire’s vision for agriculture and food. It is an introduction to...
2018 - Trócaire
Conference proceedings
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Agroecology for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in China
The Proceedings book includes the contributions from agreocology experts and practitioners that took part as speakers in the International Symposium on Agroecology for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in China held Kunming, Yunnan, China from 29-31 August 2016. The volume has been prepared in order to collect and disseminate further...
China
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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