| Environment - Policy and management |
| The use of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in addressing chronic environmentally damaging agricultural and rural development practices: Examples from Kenya and Cambodia |
| To support sustainable agriculture and rural development in Kenya and Cambodia, FAO carried out training for professionals with an emphasis on field situations and case studies. The application of EIA resulted in a substantial improvement in the understanding of each case and in the description of the solution to the problem in all 35 cases in Kenya and all 24 cases in Cambodia. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPan0016.htm |
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| People - Participation |
| Institutions - Social capital |
| Organizing for extension: FAO experiences in small farmer group development |
| According to this article: "While all FAO participatory projects aim to link small farmers more effectively with development support services, only
three - in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Zambia - have been directly implemented by agricultural extension agencies. Interestingly,
these three seem to have been the most successful." It has been extracted from "Ceres" magazine, 145: 26 (1). |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPan0003.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/FRdirect/PPanF003.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/SPdirect/PPanS003.htm |
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| People - Participation |
| FAO People's Participation Programme |
| This paper presents in detail the FAO People's Participation Programme (PPP). The programme has demonstrated that participation is possible when the poor form small self-help groups that allow them to pool resources in pursuit of their own objectives. PPP projects have been implemented in 12 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with over 13 000 active participants and some 80 000 benefici... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPre0004.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/FRdirect/PPre0005.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/SPdirect/PPre0006.htm |
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