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A COMPENDIUM OF FAO EXPERIENCE IN BASIC EDUCATION: ALL FOR EDUCATION AND FOOD FOR ALL         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools     Trees and Forests         
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Non-formal education         
SORFLATE L.
SOMMER K. N.
LORTIE J.
FAO, ROME, 2003,
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English
Food security and education are inter-linked. This compendium of FAO's experiences with "Education and Food for All" shares descriptions of cases that can contribute to the process of enabling rural people to improve their lives and livelihoods. The examples focus on Education and Training in Nutrition and Health, Agriculture/Forestry, Environment, Community Development, and Business Management. The cases are of special interest to primary and secondary school teachers and students, rural youth, adult community groups, and rural development specialists.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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A COMPENDIUM OF REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT        
subjects:  Communication              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
RESEARCH AND EXTENSION DIVISION NRRR
FAO, ROME, 2007,
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English
This compendium is of special interest to rural development specialists and planners. It presents the findings of a series of regional studies, consultations and workshops organized by FAO in preparation for the World Congress on Communication for Development (Rome, October 2007). The compendium serves as a reference document and compares present trends, experiences and challenges in Communication for Development across regions, and projects. It focuses on the applications of communication methods and media, particularly in the field of food security, natural resources management and rural development, with a view to offering new directions for mainstreaming Communication for Development in different regions and for fostering new partnerships.
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Contact:
NRRR (Research and Extension Division)
FAO
Rome
Italy

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A FIELD GUIDE FOR PROJECT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION - WOMEN IN COMMUNITY FORESTRY         
subjects:  Gender     Trees and Forests         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
ROJAS MARY
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 1989,
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English
French
Spanish
The book targets women who are the main users of forests products. The publication explains how to gather fodder and fuel wood and how to seek out fruits and nuts for food and, roots and herbs for medicines. Forestry has typically been a man's profession and it is hard for many foresters to perceive of women as being competent in this field. This guide will reinforce and develop women's knowledge of forestry products.
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Contact: Marilyn W. Hoskins
Community Forestry Unit
Policy and Planning Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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A GARDEN FOR EVERYONE. SELF TUTORIAL MANUAL        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
OLIVA RUBÉN
GAMBARDELLA
IZQUIERDO JUAN
FAO, SANTIAGO, CHILE, 2006,
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English
Spanish
This self-tutorial manual addresses small farmers, rural school teachers, children, urban and suburban residents who can access small land surfaces. The aim is to implement accurate vegetable growing methods for family consumption.
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Contact: Juan Izquierdo
FAO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Santiago
Chile
Avenida Dag Hammarskjold, 3241, Vitacura
juan.izquierdo@fao.org

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A GUIDE TO GENDER SENSITIVE MICROFINANCE        
subjects:  Gender     Rural finance and Book-keeping         
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
MURRAY UNA
BOROS RUXANDRA
FAO, ROME, 2002, pages 118
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English
This guide targets policy-makers and donors, practitioners and field workers. It is a practical tool for those involved in microfinance programmes to ensure that socio economic and gender issues are taken into account when developing microfinance programmes. It is intended for users both in developing and developed countries where microfinance activities are proposed to improve social and economic development.
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Contact: Sisto Ilaria
Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
ilaria.sisto@fao.org

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A GUIDE TO MAIZE MARKETING FOR EXTENSION OFFICERS: MARKETING EXTENSION GUIDE        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
SHEPHERD ANDREW
FAO, ROME, 1999,
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English
French
This guide has been designed to be used by extension officers working with small farmers in those African countries that liberalized in the 1990s their maize marketing system. As a result of the move away from marketing by grain boards, extension officers will have to develop new skills. They will need to advise farmers on what crops to grow, on how and where to sell their crops and how to store them. They will also need to answer farmers’ questions about prices, about where to store their crops or sell them immediately and how to pay for them. Extension workers can play an important role in ensuring that marketing systems work to the benefit of both farmers and consumers and promote food security. As it covers the basic principles of private sector grain marketing, as well as on-farm crop drying and storage, this guide should also be valuable for extension workers elsewhere in Africa.
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Marketing Extension Guides
http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/index.html
Marketing Extension Guides
http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/resources/en/marketExtension.html



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Contact: Andrew W.Shepherd
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department
Agricultural Management, Marketing and Finance Service
Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Andrew.Shepherd@fao.org

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A GUIDE TO MARKETING COSTS AND HOW TO CALCULATE THEM        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
SHEPHERD ANDREW
FAO, ROME, 1993,
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English
French
Spanish
This guide is intended for marketing officers, extension workers and governments. It explains basic concepts of agricultural marketing costs and marketing margins. Farmers seeking to produce new crops need to be aware not only of their likely production costs but also of the costs of marketing these crops. Extension workers need to be able to advise them on such matters. In identifying the main types of marketing costs, the guide provides brief advice on how to calculate them and discuss the interpretation of marketing margins. The aim of the guide is to correct some of the widely held misunderstandings over marketing costs and it will be particularly useful to marketing officers and extension workers who are called upon to advise farmers on marketing and prices. Moreover, governments officials concerned with monitoring the efficiency of agricultural markets can have, thank to the Guide, a full vision of marketing costs and margins.
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Marketing Extension Guides
http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/subjects/en/agmarket/agmarket.html





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Contact: Andrew W.Shepherd
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department
Agricultural Management, Marketing and Finance Service
Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Andrew.Shepherd@fao.org

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A PRACTICAL MANUAL FOR PRODUCERS AND EXPORTERS FROM WEST AFRICA. REGULATIONS, STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION FOR AGRICULTURAL EXPORT.        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
L. COULIBAY AÏCHA
LIU PASCAL
FAO, 2006, pages 51
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English
French
This manual has been designed for producers and exporters of West Africa Countries in order to provide information on the regulations of main importing countries, the major certification programmes and the contacts where information on import regulations and certification schemes can be found. The aim of the book is to make the reader able to understand the main voluntary certification schemes, their importance, the differences between them as well as the advantages and limitations. It also proposes useful sources to obtain additional information. The book aims at making the reader able to understand the main voluntary certification schemes, their importance, the differences between them as well as their advantages and limitations since any producer or exporter must conform the regulations of importing countries to export his products.
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Trade and Markets
http://www.fao.org/es/esc/en/99982/110627/highlight_35950en.html



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Contact: Pascal Liu
Commodities and Trade Division
FAO
Italy
Rome
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
pascal.liu@fao.org

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A PROPOSAL PRESENTED TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION I        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
GASPERINI LAVINIA
FAO, ROME, 2004,
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English
This paper is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It was presented to the Steering committee of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) at FAO Headquarters in May 2004. Promoting access to education for rural people in Africa is crucial to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Africa is the region in which the knowledge gap among urban and rural areas is most stressed. This paper proposes to focus common efforts between ADEA, FAO and UNESCO in building the national capacity of policy makers and planners in Ministries of Education and Ministries of Agriculture to address the basic education needs of rural people.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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A STRATEGY FOR EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE IN KOSOVO 2004-2009        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF KOSOVO
2004, pages 170
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English
Albanian
Serbian
The Strategy for Education for Rural People in Kosovo addresses policy-makers; it highlights the shortcomings, difficulties and challenges in this field and finally sets out very concrete actions to address these problems with short, medium and long-term effects on the development of human resources. This publication seeks greater emphasis on the range of issues and the adoption of solutions by decision makers at central.
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Education for Rural People Unit
http://www.fao.org/sd/erp/



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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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A TRAINING GUIDE FOR IN SITU CONSERVATION ON-FARM        
subjects:  Biodiversity              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
JARVIS D.I.
MYER L.
KLEMICK, H. GUARINO, L. SMALE, M.
IPGRI, 2000,
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English
This manual is intended for national programmes interested in supporting conservation of agricultural biodiversity in its natural environment maintained on-farm by farmers. It provides a range of actors, including Ministries of Agriculture and of Environment, Universities, research and extension institutions, non-government organizations (NGOs), and community based groups, with a comprehensive view of factors involved in designing and implementing a programme to support the in situ conservation of crop genetic diversity on-farm.
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www.bioversityinternational.org




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Contact:
BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL
Maccarese
Italy
Headquarters: Via dei Tre Denari, 472a 00057
bioversity@cgiar.org

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A TRAINING MANUAL FOR SWEET SORGHUM        
subjects:  Plants              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
GUIYING L.
CHAPMAN K. R.
GRIFFEE P.
FAO, ROME, 2004,
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English
This manual provides training for technicians in the techniques of growing and managing sweet sorghum as well as its processing and livestock feeding; and for local farmers in rural areas of China with typical arid and saline-alkaline characteristics, where traditional summer crops such as maize and cotton are failing through lack of water or excess salinity and alkalinity. The booklet offer demonstrations of the growing and different utilizations of improved, new varieties (or hybrids). Precisely, sweet sorghum can be used for many purposes: grain is used as food, juice for producing alcohol; stalks are used as silage or fodder; the fiber of the stalks is one of the best materials for making high quality paper, etc. Moreover sweet sorghum generates biogas.
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ECOPORT
http://ecoport.org



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Contact: Griffee Peter
Grassland and Pasture Crops Group
Grassland and Pasture Crops Group
Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Peter.Griffee@fao.org

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ABC: TEACHING HUMAN RIGHTS. PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOOLS        
subjects:  Peace education              
levels and types of education: Primary education              
UNITED NATIONS (UN) -
UNITED NATIONS (UN) , GENEVA, 2004, pages 89
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English
French
Spanish
Arabic
ABC: Teaching Human Rights - Practical activities for primary and secondary schools talks about us as human beings. It talks about the process of teaching and learning the significance of the inherent dignity and worth of the human person which is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, preamble). And it talks about the rights that belong to us all.
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Human Rights Training
http://www.ohchr.org/english/about/publications/docs/train6.pdf



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World Union for Peace and the Fundamental Human Rights of People (UNIPAX)
http://unipax.it/sito/en/index.html

Contact: OHCHR-UNOG
Human Rights
THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Geneva
Switzerland
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
publications@ohchr.org

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ADDING VALUE TO ROOT AND TUBER CROPS : A MANUAL ON PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT        
subjects:  Plants     Rural finance and Book-keeping         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
WHEATLEY CHRISTOPHER
J.SCOTT GREGORY
WIERSEMA SIERT RUPERT BEST,
CIAT, CALI, COLOMBIA, 1995,
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English
This guide is a training tool for researchers and scientists who develop new products from root and tuber crops. It is also a useful tool for for university professors. The new products can increase the incomes of small-scale farmers and processors and improve supplies of food and feed, and industrial raw material. The manual draws from a decade of intensive work by international centers and national programs to improve crop utilization and marketing.
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www.ciat.cgiar.org




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Contact:
CIAT (INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE)
Cali
Colombia
Mailing address: A.A. 6713, Cali, Colombia
ciat@cgiar.org

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ADDRESSING HIV/AIDS THROUGH AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE SECTORS: A GUIDE FOR EXTENSION WORKERS        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
FAO -
FAO, ROME, 2004, pages 80
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English
This guide targets extension workers and development agent in order to enable them to contribute to address the rural epidemic through agriculture and natural resource sector initiatives. It provides basic facts about the disease, sources of risk of HIV infection and vulnerability in the context of rural communities, participatory tools. This publication also proposes actions to mobilise and strengthen these initiatives
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SEAGA publications
http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/main4_en.htm
SEAGA Web site
http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/index_en.htm



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Contact: Ilaria Sisto
Gender and Development Service (SDWW)
Gender and Population Division (SDW)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Ilaria.Sisto@fao.org

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ADDRESSING LEARNING NEEDS OF RURAL PEOPLE IN ASIA        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
ATCHOARENA DAVID
GASPERINI LAVINIA
FAO UNESCO IIEP, ROME, 2006, pages 81
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It is based on a seminar on Addressing learning needs of rural people through national plans for agriculture, organized by FAO and UNESCO, in May 2004. It reviews current issues and trends in ERP (Education for Rural People) for nine Asian countries. It focuses on measures taken in policy, planning, implementation and monitoring of ERP and discusses the status of ERP in EFA (Education for All) National Action Plans. It finally looks at the collaboration between education and agriculture ministries to meet the learning needs of rural people.
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Education for Rural People
http://www.fao.org/sd/erp/ERPPublications_en.htm



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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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ADVANCING IN EDUCATION: REACHING RURAL PEOPLE, DEVELOPING CAPACITIES A REPORT FROM THE IWGE MEETING        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
UNESCO - IIEP _
UNESCO, PARIS, 2006,
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This book attempts to draw out the main issues and themes discussing during the the International Working Group on Education (IWGE) held in June 2006 (Rome). The IWGE organizes informal meetings between key representatives concerned with the development of education policies in the donor agencies. The group meets about every 12 or 18 months for an intensive professional interchange on current policy issues.
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Contact: Education For Rural People group
NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
erp@fao.org

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ADVANCING IN EDUCATION: REACHING RURAL PEOPLE, DEVELOPING CAPACITIES. A REPORT FROM THE IWGE        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
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UNESCO , PARIS, 2006,
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at planners and educators on rural development. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This book summarizes the issues discussed during the IWGE held at FAO (Rome) from 11 to 14 June 2006. The IWGE is a group of donors which acts as a forum for high level discussions on policies for education. The book focuses on the disparities in education provision and calculates the costs for ensuring the achievement of the goal of universally primary education. It also analyses how to improve access to education in rural areas. In the ERP web site you can find the papers presented at the meeting.
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IIEP UNESCO Web site
http://www.iiep.unesco.org/



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Contact: IIEP UNESCO
IIEP UNESCO
Paris
France

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AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL EXTENSION WORLDWIDE: OPTIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools     Rural finance and Book-keeping         
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Non-formal education         
RIVERA WILLIAM M.
QAMAR M. KALIM
CROWDER L. VAN
FAO, ROME, 2001, pages 49
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English
This document addresses policy-makers, governments and institutions. The focus of this paper is on reform measures that promote food security and poverty alleviation among small-holders in low-income countries. It reviews and draws on a broad range of existing reform options and proposes a number of initiatives for institutional reform involving pluralism, decentralization and subsidiary, with an emphasis on participatory approaches.
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Journal of Extension
http://www.joe.org/



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A New Extension Vision for Food Security: Challenge to Change
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/006/Y5107E/Y5107E00.HTM
Agricultural Extension, Rural Development and the Food Security Challenge
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/006/Y5061E/Y5061E00.HTM

Contact: Kalim Qamar
Extension, Education and Communication
Research, Extension and Training
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
00390657054203
Kalim.Qamar@fao.org

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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (AET) STRATEGY FOR AGRICULTURE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
MAFUNZWAINI ALU
THAHANE LERATO
WORTH STEVE
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FAO, SOUTH AFRICA , 2003,
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English
The Agricultural Education and Training (AET) strategic plan addresses policy-makers and stakeholders. It represents the first effort to address AET holistically in a manner that focuses all role players. This strategic plan is based on a twelve-month process involving participatory research and consultation with AET stakeholders and role players at provincial and national levels. AET is concerned with the provision and maintenance of sound education and training to support an environmentally and economically sustainable agriculture.
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPMENT. BASIC BLACKSMITHING: A TRAINING MANUAL        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
STOKES J,B
FAO, ROME, 1992,
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English
This material is intended as a guide to assist instructors training blacksmiths and general metal workers who, after training, are likely to practise their skills in rural development areas. It illustrates techniques that are designed to facilitate successful completion of each job and mastery of the skills required.
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPMENT. INTERMEDIATE BLACKSMITHING:A TRAINING MANUAL        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
STOKES J.B
FAO, ROME, 1999,
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English
This publication addresses instructors who train blacksmiths in rural areas in developing countries. The book provides general information on techniques and materials of blacksmithing a traditional and relatively low-cost method of dealing with the problems of farm work, particularly in areas where machine shops are rare.
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Strenghtening Services in Agrifood System
http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/subjects/en/farmpower/index.html



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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
erp@fao.org

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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGES        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
RIVERA WILLIAM MCLEOD
QAMAR M. KALIM
FAO, ROME, 2003, pages 82
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English
This paper focuses on the role of agriculture and rural extension in the fight against poverty and food insecurity. It attempts to lead governments to adopt policies for reducing poverty and building a food secure world. The work provides conclusions and recommendations addressing policy makers.
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Research and Extension Unit
http://www.fao.org/sd/sdrr/index_en.asp



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Agricultural Education for Sustainable Rural Development: Challenges for Developing Countries in the 21st Century
http://tumi.lamolina.edu.pe/ipps/Nuevas%20Perspectivas%20DR/npdr13.pdf

Contact: Magdalena Blum
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Magdalena.Blum@fao.org

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AGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (AKIS/RD)         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
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FAO, ROME, 2000,
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English
This paper is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at planners and educators on rural development. It is also a useful tool for researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This paper illustrates the work of a group of technical staff of FAO and the World Bank concerned with agricultural education, research and extension - and their integration into rural development systems. They worked together towards the development of a Strategic Vision and Guiding Principles for AKIS/RD. An AKIS/RD is a system that links rural people and institutions to promote mutual learning and generate, share and utilize agriculture-related technology, knowledge and information. The system integrates farmers, agricultural educators, researchers and extensionists to harness knowledge and information from various sources for better farming and improved livelihoods. The AKIS/RD vision document is intended as a vehicle for sharing ideas and principles with the various stakeholders addressing the causes of and for seeking solutions to rural poverty.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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AGRICULTURE FOOD AND NUTRITION FOR AFRICA - A RESOURCE BOOK FOR TEACHERS OF AGRICULTURE        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
LUPIEN JOHN R.
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 1997,
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English
French
This book targets sub-Saharan Africa teachers of agriculture. It focuses specifically on ways to incorporate food and nutrition topics into agricultural training programmes by providing information on agricultural development, strengthening of food systems, social and economic progress and nutrition, health and education programmes.
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Contact: Ellen Muehlhoff
Nutrition Programmes Service (AGNP)
Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division (AGN)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
ellen.muehloff@fao.org

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ALIMENTACIÓN Y EDUCACIÓN PARA TODOS. DOCUMENTOS DE SÍNTESIS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              

FAO- AND UNESCO-IIEP, ROME AND PARIS, 2005,
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Spanish
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This booklet is the synthesis of the FAO/UNESCO seminar: “Educación para la Población Rural en América Latina: Alimentación y Educación para todos” that was held in Santiago de Chile the 3-5 August 2004. During the seminar important issues were discussed such as improving education access, curriculum planning, policies and capacity building activities aimed at fostering national, trainers and teachers capacity of making decisions
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Related links
Education for Rural People
http://www.fao.org/sd/erp/ERPPublications_en.htm



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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
erp@fao.org

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ALL TOGETHER NOW! COMMUNITY MOBILISATION FOR HIV/AIDS        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
INTERNATIONAL HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE -
INTERNATIONAL HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, 2006, pages 131
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English
"All Together Now!" is a toolkit on how to mobilize communities for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support, treatment, and impact mitigation. The toolkit takes communities through a process of starting together; assessing and planning together; acting together; monitoring, evaluating and reflecting together; and scaling up together.
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Related links
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
http://www.aidsalliance.org



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Contact: International HIV/AIDS Alliance
INTERNATIONAL HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE
Brighton
United Kingdom
Queensberry House 104-106 Queens Road,
+44 1273 718 900
publication@aidsalliance.org

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ASSESSING QUALITY AND SAFETY OF ANIMAL FEEDS        
subjects:  Animals and Pastoralism              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         


FAO, ROME, 2004,
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English
This book targets farmers , feed compounders, researches and plant breeders. This publication is intended to provide most recent information on the impact of animal feeds on food quality, food safety and the environment and to thus improve the basis for managing such risks which are increasingly at the centre of public and individual consumer attention.
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Animal Production and Health Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153

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ASSURING FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY: GUIDELINES FOR STRENGTHENING NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         

FAO AND WHO, ROME, 2003, pages 73
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English
French
Spanish
Arabic
Chinese
This publication targets national authorities concerned with ensuring food safety and quality, stakeholders and groups or associations that influence national policy. These guidelines provide advice on strategies to strengthen food control systems to protect public health, prevent fraud and deception, avoid food adulteration and facilitate trade. The aim is to enable authorities to choose the most suitable options for their food control systems in terms of legislation, infrastructure and enforcement mechanisms.
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Related links
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/



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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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AVAILABILITY ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      E-learning         
_ _
FAO, ROME, 2009,
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English
French
This training package targets policy makers, planners and trainers working on rural development. This course introduces the most commonly used methods to assess food availability at regional, national and local levels. It also provides examples and criteria for selecting the appropriate availability indicators in a country.
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Related links
Food Security Information for Action
http://www.foodsec.org/index.htm



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Food Security Information for Action Programme
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
information-for-action@fao.org

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BABY'S FOOD        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
ASIA/PACIFIC UNESCO
TOKYO, 2002, pages 12
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English
This manual targets neo-literates mothers. It contains recommendations for a healthy and well balanced diet for children and give basic medical suggestions about the importance of breastfeeding, on how to avoid undernourishment and dehydration.
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Related links
Healthy Food and Water
http://www.unicef.org/teachers/wishbook/wish12.htm



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Facts for life: Breastfeeding
http://www.unicef.org/ffl/05/
Facts for life: Nutrition and Growth
http://www.unicef.org/ffl/05/

Contact: Mari Takano
Education Division
ASIA/PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTRE FOR UNESCO (ACCU)
Tokyo
Japan
6 Fukuromachi, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8484
maritakano@accu.or.jp

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BASELINE FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENTS         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      E-learning         
_ _
FAO, ROME, 2009,
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English
French
This training package targets agricultural extension agents and trainers in rural areas. This course describes the purpose and features of baseline assessments and how they differ from action-oriented assessments. The course also provides guidance on selecting a baseline assessment method depending on the context, and on how to incorporate historical trends when conducting food security assessments.
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Related links
Food Security Information for Action
http://www.foodsec.org/index.htm



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Food Security Information for Action Programme
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
information-for-action@fao.org

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BEST PRACTICES FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF RURAL YOUTH - LESSON FROM ASIA        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Non-formal education         
FAO APEAEN (ASIA PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS IN AGRICULTURE
FAO, ROME, 2003,
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English
The book illustrates examples of internship programs of training in advanced farms in Japan, Philippines and Thailand. These programs consider that the best means to provide future farmers and future agricultural leaders with opportunities is to learn practical skills necessary for farm management. The programs played an important role in giving practical experiences to farm youth as well as students at various levels in agricultural education. The book provides a source of information for the teachers as well as trainers and others involved in formal and non formal education for rural people.
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Related links
APEAN (Asia Pacific Association of Educators in Agriculture and Environment)
http://www.apeaen.org/web/



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NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
erp@fao.org

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BETTER CROPS FROM HEALTY SOIL COMPOST        
subjects:  Soil and land rights              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
ASIA/PACIFIC UNESCO (ACCU) -
UNESCO, TOKYO, 2002, pages 15
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English
This booklet targets farmer communities and extension personnel to enable them to understand, with the help of drawings and dialogues, the role of soil in growing crops, to know about side effects of using chemical fertilizer as well as to learn how to make compost and to be able to use it in the field.
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Related links
Global Information and Early Warning System
http://www.fao.org/giews/english/fs/



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On Farm Composting Methods, FAO
http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/compost/docs/On-farm%20Composting%20methods%2014%2005%20021.pdf

Contact: Mari Takano
Education Division
UNESCO
Tokyo
Japan
Fukuromachi, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8484
+81-3-3269-4559
maritakano@accu.or.jp

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BETTER FARMING SERIES, TREES        
subjects:  Trees and Forests              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
FAO _
INADES _
FAO, ROME, 1977,
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The booklets of this series refer to intermediate level of agricultural education and training in English speaking countries, and look for agricultural development at the farm and family level. These booklets provide relevant information, descriptive and illustrative pictures on issues related to trees. The booklet Using fodder from trees and shrubs to feed livestock in the tropics, offers a description on how fodder grows from trees and shrubs and practical tips, while the book "The rubber tree", explains how to plant a rubber tree and how to harvest the latex.
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The rubber tree
English
Using fodder from trees and shrubs to feed livestock in the tropics
English
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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BETTER FARMING SERIES. ANIMALS        
subjects:  Animals and Pastoralism              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
FAO _
FAO - INSTITUTE AFRICAIN POUR LE DÉVÉLOPPEMENT ÉCONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL, ROME, 1977,
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These booklets target extension workers and small scale farmers by improving their knowledge on management, reproduction, feeding, breeding and animal diseases. They are supported by descriptive and illustrative pictures which help extension workers and small - scale farmers to develop better the effective application of existing knowledge to traditional production system.
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Animal husbandry: feeding and care of animals
English
Farming with animal power
English
Raising rabbits 1
English
Raising rabbits 2
English
Sheep and goat breeding
English
Animal husbandry: animals disease, animals reproduce
English
Cattle breeding
English
Farming snails 1
English
Farming snails 2
English
Raising ducks 1
English
Feeding animals on straw
English
Keeping chickens
English
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FAO
Rome
Italy

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BETTER FARMING SERIES. ANIMALS 2        
subjects:  Animals and Pastoralism              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
FAO -
FAO, ROME, 1995,
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These booklets target the small-scale farmers. They are related to animal feeding and provide information about use and processing of cassava and sweet potatoes that are a very good energy sources for animals. The booklets are supported by descriptive and illustrative pictures which help small-scale farmers to exploit to the utmost the effective application of the existing knowledge on Cassava and the way to use it in feeding animals
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Multinutrient Block Handbook
English
Processing of cassava and sweet potatoes for animal feeding
English
Use of cassava and sweet potatoes in animal feeding
English
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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BETTER FARMING SERIES. FRESHWATER FISH FARMING        
subjects:  Fisheries and Aquaculture              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
FAO -
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 1979,
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These booklets target fishermen by improving their knowledge on principles and techniques on fish farming and the implications of aquaculture development for food security. This publication is supported by descriptive and illustrative pictures which help small - scale fishermen to better develop the effective application of existing knowledge to traditional production system.
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Better freshwater fish farming. The pond
English
Better freshwater fish farming. The fish
English
Better freshwater fish farming. How to begin
English
Better freshwater fish farming. Further improvement
English
Better freshwater fish farming. Raising fish in pens and cages
English
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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BETTER FARMING SERIES. PLANTS        
subjects:  Plants              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 1976,
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These booklets, addressed small-scale farmers, include all the practices in order to providing information on planting practices and harvest processing. They are supported by descriptive and illustrative pictures, which help small-scale farmers to better develop the effective application of existing knowledge to the traditional production system.
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The plants: the living plants; the root
English
The plants: the stem; the buds; the leaves
English
The plant: the flower
English
Crop farming
English
Cereals
English
Roots and tubers
English
Bananas
English
Upland rice
English
Wet paddy or swamp rice
English
Cocoa
English
Coffee
English
The oil palm
English
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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BETTER FARMING SERIES. RURAL FINANCE        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
FAO -
FAO-INADES, ROME, 1976,
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These booklets are intended for use by extension workers and farm and family as well. The objective of these booklets is to provide a conceptual framework and an empirical evidence of farm business change in relation to the adoption and development of alternative farm enterprises. The booklets adopt various business typologies supported by descriptive and illustrative pictures which help small - scale farmers to develop better the effective application of existing knowledge to traditional production system.
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The farm business survey
English
The modern farm business
English
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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BETTER FARMING SERIES. SOIL        
subjects:  Soil and land rights              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
FAO -
FAO, ROME, 1976,
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These booklets target farmers by improving their knowledge on principles and techniques related to the soil and they are supported by descriptive and illustrative pictures which help small-scale farmers to better develop the effective application of existing knowledge to traditional production system.
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The soil: how the soil is made up
English
The soil: how to conserve the soil
English
The soil: how to improve the soil
English
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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BIOSAFETY MANUAL        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
FAO _
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY , USA, 1998, pages 146
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English
This manual is a a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This manual addresses specialists involved in the handling and manipulation of biological agents and toxins. This manual provides university-wide safety guidelines, policies and procedures for the use of biohazards; it also recommends work practices in order to establish an environment for high quality research while maintaining a safe work place, comply with applicable federal, state and local requirements.
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Related links
Biosafety Resources FAO Web site
http://www.fao.org/sd/sdrr/biosafety/index_en.asp
Michigan State University Extension
http://www.msue.msu.edu/portal/



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Contact: Michigan State University - Office of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Safety
orcbs@msu.edu

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BIOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR CONSERVATION AND USE OF PLANTS. A SCHOOL PLAY FOR SENIOR STUDENTS         
subjects:  Biodiversity     Plants         
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
SPEEDY ROPHMATHY
FAO , ROME, 2007,
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English
The book’s aim is to help young students learn about biotechnology. The volume explains how a knowledge of biotechnology can help conserve genetic resources for food and agriculture. The book contains story line, script and graphic design. The target are educators and trainers on rural development and planners. It is also a useful tool for university’s students and teachers. The volume is both entertaining and educational.
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153

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BREAKING THROUGH - A MANUAL FOR FIELD WORKERS AND RURAL WOMEN ON GROUP FORMATION.         
subjects:  Gender              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              

FAO, CHINA, 1995,
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English
This guide targets extension workers and development agents in order to enable them to contribute to address the rural epidemic through agriculture and natural resource sector initiatives. This manual is one of the tools for rural women to address various issues related to lack of self-reliance on the one hand and on exploring approaches for self-transformation towards self-reliance on the other hand. The core objective of the "Women Population and Development" programme of China is to provide opportunities for rural poor women to achieve a certain level of self-reliance, in the belief that once women regain control on their lives they will be able to improve their general economic and social situation.
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Related links
Gender and Food Security Web site
http://www.fao.org/gender/gender.htm



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Education in Agriculture Links with Development in Africa
http://www.fao.org/sd/exdirect/exan0008.htm
Women in Agricultural Education and Extension
http://www.fao.org/sd/exdirect/exan0016.htm

Contact: Ilaria Sisto
Gender and Development Service (SDWW)
Gender and Population Division (SDW)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Ilaria.Sisto@fao.org

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BUILDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES AND NETWORKS        
subjects:  Communication              
levels and types of education: E-learning              
THE IMARK STEERING GROUP _
FAO,
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English
This module targets responsible for information management in agricultural agencies, institutions and networks, as well as groups of individuals with shared interests in agricultural and rural development. This module is a computer-based distance learning resource accessible on CD and via the Internet. The module covers the approaches, methods, and tools used to build electronic communities, as well as the procedures for developing and facilitating electronic communities.
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Related links
The Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK)
http://www.imarkgroup.org/index_en.asp



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Contact: IMARK initiative
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
Charlotte.Masiello@fao.org

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BUILDING ON GENDER, AGRO BIODIVERSITY AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. A TRAINING MANUAL        
subjects:  Gender     Biodiversity         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
GUENDEL SABINE
FAO, ROME, 2006, pages 177
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
French
This training manual constitutes a conceptual guide for trainers working on agrobiodiversity management and food security. It focuses specifically on the linkages between local knowledge systems, gender roles and the conservation and management of agrobiodiversity. Its aim is to promote a holistic understanding of these components. The training objective is to strengthen the institutional capacity in the agricultural sector and to recognize and foster these linkages in the relevant programmes and policies.
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Contact: Regina Laub
Economic and Social Development Department (ES)
Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division (ESW)

FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Regina.laub@fao.org

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BUILDING ON GENDER, AGROBIODIVERSITY AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. FACT SHEETS         
subjects:  Gender     Biodiversity         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 2005,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
This training manual targets trainers, extension workers; it focuses specifically on the linkages between local knowledge systems, gender roles and the conservation and management of agrobiodiversity by promoting a holistic understanding of these components. The training objective is to strengthen the institutional capacity in the agricultural sector and to recognize and foster these linkages in the relevant programmes and policies.
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CHALLENGES TO LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
English
GENDER DYNAMICS AND AGROBIODIVERSITY
English
GENDER, BIODIVERSITY LOSS, AND CONSERVATION LOSING GROUND
English
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AS PART OF AGROBIODIVERSITY
English
RECOGNIZING GENDER ASPECTS IN AGROBIODIVERSITY INITIATIVES
English
SHAPING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND AGROBIODIVERSITY
English
WHAT IS FOOD SECURITY
English
WHAT IS GENDER
English
WHAT IS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
English
VALUES AND BENEFITS OF AGROBIODIVERSITY FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
English
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These fact sheets are related to the training manual “Building on gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge.

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Economic and Social Development Department (ES)
Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division (ESW)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Regina.laub@fao.org

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CALENDARIO DE CULTIVOS. AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE        
subjects:  Plants              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education     Teachers' training     
LARINDE MICHEAL
FAJARDO JUAN
FAO, ROME, 2006,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Spanish
This publication provides information on planting dates, seed rates and other basic information related to crop production in the Latin America and Caribbean countries and is to be used in planning and management of activities related to seeds and crops, in particular in the timely provision of seeds to vulnerable farmers after disasters. Seed must be available for planting by farmers at the right time, in sufficient quantity and appropriate quality of varieties adapted to the particular agroecological zone where they are to be grown. A detailed knowledge of the planting periods in the different agricultural areas of a country is critical to the success of seed relief activities to boost food supply and create food security.
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Related links
Agricultura 21
http://www.fao.org/ag/esp/default.htm



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Contact: Juan Fajardo
Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service
Plant Production and Protection Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
juan.fajardo@fao.org

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CAN NUTRITION EDUCATION MAKE A DIFFERENCE?        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Primary education     Teachers' training          
MUEHLHOFF E.
FAO, _, 2005,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This paper is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It was presented at the 18th International Congress on Nutrition (Durban, South Africa, September 2005) and is in the nature of a report on work-in-progress of the Education in developing the “nutrition education programme for basic schools” (Grades 1 to 7) in Zambia. The programme objectives were to contribute to improving the health and nutritional status of Zambian schoolchildren aged 7-13 years, and to improve the relevance and quality of education.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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CAPACITY BUILDING FOR DRAINAGE IN NORTH AFRICA        
subjects:  Water              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
DENECKE HARRY
FAO/IPTRID, ROME, 2002,
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English
This document on the International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage (IPTRID), is designed for governments and policy-makers. The Programme facilitated and organized missions to study and document the status of drainage and capacity building needs in eight countries in the region: Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia. IPTRID conducted a regional workshop on this subject in Cairo on 2001. This publication describes the proceedings of that workshop and contains the technical papers presented by resource persons and country participants, as well as the country assessments.
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153

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CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR WATER IN AGRICULTURE        
subjects:  Water              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
FAO _
FAO, ROME,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This database is a useful tool both for people in search of capacity development opportunities for water in agriculture and those offering courses/events in this area. It is a joint initiative of the Water Resources, Development and Management Service of FAO and the International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage (IPTRID). The database contains relevant information on course/event provider, duration, target group as well as contact information in order to obtain further details.
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Related links


E- network, Strategic Planning of Water Resources. Asia and the Pacific
http://www.spm-water-ap.net/spm/



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Contact: Julian Martinez Beltran
Water Resources, Development and Management Service
Land and Water Development Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
farmer-water-training@fao.org

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CASE STUDY ON EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR HILL TRIBES IN NORTHEN THAILAND. IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              


FAO, BANGKOK, 2002,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This research targets governments; it analyses the impact of support activities by the Royal Thai Government in promoting education opportunities for hill tribe people. It focuses on how education opportunities can contribute to sustainable rural development. The research examines relevant activities for participatory and grass-roots development, as well as promotion of indigenous knowledge.
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Related links
Education for Rural People
http://www.fao.org/sd/erp/ERPPublications_en.htm



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Education for Rural People
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
erp@fao.org

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CASSAVA PROCESSING        
subjects:  Plants     Food and Nutrition and School Gardening         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Teachers' training          
GRACE M.R.
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 1997,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This publication targets cassava (manioc) farmers. The book explains the cultivation and the human and animal feed use of this plant. Cassava (or manioc) is also cultivated for commercial and industrial production, so that it can be very important in rural economy. The term cassava (manioc in French-speaking countries) is usually applied in Europe and the United States of America to the roots of the cassava plant, whereas tapioca denotes baked products of cassava flour.
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Contact: M.R. GRACE
Plant Production and Protection Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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CHILD-FRIENDLY HYGIENE AND SANITATION FACILITIES IN SCHOOLS        
subjects:  Water              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
INTERNATIONAL WATER AND SANITA -
INTERNATIONAL WATER AND SANITATION CENTRE, DELFT, 2005, pages 46
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This book is a tool for primary school teachers willing to use a creative child-oriented linkage between hygiene promotion and the design of hygiene and sanitation facilities.
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Related links
Toolkit on Hygiene Sanitation and Water in schools
http://www.schoolsanitation.org/index.html



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Learning to Grow up with a Sanitation Culture
http://www.schoolsanitation.org/Resources/Readings/Nepal_Case%20Study%20Ban.doc
School Health Tool Kit
http://www.schoolsanitation.org/Resources/Readings/Fresh%20School%20Health%20TOOLKIT.doc

Contact: Paul Van Koppen
INTERNATIONAL WATER AND SANITATION CENTRE
Delft
The Netherlands
PO BOX 2869 2601 CW
koppen@irc.nl

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CHILD-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS MANUAL        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Primary education              
UNICEF _
UNICEF, 2009, pages 201
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English
French
Spanish
This Manual is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at education policy makers, planners and practitioners. The Manual presents the child-friendly school (CFS) model, which is a holistic instrument for pulling together a comprehensive range of interventions in quality education for every girl and boy. It has been developed by UNICEF as a reference document and practical guidebook to help countries implement Child Friendly Schools approach in their education systems.
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UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/



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Contact: Maida Pasic
UNICEF
mpasic@unicef.org

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CHILDREN AND BIODIVERSITY.         
subjects:  Biodiversity              
levels and types of education: Primary education              
FAO -
FAO, ROME, 2003,
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These booklets are a useful tool for teachers. Since one of the best ways to learn good agricultural practices is in the classroom itself, FAO has prepared a series of booklets and teacher's guides on Agriculture Practices, Biodiversity and Environmental Education. Each book covered a particular agro-ecological zone. The purpose of the booklets is to explain the links between the environment and the agro-pastoral practices used by farming families and communities. The booklets will teach them how nature works, what their local natural resources are and how these resources can be used in a sustainable manner. In this way, the booklets will encourage young people to appreciate their environment and become responsible for it by protecting and improving the productivity of their land and sharing what they learn within their communities. The booklets are in a "comic book" format to make learning and teaching easier and more attractive. Each chapter includes a series of exercises and activities designed to stimulate the students' imaginations and to record their own experiences and what they have learned from the chapter. The booklets are produced in international languages (Arabic, French, English) and contain illustrations of local landscapes, animals and vegetation.
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Creation and Maintenance of a Wildlife Reserve
Arabic
Discovering the Talila Reserve
English
Pastoral Lifestyle and use of the Savannah
English
Discovering the natural resources of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region.
English
Tous ensemble pour l'avenir du Sahel
French
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Related links
Grassland and Pasture Crops web site
http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/pasture/spectopics/illustbook.htm
Grassland and Pasture Crops web site
http://www.fao.org/ag/grassland.htm
websites aimed at raising the awareness of children and youth on issues related to biodiversity and agriculture.
http://www.fao.org/wfd/

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Contact: Batello Caterina
Grassland and Pasture Crops Group
Crop and Grassland Service (AGPC)
Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Caterina.batello@fao.org

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CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping     Food and Nutrition and School Gardening         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
IFPRI
1999,
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This series of guides introduces development practitioners to a statistical software package, Classification and Regression Tree (CART), that addresses problems of vulnerability to famine, chronic food insecurity, and other failures of entitlement. It outlines the methods of setting up a CART-based information system to identify indicators of these problems. CART is a 3-2 nonparametric technique that can select from among a large number of variables and their interactions that are most important in determining the outcome variable to be explained.
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Classification and Regression Trees: An Introduction
English
Classification and Regression Trees, CART: A User Manual for Identifying Indicators of Vulnerability to Famine and Chronic Food Security. Microcompute
English
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Related links
www.ifpri.org




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Contact:
IFPRI (INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE)
Washington, DC 20006-1002
USA
2033 K Street, NW
ifpri@cgiar.org

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY: A FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Non-formal education         
_ _
FAO, ROME, 2008,
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English
This paper is a useful tool for policy makers, trainers and extension workers on rural development. This paper seeks to illuminate the potential impacts of climate change on food security at the local level. This phenomena is viewed within the larger framework of changing earth system dynamics and observable changes in multiple socio-economic and environmental variables. It describes adopting practices that enable vulnerable people to protect existing livelihood systems, diversify their sources of income, change their livelihood strategies.
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Contact: _
Interdepartmental Working Group on Climate Change
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 2006        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              

FAO, ROME, 2006,
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English
French
Spanish
The Codex Alimentarius, or the food code, addresses consumers, food producers and processors, national food control agencies and the international food trade. The Codex Alimentarius Commission was established in 1962 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and by the World Health Organization (WHO). With more than 170 member countries, the Commission is a worldwide forum on food safety, consumer protection and fair practices in the food trade. The Codex Alimentarius is a continuously updated guide for governments and other interested parties in the regulatory framework needed for food control systems, food safety and consumer protection. The international standards contained in the Codex Alimentarius are recognized as benchmarks by the World Trade Organization (WTO). Over 400 standards, guidelines and codes of practice have been adopted to date on: food labelling and crop hygiene, commodities, food safety assessment for food derived from biotechnology, methods of analysis and sampling, food inspection and certification procedures.
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Related links
FAO NUTRITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/index_en.stm
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/



Related articles
Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts new standards
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/it/news/2006/1000361/index.html

Contact:
Publishing Management Service
Information Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
+39(06)5705.1;
codex@fao.org

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COLLABORATION AND ADVOCACY TECHNIQUES         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      E-learning         
_ _
FAO, ROME, 2009,
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English
French
This training package targets agricultural extension agents and trainers in rural areas. This course illustrates a wide range of tools and techniques that can be used to improve collaboration and knowledge sharing, and provides guidance on conducting collaborative food security assessments. The course also introduces the concept of advocacy and the various advocacy techniques required to influence different audiences.
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Related links
Food Security Information for Action
http://www.foodsec.org/index.htm



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Contact: _
Food Security Information for Action Programme
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
information-for-action@fao.org

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COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES: A MANUAL FOR IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS        
subjects:  Water              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education     Teachers' training     
RAVNBORG HELLE MUNK
GUERRRERO MARIA DEL PILAR
WESTERM OLAF
CIAT (INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE), 2000,
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English
This manual presents a methodology for identifying groups of stakeholders that exist in all microwatersheds. The manual is directed at technicians who work as facilitators (of actions and decisions) with users of natural resources in rural areas. It teaches them how to identify different interests that exist in the microwatershed, through a series of meetings, interviews, and analysis of questionnaires.
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Contact:
CIAT (INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE)
Cali
Colombia
Location: Recta Cali-Palmira, km 17 Mailing address: A.A. 6713
ciat@cgiar.org

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COMBINED PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: TRAINING MANUAL        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
DIFFERENT AUTHORS
FAO, 2003, pages 67
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English
This manual is intended for food producers, traders, processors, extension agents and rural development practitioners. It provides techniques for the preservation of fruits and vegetables, adding value and in the process minimising losses.
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Related links
Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division
http://intranet.fao.org/offsiteframe.jsp?uu=http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGS/Ags.htm



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Training Manual on Postharvest Research and Technology Development for Tomato and Chilli in RETA 6208 Countries
http://www.avrdc.org/postharvest/training/PHT_research_training_manual-english.pdf

Contact: Mejia-Lorio Danilo Jacinto
Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Danilo.Mejía@fao.org

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COMMON DISEASES OF SMALL GRAIN CEREALS - A GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION        
subjects:  Plants              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
ZILINSKY F.J.
CIMMYT (INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER), MEXICO, D.F., MEXICO, 1983,
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English
This manual targets breeders, agronomists, and young scientists, especially in developing countries, who are responsible for identifying and recording trial data, screening cereals for disease resistance, and verifying the disease reactions of plant material. It provides information for the identification of more than 70 diseases affecting bread wheat, durum wheat, barley, oats, rye, and triticale.
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Related links
www.cimmyt.org




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Contact: CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)
Mexico, D.F
Mexico
Apdo. Postal 6-641, 06600

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COMMUNICATING FOOD POLICY RESEARCH: A GUIDEBOOK        
subjects:  Communication              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
KLAUS VON GREBMER
BABU SURESH
VALERIE RHOE AND MICHAEL RU
IFPRI (INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE), 2005,
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English
This manual aims to help researchers enhance their communication skills. It highlights basic principles of policy communication. It includes guidelines for targeting and reaching selected audiences as well as exercises for applying those guidelines.
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Contact:
IFPRI (INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE)
Washington, DC 20006-1002
USA
2033 K Street, NW
: ifpri@cgiar.org

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COMMUNICATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE 9TH UN ROUNDTABLE ON COMMUNICATICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT        
subjects:  Communication     Education and Training Planning Tools         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
FAO _
FAO , ROME, 2007,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This paper summarizes the contribution of communication to sustainable development, gives a definition of sustainable development and presents the future trends, challenges and priorities of communication for development. It describes the current debate on globalization and localization and its consequences for research on communication for sustainable development and as well the possible impact of communication for development on the Millennium Development Goals. This paper is a useful tool for educators on rural development, planners and all those involved in the analysis and application of communication and the use of media.
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Contact: Riccardo Del Castello
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Riccardo.delcastello@fao.org

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COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT. A MEDIUM FOR INNOVATION IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT        
subjects:  Communication              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Non-formal education         
RAMÍREZ RICARDO
QUARRY WENDY
IDRC AND FAO, 2004, pages 24
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English
French
Spanish
Arabic
This document explains how communication for development can increase the community knowledge-base, facilitate exchange of knowledge and information on natural resource management and promote agricultural practices. It targets policy-makers, planners and practitioners. It helps them to develop awareness on the importance of communication for development activities which can support a sustainable natural resource management.
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Related links
Local Water Supply and Management: a Compendium of 30 Years of IDRC-Funded Research
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-3317-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html



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Strategic Thinking. Analysing how Decision Makers Perceive Communication for Social Change
http://www.comminit.com/strategicthinking/st2005/thinking-1320.html

Contact: Sustainable Development Department
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
http://www.fao.org http://www.fao.org/sd/

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COMMUNITY NUTRITION CD-ROM        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Non-formal education         
TALC -
TALC, 2006,
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English
Community Nutrition is a new CD-ROM containing nutrition materials for health care workers in resource-poor areas. The CD-ROM was produced by TALC with financial support from UNICEF and other donors. The disk contains hundreds of nutrition-related resources contributed by a variety of organisations involved with nutrition in developing countries.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Related links
Talk - Teaching-aids At Low Cost
http://www.talcuk.org/



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Contact: Claire Thrower
Talk Administration
TALC
St Albans
UK
Herts AL1 57X
44 (0) 1727 853869
info@talcuk.org

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COMMUNITY RADIO HANDBOOK        
subjects:  Communication              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
FRASER COLIN
UNESCO, PARIS, 2001, pages 105
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English
French
This handbook is a basic comprehensive and practical reader for communication students, researchers and planners and a must for prospective rural community broadcasters. It shows that ordinary people, even non-technical rural folk can plan, set up, manage and produce radio programmes by themselves with a minimum of dependence of outside help for technical advice and training or for funds and equipment.
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Related links
FAO Rural Radio Web site
http://www.fao.org/sd/ruralradio/en/24555/



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Rural radio as a social enquiry tool
http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/kn0804_en.htm

Contact: Iskra Panevskra
Communication Development
UNESCO
Paris
France
1, rue Miollis 75015
+331 45684025
i.panevska@unesco.org

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COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST RESOURCE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT. VOL 1        
subjects:  Trees and Forests              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
MEANS KATHERINE
JOSAYMA CYNTHIA
FAO, ROME, 2002, pages 321
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English
This document is for trainers who help work collaboratively in community forestries. This training package examines conflict within forest resource use and community-based forest management and offers strategies for managing it. It aims to support diverse and multiple forest user groups to manage conflicts that inevitably arise in the protection, use and control of forest resources.
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Related links

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Contact: VanLierop Pieter
Forestry Policy and Institutions Branch (FONP)
Forestry Policy and Planning Division (FON)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Pieter.vanlierop@fao.org

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COMPENDIUM OF EXPERIENCES OF ITALIAN NGOS IN EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Non-formal education         
EMILIANI MARINA
GASPERINI LAVINIA
FAO, ROME, 2002,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This compendium is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students, NGOs and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. The compendium details research undertaken as part of FAO led ERP flagship initiative to support basic education for rural people. It includes summaries of 36 education projects benefiting rural people, identified among the activities of approximately 150 Italian NGOs. The projects described in the Compendium indicate that Italian NGO’s are serving a wide variety of vital learning needs of different subgroups of children, youth and adults. They address the poorer rural areas of the developing world, often reaching the people who are not assisted by state interventions and targeting crucial issues for rural development and sustainable livelihoods such as literacy as a cross cutting issue and basic life skills related to nutrition, health and HIV/AIDS, agriculture, small and micro enterprise, human rights, and broadening community participation.
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Related links

Related articles

Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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COMPUTERIZING AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES: A PRACTICAL GUIDE        
subjects:  Communication     Education and Training Planning Tools         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Teachers' training          

FAO, ROME , 2004,
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English
French
Spanish
This manual is written for developing country cooperatives that are just starting to consider whether or not to computerize. It addresses managers, trainers and policy makers with little experience in working with computers. It also provides guidance and ensures that the first attempt to computerize will be a successful one. It is based on a review of computerization experiences in Asia, Africa and South America
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Contact: Bernd Seiffert
Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
bern.seiffert@fao.org

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CONSERVAR EL MEDIO AMBIENTE: UNA TAREA DE TODOS. MANUAL DE EDUCACION AMBIENTAL, PARA PROFESORES DE PRIMARIA        
subjects:  Biodiversity              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
BETTE CLAUDIA
URRELO OSVALDO
FAO, SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA, 2001,
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Spanish
This manual targets rural teachers of primary schools; it aims at providing teachers with tools to plan didactic activities on environmental education in order to make children aware of daily action of protection and preservation of the natural resources .This guide also furnishes information on the role of rural teachers in rural community who has not only to provide information but also to provide values.
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Related links

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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education group
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
erp@fao.org

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CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COTTON FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS. EXPERIENCES FROM PARAGUAY        
subjects:  Soil and land rights     Plants         
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
LANGE DIRK
MORIYA KEN
FAO AND GTZ, ASUNCIÓN, 2004, pages 31
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This paper reports the study on Conservation Agriculture (CA) cotton on smallholder farmers living in Paraguay. It illustrates the contribution of the CA System in reducing soil disturbance through alternative technique (such as direct seeding and crop rotation) and minimizing the damage to the environment caused by the conventional tillage system. It also highlights the limits and provides conclusions about this approach.
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Related links
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department
http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/index.html
Conservation Agriculture
http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/8.html



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The Economics of Conservation Agriculture
ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/agll/docs/ecconsagr.pdf

Contact: Theodor Friedrich
Crop and Grassland Service
Plant Production and Protection Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
theodor.friedrich@fao.org

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CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE. CASE STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA        
subjects:  Trees and Forests     Soil and land rights     Plants    
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
BOT ALEXANDRA
BENITES JOSÉ
FAO, ROME, 2001, pages 69
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English
This publication shows how conservation agriculture can increase crop production, reduce soils erosion and improve rural livelihoods in developing countries. Three criteria, i.e. no mechanical soil disturbance, permanent soil cover and crop rotations, distinguish conservation agriculture from a conventional agricultural system. The report, through a review of conservation- effective systems of land use in Africa and Latin America, presents the set of conditions necessary for farming systems to be sustainable.
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Related links
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department
http://www.fao.org/ag/
Land and Plant Nutrition Management Service
http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/index.stm



Related articles

Contact: Jose Benites
Land Tenure and Management Unit
Land and Water Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
jose.benites@fao.org

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CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ARTISANAL FISHING HARBOURS AND VILLAGE LANDINGS        
subjects:  Fisheries and Aquaculture              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
SCIORTINO J. A.
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 1995, pages 137
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English
French
Spanish
This booklet targets small-scale artisanal fishers to help them understand how to make the best use of their resources in building a good serviceable shelter, which may one day be upgraded to a fishing harbour. It includes how finding an ideal site, making a site survey, building a good fishing shelter, identifying construction materials, equipment and other mechanical components and maintaining a shelter.
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Related links
FAO Fisheries Web site
http://www.fao.org/fi/default.asp



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Contact: Jeremy Turner
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Fishing Technology Service (FIIT)
Fish Products and Industry Division (FII)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
+39 0657056446
jeremy.turner@fao.org

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COOK ISLANDS. YOUNG AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools     Food and Nutrition and School Gardening         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
_ _
FAO , FAO, 2009, pages 76
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English
This manual is a useful tool for policy makers, planners and university professors and students. The basics of agricultural business development are explored in this manual. Focus is placed on farm and business planning and on using money management tools (market appraisal, cost of production, business plans, and cash flow) and on other best business practices. Some attention is given to best practices in crop production.
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Contact:
FAO - GOVERNMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS
cimoa@oyster.net.ck

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CULTIVATING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO GROW AFRICAN AGRICULTURE        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
THE WORLD BANK
THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT / THE WORLD BANK, 2007,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
To enable their agriculture to grow, developing nations now face the need to produce the additional knowledge and new skills. Human capital development through agricultural education and training (AET) is an essential component of all agricultural development strategies. When substantial changes take place in the context for agricultural development—such as are now occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)—the agricultural education and training system must be adjusted accordingly. In a number of African countries, such adjustments are already underway. This guide is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at planners and educators on rural development. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Related links
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/rural



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Contact:
WORLD BANK
Washington, DC 20433
ard@worldbank.org

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CULTIVO DE ANTERAS DE ARROZ EN EL DESARROLLO DE GERMOPLASMA         
subjects:  Plants              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
LENTINI ZAIDA
MARTINEZ CESAR
ROCA WILLIAM
CIAT (INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE), 1997,
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English
This manual targets rice farmers and researchers. The dynamics of rice pests (harmful arthropods, diseases, and weeds) increase both rice research costs and market prices. To counteract the serious loss of yield (20%) to pests in Latin America, the manual offers rice farmers and researchers up-to-date methods of control, thresholds of damage, and integrated management strategies.
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Contact:
CIAT (INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE)
Cali
Colombia
Location: Recta Cali-Palmira, km 17 Mailing address: A.A. 6713
ciat@cgiar.org

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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GUIDE        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
EL SAWI GWEN
FAO, ROME, 1996,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This book aims at integrating population education with non- formal education and various development programmes. It has been thought for field workers and out-of-school youth and adults. The manual offers some practical and simple examples of methods and strategies on population education experienced by people of developing countries as a reference model. The target audience are teachers in rural areas.
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Contact: ERP
NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delel terme di Caracalla
erp@fao.org

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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GUIDE: POPULATION EDUCATION FOR NON-FORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL RURAL YOUTH        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
EL SAWI GWEN
FAO, ROME, 1996,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This guide is intended to serve as a model for curriculum developers. It focuses on the curriculum development process that is divided into four phases: planning, content and method, implementation, and evaluation. It also provides suggestions and examples that can be adapted and changed to fit specific circumstances, audiences and environments.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING AND ADVOCACY MATERIAL         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools     Food and Nutrition and School Gardening         
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 2008,
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English
This curriculum is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at planners and educators on rural development. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. The curriculum includes four units: Introduction to the Right to Food, Assessing the status of the Right to Food, Implementing measures to realize the Right to Food, Monitoring the Human Right to Adequate Food. These topics can be proposed at various levels and eventually be used for tailored courses.
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CURSO DE GESTIÓN DE AGRONEGOCIOS EN EMPRESAS ASOCIATIVAS RURALES EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
RIVEROS HERNANDO
SANTACOLMA PILAR
TARTANAC FLORENCE
FAO, ROME, 2005,
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Spanish
The objective of this manual is to improve the agribusiness management capabilities of leaders and managers of associative agro-enterprises as well as technicians from government, NGO or private sectors, who provide technical assistance to these agro-enterprises. The manual is made up of four modules: agro-food systems, food value chain and competitiveness; associative enterprises; applied planning to associative agro-enterprises and post-harvest and support services. Each module is complemented with presentations, a guide with complementary readings, a facilitator guide and the curriculum design.
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Agricultural Management , Marketing and Finance Service
Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
pilar.santacoloma@fao.org

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DECENTRALIZATION AND RURAL PROPERTY TAXATION        
subjects:  Soil and land rights     Rural finance and Book-keeping         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
KEITH SIMON
MCCLUSKY WILLIAM
FAO, ROME, 2004,
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English
French
Spanish
Arabic
russian
This guide targets land administrators involved in the design and implementation of rural property tax systems; it provides advice to introduce new property tax systems or to expand or reform existing ones. This publication describes how rural property taxes can be a vital source of revenue for rural communities, and provides a chronological checklist for the implementation of reforms.
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Land and Water Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle terme di Caracalla 00153
mika.torhonen@fao.org

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DEVELOPING FOOD-BASED DIETARY GUIDELINES. A MANUAL FROM THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN         
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 2007,
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English
The purpose of book is to provides nutrition and related-health recommendations to the general population nad promote appropriate diets and healthy lifestyles. It is a tool for nutrition education and behaviour change to be used by health providers, teachers, extension agents and others working directly with the public. Information focuses on common foods, portion sizes, and behaviours using language and symbols that the public can easily understand. Each country should develop its own set of guidelines because differences in lifestyles, cultures and public health priorities can exist between countries.
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Sub-Regional Representative for the Caribbean
FAO
Rome
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DEVELOPING REGIONAL POVERTY PROFILES BASED ON LOCAL PERCEPTIONS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
RAVNBORG H.M.
CIAT (INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE), 1999,
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English
This maunal is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners in order to help them conceptualize effective development programmes. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It moves away from conventional, standardized definitions of poverty to describe a nine-step method of building a regional poverty profile based on the perceptions that local inhabitants have of the different levels of "well-being" or poverty. This method was developed through fieldwork in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Honduras, and Nicaragua at different periods between 1989 and 1998.
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Cali
Colombia
Location: Recta Cali-Palmira, km 17 Mailing address: A.A. 6713
ciat@cgiar.org

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DISTANCE EDUCATION AND DISTANCE LEARNING: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     E-learning    
MCLEAN SCOTT
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 2001, pages 29
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English
This book addresses teachers and education planners. It introduces the concepts of distance education and distance learning, and reviews the general parameters of past distance education experiences in developing countries. The paper proposes a set of distance education principles, and concludes with suggestions regarding the integration of distance education and distance learning strategies into the FAO programme of work.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION AND DISTANCE LEARNING: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: E-learning     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
WAICENT OUTREACH PROGRAMME _
MCLEAN SCOTT
FAO, ROME, 2001,
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English
This paper is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and s how distance education and distance learning strategies could be usefully applied to the challenges of food security and rural development. Over the past decade, there has been a resurgence of international interest in distance education and distance learning as potentially useful strategies for addressing human development issues. This resurgence has been rooted in part in the evolution of new information and communications technologies, and in part in the improvement of pedagogical and administrative models for facilitating learning at a distance. FAO is deeply involved with processes of education and learning connected to its mandate.
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DISTANCE LEARNING FOR FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE UNITED NATIONS FOO        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: E-learning     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
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THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING (IRRODLT) , 2002,
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English
This article is a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This article introduces the FAO's work, and describes its interest in the application of distance learning strategies pertinent to the challenges of food security and rural development around the world. The article briey reviews pertinent examples of distance learning, both from the experience of FAO and elsewhere, and summarises a complex debate about the potential of distance learning in developing countries. The paper elaborates practical suggestions for applying distance learning strategies to the challenges of food security and rural development.
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FAO
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Italy
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DIVERSIFICATION BOOKLETS        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening     Animals and Pastoralism         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
BRADBEAR NICOLA
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 2004,
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The main target audience for FAO Diversification booklets are people and organizations that provide advisory, business and technical support services to resource-poor small-scale farmers and local communities in low- and middle-income countries. FAO Diversification booklets aim to raise awareness and provide information about opportunities at the farm and local community level to increase small-scale farmer income. Each booklet will focus on a specific farm or non-farm enterprise or technology that experience has shown can be integrated successfully into small farms or at a local community level.
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Livelihoods grow in gardens.
English
French
Spanish
Poultry for profit and pleasure
English
French
Spanish
Beekeeping and sustainable livelihoods
English
French
Spanish
High-Hopes for Post-Harvest
English
French
Spanish
Processed foods for improved livelihoods
English
French
Spanish
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Agricultural Support Systems Division (AGS)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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DIVERSIFICATION BOOKLETS        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 2009,
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The main target audience for these booklets are policy-makers and programme managers on rural development. The purpose of the FAO Diversification booklets is to raise awareness and provide decision support information about opportunities at farm and local community level to increase the incomes of small-scale farmers. Each booklet focuses on a farm or non-farm enterprise that can be integrated into small farms to increase incomes and enhance livelihoods.
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Milk for health and wealth
English
Make money by growing mushrooms
English
Higher value addition trhough hides and skins
English
Sheep and goats for diverse products and profits
English
Rural transport and traction enterprises for improved livelihoods
English
Growing vegetables for home and market
English
Non-farm income from non-wood forest products
English
Farm ponds for water, fish and livelihoods
English
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FAO
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Italy
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EASYPOL         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: E-learning              
FAO _
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English
French
Spanish
EASYPol targets trainers in policy matters, policy makers, policy advisors. It is an interactive multilingual repository of downloadable resource materials for capacity development in agriculture. EASYPol is an FAO online, interactive multilingual repository of downloadable resource materials for capacity development in policy making for food, agriculture and rural development. The training programmes aim at strengthening the capacity of senior officials in member countries by providing cutting-edge knowledge and facilitating knowledge exchange, and by reviewing practical mechanisms to implement policy changes.
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
easypol@fao.org

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ECOLOGIA Y ENSENANZA RURAL N. 121        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Primary education         
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 1994,
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English
This book illustrates what basic education for rural children should be. The mission of a rural school should be to prepare children to solve concrete problems in their communities. Education should create interaction between the daily life of the community (village) and school routines. The manual supplies tools concerning the following themes: soil, water, plants, animals and ecology. The target audience are teachers in rural areas.
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Nociones ambientales básicas para profesores rurales y extensionistas. Estudio FAO Montes 131
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/006/W1309S/W1309S00.HTM

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NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
erp@fao.org

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ECOLOGY AND RURAL EDUCATION. MANUAL FOR RURAL TEACHER        
subjects:  Trees and Forests              
levels and types of education: Primary education              
FAO _
FAO, ROME , 1994,
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English
French
Spanish
The manual targets rural teachers in the Peruvian Andes. The manual proposes an ecological orientation to primary education, whilst adapting it to the requirements and interests of the rural child, and the planning of educational resources available for this purpose.
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Forestry Department
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Pieter.vanlierop@fao.org

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ECOLOGÍA Y ENSEÑANZA RURAL. NOCIONES AMBIENTALES BÁSICAS PARA PROFESORES RURALES Y EXTENSIONISTAS        
subjects:  Trees and Forests              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 1996,
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Spanish
This book targets rural teachers, extension agents, fieldworkers and everybody interested in sustainable management of natural resources The document provides basic knowledge on ecology and sustainable management of natural resources. It has been developed by a FAO project in the Peruvian Andes.
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Forestry Department

FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Pieter.vanlierop@fao.org

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EDUCACIÓN AMBIENTAL PARA EL TRÓPICO DE COCHABAMBA        
subjects:  Biodiversity              
levels and types of education: Primary education              
LANZA GREGORIO
MINNICK GREGORY
FAO, TRÓPICO DE COCHABAMBA, 1999,
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These publications target children and their teachers. This educational course is specifically written to provide information on the environment of the Trópico de Cochabamba, Bolivia, the characteristics of the region, how to run a school garden and how to manage a home garden in order to improve family’s entries. Each course is divided into twelve lessons, exercises and researches; each activity is adapted for three grades of school, from the sixth to the eight degree of basic school.
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Educación ambiental para el Trópico de Cochabamba. Sexto de primaria
Spanish
Educación Ambiental para el Trópico de Cochabamba. Septimo de primaria
Spanish
Educación Ambiental para el Trópico de Cochabamba. Octavo de primaria
Spanish
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EDUCACIÓN AMBIENTAL PARA EL TRÓPICO DE COCHABAMBA. GUÍA DEL MAESTRO        
subjects:  Biodiversity              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
LANZA GREGORIO
MINNICK GREGORY
FAO, TROPICO DE COCHABAMBA-BOLIVIA, 1991,
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Spanish
This teacher’s guide addresses teachers of a specific Bolivian zone, Trópico de Cochabamba; it provides material for the teacher to help children to better understand the activities that are proposed in their books and gives advice on how to present them. This educational material provides the teacher with information of the Bolivian zone they are addressing, methodological and pedagogical proposals and the objectives of each grade of school.
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FAO
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EDUCACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y NUTRICIÓN PARA LA ENSEÑANZA BÁSICA        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Primary education              
OLIVARES SONIA
ZACARÍAS ISABEL
ANDRADE MARGARITA
FAO, SANTIAGO-CHILE, 2003,
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This didactic material, prepared in the framework of the FAO project "Education on nutrition for primary schools in Chile", addresses teachers and students of primary schools. It aims at furnishing the incorporation of food and nutrition contents in the study programmes by providing valuated educational materials. These didactic materials may also support governmental education, health and agricultural teams and NGO responsible of carrying out projects and actions of promotion, education, training and communication on the subject.
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Educación en Alimentación y Nutrición para la Enseñanza Básica. Guías de Alumnos y Alumnas Tercero y Cuarto años de Enseñaza Básica
Spanish
Educación en Alimentación y Nutrición para la Enseñanza Básica. Guía de Alumnos y Alumnas Quinto año de Enseñaza Básica
Spanish
Educación en Alimentación y Nutrición para la Enseñanza Básica. Guía de Alumnos y Alumnas Sexto año de Enseñanza Básica
Spanish
Educación en Alimentación y Nutrición para la Enseñanza Básica. Guía de Alumnos y Alumnas Séptimo año de Enseñanza Básica
Spanish
Educación en Alimentación y Nutrición para la Enseñanza Básica. Guía de Alumnos y Alumnas Octavo año de Enseñanza Básica
Spanish
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Nutrition Programme Service
Nutrition and Consumer protection Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale della Terme di Caracalla 00153
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EDUCACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y NUTRICIÓN PARA LA ENSEÑANZA BÁSICA. GUÍA DEL PROFESOR        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
OLIVARES SONIA
ZACARÍAS ISABEL
ANDRADE MARGARITA
FAO, SANTIAGO-CHILE, 2003, pages 72
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Spanish
This didactic material, prepared in the framework of the FAO project “Education on nutrition for primary schools in Chile”, addresses teachers and students of primary schools. It aims at furnishing the incorporation of food and nutrition contents in the study programmes by providing valuated educational materials. This guide may also support governmental education, health and agricultural teams and NGO responsible of carrying out projects and actions of promotion, education, training and communication on the subject.
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Nutrition Programme Service
Nutrition and Consumer protection Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
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EDUCACIÓN PARA LA POBLACIÓN RURAL EN BRASIL, CHILE, COLOMBIA, HONDURAS, MÉXICO, PARAGUAY Y PERÚ         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              

FAO-UNESCO-CIDE-REDUC-COOPERAZIONE ITALIANA, ROME AND PARIS, 2004,
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French
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This book provides the results of seven national cases studies ( Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Paraguay, Perú) on the educational situation and policies aimed at rural people. It also contains a synthesis, diagnosis and outlines of the ERP strategy implemented. These documents are part of the FAO and UNESCO project on Education for Rural People in Latin America where socioeconomics differences between each region limit education access and quality especially in rural areas.
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FAO
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Italy
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR FOOD SECURITY        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
_ RESEARCH AND EXTENSION DIVISION NRR
FAO KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND _ CAPACITY BUILDING DIVISION KCE
FAO, ROME, 2007,
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. This book was prepared by the FAO Interdepartmental Working Group on Training for Technicians and Capacity Building within the framework of Education for Rural People to exchange good practices. Access to virtual training materials in the area of agriculture and food security represents an enormous potential for enhancing and enriching the capacity of technicians, especially of those working in rural areas. Education and training strategies need to be integrated within sustainable rural development strategies, through plans of action that are multisectoral and interdisciplinary. This means creating new partnerships among policy-makers and practitioners working in agriculture and rural development and those working in education.
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EDUCATION FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES: IMPLICATIONS OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: E-learning     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
GASPERINI LAVINIA
MCLEAN SCOTT
FAO, ROME, 2001,
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English
This paper is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This paper presented at the Global Junior Challenge (GJC) on December 2000 in Rome outlines the parameters of the digital divide, addresses the relation among education and such divide, as well as the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education in "developing countries", and describes some FAO activities aiming at bridging this divide and making education for agriculture and rural development available on a more equitable basis. The "digital divide" refers to inequitable access to ICTs both between wealthy and poor countries, and, within all countries, between relatively privileged and underprivileged social groups. The digital divide threatens to further marginalise vulnerable and underprivileged groups, including the rural poor, a specific target of FAO mandate.
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FAO
Rome
Italy
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EDUCATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA: EXPERIENCES AND POLICY LESSONS         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
_ _
FAO, ROME, 2003,
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English
This paper was presented at the "FAO/UNESCO seminar: Education for rural development in Asia: Experiences and policy lessons", 5-7 November 2002, Bangkok, Thailand. More than 70 percent of the world's poor are to be found in rural areas where hunger, illiteracy and low school achievement are common. This paper recognizes that education is an essential part of any strategy aimed at achieving sustainable rural development that encompasses all those who live in rural areas. Such strategies need to address the provision of education for all target groups: children, youth and adults, giving priorities to gender imbalances. This paper proposes strategies, policies and practices that have to be implemented by governmental and non-governmental agencies to alleviate both poverty at large and poverty in rural areas in the Asian region.
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FAO
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Italy
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EDUCATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT. TOWARDS NEW POLICY RESPONSES.        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
ATCHOARENA DAVID
GASPERINI LAVINIA
FAO UNESCO, ROME, 2003, pages 406
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It aims at supporting countries in the reform of their education, training and rural development policies. This book is the result of the international study on education and rural development jointly conducted by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). It reviews the status of public policies and uses recent sources of information to reformulate education issues in the framework of the emerging rural development discourse. The book also discusses skills development challenges and analyzes emerging strategies developed by innovative higher education institutions.
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EDUCATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT: AN AGENDA FOR ACTION        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
SHAEFFER SHELDON
FAO, ROME, 2003,
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English
This power point presentation is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This presentation on "Education for Rural Development: An Agenda for Action" was given at the INRULED International Symposium on Rural Education 20-23 January 2003, Baoding, China. It illustrates in a schematic and comprehensive way the required priority actions to make education for rural people a reality. The presentation has a special focus on Asia, although it can also be applied to a wider context.
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
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EDUCATION FOR RURAL DVELOPMENT IN ASIA. EXPERIENCES AND POLICY LESSONS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              



FAO AND UNESCO-IIEP, PARIS , 2002,
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This book is based on a multisectoral policy seminar organized by FAO and UNESCO in Bangkok, 5-7 November 2002, to discuss issues relating to education for rural development in Asia. The seminar addressed the role of education related to food security, rural labour and HIV/AIDS. It reviews current educational policies in rural Asia and offers policy suggestions for future actions.
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Extension and Research
FAO
Rome
Italy
viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE - MAIN POLICY ISSUES         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
HERMANOWICZ EWA
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English
This thesis was presented at the Master Educazione alla Pace: Cooperazione Internazionale, Diritti Umani E Politiche dell’Unione Europea in 2006/2007 at the University of Roma Tre. It presents a general framework of the Education for Rural People (ERP) initiative, the key facts of the history that led FAO to launching ERP and the main objectives of ERP. The situation is described of the rural areas in the world today, the influence that education has on the economic growth and the people’s well-being and the main policy issues which could lead to progress in rural development.
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Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE AND FOOD SECURITY. A CROSS COUNTRY ANALYSIS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
BURCHI FRANCESCO
DE MURO PASQUALE
FAO, UNIVERSITY ROMA TRE- DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, ROME, 2007,
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. The theoretical foundation of this research is that being educated improves rural people’s capacity to diversify assets and activities, increase productivity and income, foster resilience and competitiveness, access information on health and sanitation, strengthen social cohesion and participation: these are all essential elements to ensure food security in the long run. The main findings of this research is the high association between food insecurity and primary education and the econometric model shows that primary education is a crucial element to reduce food insecurity in rural areas, even when compared to other factors such as access to water, health and sanitation.
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NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE AS A COMPONENT OF A RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR CROATIA         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Teachers' training          
GAUTIER P.
EBERLIN R.
FAO, ROME, 2003,
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English
This report is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This report presents the findings of an analysis on basic Education for rural people (ERP) in Croatia and proposes measures to improve access and quality of ERP in order to better contribute to rural development. The report notes that the major problems in basic education are connected to educational quality (i.e. the absence of aspects of rural life in curricula and textbooks, teacher-centred teaching methods, the lack of in-service training available for rural teachers). There are also some problems of access, in particular, difficulties with school transport and access to specific activities before or after normal school-hours. In most cases, the main cause of these problems is weak institutional capacity.
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Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE IN AFRICA        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
ATCHOARENA DAVID
GASPERINI LAVINIA
FAO UNESCO IIEP, ROME, 2006, pages 74
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors.It is based on a regional seminar on Education for Rural People in Africa, organized by FAO and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and IIEP/UNESCO, in September 2005.The publication analyzes the needs of rural people within their diverse educational contexts.It highlights promising ways of using education planning and monitoring to respond to EFA (Education for All) and rural development challenges.
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Education for Rural People
http://www.fao.org/sd/erp/ERPPublications_en.htm



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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE IN ETHIOPIA        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
AYALEW SHIBESHI
FAO, _, 2005,
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English
This study is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This study was presented at the “Ministerial Seminar on Education for Rural People in Africa: Policy Lessons, Options and Priorities” in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-9 September 2005. In Ethiopia millions of children are still unable to gain access to schooling and a large numbers among those who have had the opportunity dropout the school before acquiring the basic skills. It is essential to review the education action plans and programs to ensure that they are responsive to local rural conditions and needs. This study explores the challenges and the prospectives of the education for rural people in Ethiopia.
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Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE IN MOZAMBIQUE: PRESENT SITUATION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES.        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, MOZAMBIQUE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE,
FAO UNESCO
FAO, ROME, 2005,
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English
This paper is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at policy makers, planners and educators on rural development. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This paper was presented during the Ministerial Seminar on Education for Rural People in Africa: "Policy Lessons, Options and Priorities", 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This paper provides an overview of the barriers to education experienced by rural people in Mozambique. In addition to a situational analysis outlining major rural and urban disparities in access to and quality of basic education, it maps the response of major stakeholders in the sector, identifying gaps as well as good strategies and practices.
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NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE. AID AGENCIES WORKSHOP        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              

FAO AND UNESCO-IIEP, ROME AND PARIS, 2003,
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This book is based on a workshop "Education for Rural People: targeting the poor" held in Rome on 12 and 13 December 2002. It was one of the first activities of the Education for Rural People flagship. The meeting was attended by bilateral and multilateral agencies who recognized that, despite several decades of experience in educational programmes for rural people, there is still a need for a concerted effort to draw together the insights gathered from this experience.
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Education for Rural People
http://www.fao.org/sd/erp/ERPPublications_en.htm



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Report of the Education for rural people: Aid agencies workshop
http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/KN0604_en.htm

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Education Group
Research and Extension
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE. THE ROLE OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN POVERTY REDUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Teachers' training      Non-formal education    
ACKER DAVID
GASPERINI LAVINIA
ROME, 2009,
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English
This book is a useful tool to assist policy-makers dealing with rural poverty, food insecurity and education challenges confronting rural people. It seeks to address the correlation between education, empowerment and food security, mainly through a number of “good practice” case studies from all over the world. It is about strengthening their capacity to achieve food security. This book identifies different dimensions of education and training for rural people that have proven useful in developing peoples’ capacity to enhance food security. It covers formal as well as non-formal education, literacy as well as skills training.
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Education for Rural People Web site
http://www.fao.org/sd/erp/



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Education for Rural People Group
NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE: A CRUCIAL FACTOR FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Primary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
GASPERINI LAVINIA
FAO, ROME, 2003,
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English
The article is a training tool for teachers in rural areas. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It illustrates how two primary schools operate: one is currently located in northern Mozambique, the other existed in mid-Norway in the mid twentieth. The two schools illustrate, respectively, what basic education for rural children all too often consists of and what it could be – if only the right policies, resources and community support were in place and properly applied, with its teachers well-qualified and its pupils well-equipped with reading and writing materials.
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NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE: ADDRESSING A NEGLECTED MAJORITY        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Secondary and vocational education         
GASPERINI LAVINIA
FAO, ROME, 2003,
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English
This publication is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It aims at supporting countries in the reform of their education, training and rural development policies. This publication illustrates the major international events that contributed to create the ERP flagship. It points out the importance of building new partnerships to address the challenge of poverty reduction and to achieve the MDGs.
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NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE: TARGETING THE POOR        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
ZULBERTI E.
FAO, ROME, 2003,
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English
This paper was presented at the Aid Agencies Workshop: "Education for rural people: Targeting the poor" (12-13 December 2002, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy). It was a meeting of a group of bilateral and multilateral agencies with the aim to propose strategies to reduce the disadvantages which rural people, and especially the rural poor, chronically suffer. The participants recognised that, despite several decades of experience in educational programmes for rural people, there was still a need for a special and concerted effort to draw together into accessible forms the many insights that those experiences had generated. The paper proposes strategies in order to strengthen the allocation of financial and human resources in rural areas.
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Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR HILL TRIBES IN NORTHERN THAILAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
_ _
FAO, ROME, 2002,
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at planners and educators on rural development. It is also a useful tool for researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This book discusses the promotion of literacy among the Thai hill tribes, focuses on human development, permanent settlement and sufficient food production. It puts the emphasis on coexistence between people and forest resources, participatory and grass-roots development and the promotion of indigenous knowledge.
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Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ELECTRONIC BASED LEARNING        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: E-learning     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
PAISLEY COURTNEY
RAO SHEILA
(ICRAF) WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE , 2005,
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This book is a summary of the one-day workshop on educational technologies in electronic based learning. The workshop was organized by the Commonwealth of Learning in collaboration with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in 2005. The topics discussed during the workshop were: Learning Objects, The Creation of organization specific Learning Object Repositories, Technical Aspects of Learning Object Repositories.
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WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE (ICRAF)
Nairobi
Kenya
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, PO Box 30677-00100 GPO
ICRAF@cgiar.org

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EFA FLAGSHIPS INITIATIVES. MULTI-PARTNER COLLABORATIVE MECHANISMS IN SUPPORT OF EFA GOALS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
UNESCO _
UNESCO, FRANCE, 2004,
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English
This book is a useful tool for university professors and provides a source of information for students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and the education sectors. This book explains what an EFA flagship is and what are the presently nine EFA flagship initiatives. An EFA flagship initiative is a structured set of activities carried out by voluntary partners, under the leadership of one or more United Nations specialized agencies and NGOs, that seeks to address specific challenges in achieving the EFA goals. The EFA flagships address specific problems from an interdisciplinary perspective, taking into account the interaction between education and other factors (for example, health, nutrition and rural development).
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NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
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EGFAR COLLABORATIVE WEBSITE         
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: E-learning          Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
FAO _
FAO,
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English
GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) is a Web site that serves as a neutral forum for the discussion of strategic issues in agricultural research for development (ARD). It facilitates strategic alliances among ARD stakeholders in their efforts to alleviate poverty, increase food security and promote the sustainable use of natural resources. The EGFAR Collaborative Website is a virtual space open to contributions from all our stakeholders. It is written and mantained by the users.
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
gfar-secretariat@fao.org,

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ELEPHANT CARE MANUAL FOR MAHOUTS AND CAMP MANAGERS        
subjects:  Animals and Pastoralism              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
PHUANGKUM PREECHA
LAIR RICHARD C.
ANGKAWANITH TAWEEPOKE
FAO, BANGKOK, 2005, pages 167
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English
This manual addresses people who drive elephants and camp managers. As the number of elephants has declined, especially in Thailand, this publication provides information on controlling, feeding and preventing diseases in order to better improve the management and welfare of Asian elephants. The vocabulary and the science are presented in a very simple way.
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Forest Resources Development Service
Forestry Department
FAO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Bangkok
Thailand
Maliwan mansion Phra Atit Road 10200
masakazu.kashio@fao.org

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ENEMY AT THE GATE. SAVING FARMS AND PEOPLE FROM BIRD FLU        
subjects:  Animals and Pastoralism              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
EMPRES GROUP -
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 2005,
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English
This book targets people in countries affected by the avian influenza epidemic that is hitting especially rural people; they receive a biggest exposure to affected animal than people from the cities. This article, with its related links on the "Focus", gives practical information about bio-security at farms, villages, houses: how the avian flu is spread, about the consumption of poultry meat and eggs, are some of the most important topics. The better disease prevention is containing the infections in the animals.
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FAO - Animal Production and Health Division web site on Avian Influenza. (French version)
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/fr/health/diseases-cards/special_avian.html



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Infectious Disease Group / EMPRES
Animal Health Service (AGAH)
Animal Production and Health Division (AGA)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Juan.Lubroth@fao.org

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ENHANCING FARMER'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping     Education and Training Planning Tools         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
HENEY JENNIFER
ROME, 1999, pages 85
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English
This manual addresses the key actors who have a role to play in enhancing the financial management skills of rural households. This manual produced by GtZ and FAO, presents the type of actions that could be taken to help people to improve their financial management skills and the benefits that may gain from this, including an increased access to financial services. An array number of case studies from diverse countries such as Uruguay, South Africa, Bangladesh, and the Philippines are introduced in order to present alternatives ways of delivering information, education and training in financial management to rural households.
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Agriculture, Biosecurity, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Department
http://www.fao.org/ag/
Agricultural Support Systems Division
http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/index.html



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Agricultural management, marketing and finance
Agricultural support systems division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Jennifer.Heney@fao.org

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ENHANCING PARTICIPATION IN CODEX ACTIVITIES: A FAO/WHO TRAINING PACKAGE        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
FAO/WHO _
FAO/WHO,
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English
French
Spanish
This FAO/WHO training package was developed for trainers, planners, policy formulators and programme managers who are involved in meeting food security goals and targets. It is a practical reference for those directly involved in Codex activities, and for provision of training courses. It describes the Codex organization and procedures, the scientific basis for its work, and provides guidance on developing national Codex structures and activities. It comes with a supporting CD-Rom containing visual aids, presentations and additional reference material.
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FAO
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/agns/index_en.asp



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Food Quality and Standards Service (AGNS)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
food-quality@fao.org

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ESTABLISHING SEED POTATO PRICES: CONCEPTS, PROCEDURES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
CRISSMAN CHARLES
HIBON ALBÉRIC
CIP (INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER), 1996,
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English
This manual targets potato cultivators and extension agents. It suggests a method to set prices for seed potatoes alternative to the standard one based on costs per unit. This new method uses information on the benefits to farmers of using quality seed in addition to costs per unit. It requires data produced from on-farm trials, market price monitoring and cost accounting to be implemented. An example is given using experiences from Ecuador.
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CIP (INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER)
Lima
Peru
Apartado 1558, Lima 12
cip@cgiar.org

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ETUDE DE LA SITUATION ET DE L'ÉVOLUTION DES SYSTÈMES DE VULGARISATION ET D'ANIMATION FORESTIÈRE         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
FAO
FAO, ROME, 2004,
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French
This book presents the evolution of the systems of the delivering of forest training courses in 4 western Africa sahelian countries. especially it gives a brief general survey (glimpse) concerning methods, systems and approach used by local organizations.
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FAO
Rome
Italy
Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00157
erp@fao.org

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EVALUATION AND IMPACT OF TRAINING IN THE CGIAR        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
SCIENCE COUNCIL CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
2006,
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English
This study was commissioned by the interim Science Council (iSC) to review training within the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) as it contributes to capacity strengthening in the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS). The purpose of the study was to evaluate the quality and relevance, efficiency and effectiveness terms of intermediate impacts in strengthening of the NARS and, to the extent possible, impacts in the CGIAR goals. The study was expected to provide recommendations to help Centers, Donors, the NARS and the System to strengthen and plan their future activities in relation to training and capacity strengthening.
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http://www.cgiar.org/index.html
National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS)
http://www.naro.go.ug/About%20NARO/aboutnars.html



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CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH - SCIENCE COUNCIL
Rome
Italy
erp@fao.org

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EXPERT CONSULTATION ON EXTENSION RURAL YOUTH PROGRAMMES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT        
subjects:  Communication              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
COOK JONATHAN F.
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 1996, pages 142
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English
This publication is a useful methodology extension guide for teachers who works in rural areas. The publication contains the results of a FAO experts consultation on extension and sustainable development for rural youth. Rural youth programmes play an important role in building life skills of individual young people and can become a catalyst which energizes the process of environmental education in a country contributing to sustainable development.
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FAO - SD Dimensions, Extension
http://www.fao.org/sd/kn3_en.htm



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Education group
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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EXPERT CONSULTATION ON RURAL YOUTH AND YOUNG FARMERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              

FAO, ROME, 1985,
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English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It is based on an expert consultation which was attended by policy-makers, NGOs and universities with the aim of discussing the main issues regarding the development of rural youth and farmers in order to suggest a course of action for governments and FAO. The debate focused on finding strategies on education and rural capacity to build self-reliance, plan national policies and programmes aimed at supporting rural farms youth and rural youth and guarantee job security.
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Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
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EXTENSION "WOMAN TO WOMAN" - TRAINING PEASANT WOMEN LIAISONS TO REACH PEASANT WOMEN        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools     Gender         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
FLECK SUSAN
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 1994,
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English
Spanish
This booklet series is directed to development practitioners, policy-makers, and other people concerned with rural development. It aims at presenting successful models of development work and generating discussion around strategies for continued grassroots work with rural women.
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Women in Agricultural Production and Rural Development Service
Human Resources, Institutions and Agrarian Reform Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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EXTENSION THROUGH WOMEN'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUPS: A CASE STUDY OF FEMALE EXTENSION ASSISTANTS         
subjects:  Gender     Rural finance and Book-keeping         
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
FAO
ROME, 2003, pages 33
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English
This publication can be used by female extensionists and female extension assistants. This case study enables rural women to engage in the field of agriculture production. It concentrates on the extension modality followed by a group of female extension assistants in the north of Pakistan. The use of women's community development groups as a platform for female extension workers to deliver extension advice has been explored and compared with the extension approach of contacting individual farmers.
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Sustainable Development Department
http://www.fao.org/sd/



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Extension, Education and Communication
Research, Extension and Training
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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FACING THE CHALLENGE OF AN HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC: AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
QAMAR KALIM
ROME, 2003, pages 35
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English
This handbook targets public and private extension institutions in order to expand their scope of work beyond transfer of agricultural technology and consider integrating environment, population, and HIV/AIDS education into ongoing agricultural extension programs, with a view to the sustainable livelihood of rural people. This manual tackles with the urgent need to prepare extension services in order to battle against the epidemic, to educate the farming population about the disease, and to develop new strategies, methodologies, materials, technology and equipment to serve the extension needs of thousands of new entrants in farming.
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Sustainable Development Department
http://www.fao.org/sd/



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Contact: Magdalena Blum
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
magadalena.blum@fao.org

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FAMILY NUTRITION GUIDE        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Teachers' training          
BURGESS ANN
GLASAUER PETER
FAO, ROME, 2004, pages 122
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English
French
Spanish
This book is a basic nutrition education material written for health workers, nutritionists, agricultural extension workers or other development workers in developing countries, who want to have to design effective nutrition education curricula and material. It provides an up-to-date summary of the relevant nutrition information and gives many suggestions on how to share this information when working with groups of people. The guide is divided into 11 topics that cover basic nutrition (including, of course, micronutrients needs), family food security, meal planning, food hygiene and the special feeding needs of children, women and men, and of elderly, sick and malnourished people. While the illustrations and food examples in this guide mainly reflect the situation in countries of Eastern and Southern Africa, the basic information in this book is relevant for all regions. Similar nutrition education material for developing countries worldwide can be prepared, taking this guide as an example. Suggestions for adapting the guide’s technical information to other areas, as well as for preparing a specific country version, are given.
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Food, Nutrition and Agriculture NO 33
http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/006/j0243m/j0243m00.htm

Contact: Peter Glasauer
Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division (AGN)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Peter.glasauer@fao.org

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FARM PONDS FOR WATER, FISH AND LIVELIHOODS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools     Fisheries and Aquaculture     Water    
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Teachers' training          
MILLER JAMES W.
FAO, ROME, 2009,
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English
This booklet is a useful tool for planners, farmers, educators on rural development. It provides basic and practical information on multiple-use smallholder farm ponds. Ponds add value to farming activities: water from ponds can serve domestic and livestock water supplies as well as irrigation for crops. They can also be used to raising fish which adds value to the water and provides improved nutrition for farm families. The booklet suggests ways by which smallholder farmers can participate in the market economy through better market access and outlines strategies to attract the private sector to do business with smallholders.
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Contact: _
Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

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FARMER FIELD SCHOOL AND IPM.         
subjects:  Plants              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
FAO -
FAO RAP, BANGKOK, THAILAND, 2001,
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English
This document is a useful tool for extensionists involved in farmer education. The ecological approach to plant protection is called Integrated Pest Management, or IPM. Not only does it involve minimising the use of pesticides, it also involves a wide range of other practices aimed at growing a healthy crop. The training approach about IPM is called the Farmers Field School (FFS). This entails weekly meetings by a group of farmers. Instead of listening to lectures or watching demonstrations, these farmers observe, record and discuss what is happening in their own fields from the time of planting to the time of harvest. This discovery-learning process generates a deep understanding of ecological concepts and their practical application. Since 1990 more than two million farmers have graduated from FFS. The misuse of pesticides is harmful to human health and is damaging to the environment. Millions of people are poisoned by pesticides every year, and pest problems are often made worse when the balance between beneficial and harmful insects is disturbed by applying toxic chemicals. In the last two decades Asian Governments, NGOs and international agencies have been working together to organise training which helps farmers to learn about the ecology of their fields and, as a result, enables them to make and implement decisions which are safe, productive and sustainable.
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Related links
Community Integrated Pest Management Web site
http://www.communityipm.org/index.htm



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An overview of characteristics of Farmer Field School.
http://www.farmerfieldschool.net/document_en/FFS_GUIDe.doc
Fundamental Elements of a Farmer Field Schools
http://www.farmerfieldschool.net/document_en/05_06.pdf

Contact: Manuela Allara
Plant Protection Service (AGPP)
Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Manuela.allara@fao.org

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FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS ON LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening     Water     Soil and land rights    
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 2008,
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English
This guide is targeted to extension workers and educators on rural development. This guide illustrates the process and the steeps to built a farmer field schools – an innovative approach to adult education to improve land and water management in Africa. Unlike traditional approaches to agricultural extension, which rely on extension workers providing advice to farmers, farmer field schools enable groups of farmers to find out the answers for themselves. That means the farmers can develop solutions to their own problems. The extension worker is a facilitator who guides the learning process, rather than a technical specialist who disseminates information.
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Contact: Sally Bunning
Land and Water Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
sally.bunning@fao.org

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FARMERS' LIFE SCHOOL MANUAL        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
FAO -
FAO, ROME, 2004, pages 40
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English
This is a tool for facilitators of the Farmers' Life School who have graduated from a Farmers' Field School and a Farmers' Life School, adult educators or NGOs and community-based organizations with experience in participatory learning and people interested in introducing the Farmers' Life School course into their own programmes. The Farmers' Life School can be used in either community-based programmes or it can be adapted for formal educational settings. The HIV/AIDS pandemic threatens to destroy the fabric of our society. Rural farming communities are particularly threatened and household security is at stake. This manual documents the empowerment process, through which farmers decide for themselves how to build their resilience, including resistance to HIV/AIDS risks. This training manual is the outcome of the Farmers' Life School project, which was originally field tested in Cambodia and has generated considerable international interest.
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Responding to the orphan crisis (video)
http://www.fao.org/hivaids/



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Responding to the orphan crisis
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/index.html

Contact: Carol Djeddah
Gender Equity and Rural Emplyment Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Carol.djeddah@fao.org

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FARMING FRESHWATER PRAWNS. A MANUAL FOR THE CULTURE OF THE GIANT RIVER PRAWN         
subjects:  Fisheries and Aquaculture              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         

FAO, ROME, 2002,
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English
Chinese
This manual targets farmers, extension workers, lecturers and students in universities and other institutes that provide training in aquaculture. This publication provides information on the farming of macrobrachium rosenbergii; many of the techniques described are also applicable to other species of freshwater prawns that are cultured.
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Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
http://www.fao.org/fi/default.asp



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Contact: Rohane Subasinghe
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
FI-Inquiries@fao.org

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FEED MINDS, CHANGE LIVES - SCHOOL FEEDING: HIGHLIGHTS AND NEW DIRECTIONS        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Primary education              
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME _
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, 2009,
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English
The World Food Programme has worked with governments and NGOs on school feeding programmes for 45 years. As the lead organization in this field, WFP is committed to learn from and share its experiences about what works and what does not work in school feeding. There are 66 million school children who go to school hungry. School feeding is a powerful hunger response for children and their families. This book includes several case studies and it is useful for teachers in rual areas and policy makers.
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School Meals -- In-depth
http://www.wfp.org/school-meals/in-depth



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Contact: Giorgia Mazzotta
OEDP - School Feeding
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Rome
Giorgia.Mazzotta@wfp.org

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FEEDING MINDS, FIGHTING HUNGER         
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Primary education     Teachers' training          
NUTRITION PROGRAMMES SERVICE (AGNP)
FAO, ROME , 2002,
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English
French
Spanish
Arabic
Chinese
Portuguese
Kiswahili
This global educational initiative targets teachers in order to provide them with information and activities to introduce children to the issues of hunger, malnutrition, and food security. Easy teaching modules have been developed for each of three levels of education - primary, intermediate and secondary - all of which cover, in varying degrees of complexity, the topics of what are hunger and malnutrition, who are the hungry, why are people hungry and malnourished and what can we do to help end hunger. The materials have been designed as a starting point for teachers around the world to introduce these topics to their students. Teachers can adapt and refine the materials to meet local needs and conditions. In addition, a key component of the initiative is information sharing among teachers and students in such a way as to create an interactive forum for exchanging ideas and experiences around the world. The materials and the interactive, online framework encourage teachers to contribute additional lessons and activities leading toward creating a world free from hunger.
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Related links
Links about nutrition and education
http://www.fao.org/es/esn/index_en.htm



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Food, Nutrition and Agriculture NO 33
http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/006/j0243m/j0243m00.htm

Contact: Valeria Menza
Nutrition Programmes Service
Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
valeria.menza@fao.org

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FIELD GUIDE ON IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE FOR FIELD ASSISTANTS        
subjects:  Water              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
CORNISH G.
BRABBEN T.
IPTRID/FAO, ROME, 2001,
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English
The aim of this guide is to help field assistants and development officers, to promote, encourage and support individuals and groups of smallholders to gain the benefits of irrigated agriculture. The material included in the Field Guide deals with the most commonly occurring situations (crops, size of land holdings, etc.) facing smallholders who may be unfamiliar with irrigated cultivation. The material has been purposefully simplified to provide answers to the most commonly asked questions.
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Related links
FAO IPTRID International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage.
http://www.fao.org/landandwater/iptrid/index.html



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Contact: Tom Barbben
Land and Water Development Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
tom.barbben@fao.org

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FIELD LEVEL HANDBOOK        
subjects:  Gender              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
WILDE VICKI
FAO, ROME, 2001, pages 135
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English
French
Spanish

This handbook addresses development agents who work directly with local communities, including extensionists, government and non-government field workers. It aims at promoting and encouraging the participation in development process among rural communities in developing countries.
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SEAGA
http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga
www.livelihoods.org
http://www.livelihoods.org/info/pcdl/reference/reference_materials_index.html



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Contact: Sisto Ilaria
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Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
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ilaria.sisto@fao.org

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FIELD TEST REPORT THE INTEGRATION OF POPULATION EDUCATION INTO PROGRAMMES FOR RURAL YOUTH IN SIERRA LEONE        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
FAO
FAO, ROME, 1990,
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English
This report is part of the project Integration of Population Education into Programmes for Rural Youth in Low Income Countries" which aimed at reaching out of school rural youth with population education materials; it gives attention to the effects of rapid population growth and the need for responsible parenthood.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education Group
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
erp@fao.org

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FIFTH MEETING OF HIGH-LEVEL GROUP ON EDUCATION FOR ALL. FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
UNESCO _
UNESCO, PARIS, 2005,
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English
This paper is a useful tool for capacity development initiatives targeting at policy makers, planners and educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors and students. This paper draws out the main issues discussed during the Fifth Meeting of the High-Level Group on Education for All, 28-30 November 2005 and underlines that the majority of those left behind and excluded from education live in rural areas, endorse the development of a Joint Action Plan for achieving EFA by 2015 where education for rural people is urgent.
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Contact: Education Group
NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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FIGURES FOR BOOKKEEPING 1        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
TEMPELMAN DIANA E.
FAO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA , ACCRA, GHANA, 2001,
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English
This guide for facilitators wants to teach illiterate women and men how to count. This Facilitators Guide together with the Learners Primer form a training package. Figures for bookkeeping is a basic training document to teach numbers, calculations and the use of money. It teaches numeracy (counting) and not literacy (reading and writing letters, words or sentences). This training has been specially made for illiterate women and men who work in agriculture, fisheries, forestry or who have a small business. Part 1 of the facilitators guide gives a general introduction on the use of the students' document, how to adapt the training material to other currencies, what attitude the facilitators should take to stimulate the learning of the participants.
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Related links
Gender and food security website
http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/wpre0013.htm
Socio-economic and Gender Analysis Programme (SEAGA) web site
http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/index_en.htm



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Enhancing women's managerial skills
http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/wpre0133b.htm
Programmes for Women in Agriculture and Rural Development
http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/wpre0014.htm
Education and Food For All. A Compendium of FAO Experience in Basic Education
http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/kn1003a3_en.htm

Contact: Diana E. Tempelman
Gender and Development
FAO
Accra
Ghana
P.O. Box 1628
Diana.Tempelman@fao.org

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FIGURES FOR BOOKKEEPING 2        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
TEMPELMAN DIANA E.
FAO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA , ACCRA, GHANA, 2001,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This guide for facilitators wants to teach illiterate women and men how to count. This facilitators guide together with the learners primer form a training package. Figures for bookkeeping is a basic training document to teach numbers, calculations and the use of money. It teaches numeracy (counting) and not literacy (reading and writing letters, words or sentences). This training has been specially made for illiterate women and men who work in agriculture, fisheries, forestry or who have a small business. Part II explains the contents of the course and clarifies the details of the document Figures for bookkeeping.
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Related links
Gender and food security website
http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/wpre0013.htm
Socio-economic and Gender Analysis Programme (SEAGA) web site
http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/index_en.htm



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Enhancing women
http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/wpre0133b.htm
Programmes for Women in Agriculture and Rural Development
http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/wpre0014.htm
Education and Food For All. A Compendium of FAO Experience in Basic Education
http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/kn1003a3_en.htm

Contact: Diana E. Tempelman
Gender and Development
FAO
Accra
Ghana
P.O. Box 1628
Diana.Tempelman@fao.org

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FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ ON AID AGENCIES WORKSHOP ON "EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE: TARGETING THE POOR        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
_ _
FAO, ROME, 2005,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This Final communiqué is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It was presented at the Aid agencies workshop on "Education for rural people: Targeting the poor" held on 12-13 December 2002, Rome, Italy, The workshop was organized to bridge the education gap between the rich and the poor, between urban and rural areas, and to promote equal access to and completion of quality basic education. More than 60 experts from international aid agencies, NGOs, Foundations and Universities attended the meeting which was organized by FAO.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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FISHING BOAT DESIGNS: 2V-BOTTOM BOATS OF PLANKED AND PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION        
subjects:  Fisheries and Aquaculture              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
GULBRANDSEN ØYVIND
FAO, GRIMSTAD, NORWAY, 1997, pages 64
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English
Spanish

This publication targets fishers; it includes the designs of four small fishing vessels (from 5.2 to 8.5 metres), with comprehensive material specifications and lists, and it provides detailed instructions for the construction. The designs are appropriate for inshore and coastal fisheries and emphasis has been placed on relative ease of construction and minimum wastage of timber.
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Contact: Jeremy Turner
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Fishing Technology Service (FIIT)
Fish Products and Industry Division (FII)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
Jeremy.turner@fao.org

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FISHING WITH TRAPS AND POTS        
subjects:  Fisheries and Aquaculture              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
SLACK-SMITH R. J.
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 2001, pages 61
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English
This manual targets fishers providing information on traps and pot types, how to make them,how to use them and what to do with the catch.
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Related links
FAO Fisheries Web site
http://www.fao.org/fi/default.asp



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Contact: Jeremy Turner
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Fishing Technology Service (FIIT)
Fish Products and Industry Division (FII)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
+39 0657056446
jeremy.turner@fao.org

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FIT FOR LIFE? NON-FORMAL POST-PRIMARY INITIATIVES IN YEMEN, MALAWI AND NAMIBIA        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Teachers' training          
OCHSE KATHARINA
GTZ, ESCHBORN, 2008,
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English
With the aim of achieving universal primary education closer at hand, an increasing number of pupils in sub-Saharan Africa are knocking at the doors of secondary education schools without being admitted – or when they are admitted, dropping out at high rates. This book illustres the state of post-primary education in sub-Saharan Africa especially in Yemen, Namibia, Malawi. Sources of information have been country case studies, documentary and official websites of agencies and organisations. The target audience are teachers in rural areas but also planners and managers of agricultural education. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development.
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GTZ
http://www.gtz.de/en/



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Contact: Iris Grobenski
Department 43: Health, Education and Social Security
GTZ
Eschborn
Germany
iris.grobenski@gtz.de

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FOOD AND NUTRITION A HANDBOOK FOR NAMIBIAN VOLUNTEER LEADERS        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
FAO -
FAO, WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA, 2003, pages 113
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English
This manual targets rural youth leaders and extension technicians in order to help young people in the villages to understand the importance of nutrition and the best food for their health. This field handbook includes a total of 27 lesson plans, a nutrition board game that deal with the functions of food, the importance of a healthy diet, food safety, child feeding and growth monitoring. The handbook incorporates the experiential learning approach and emphasizes skills which will make learning about healthy nutrition more fun and more effective. While this handbook is specifically tailored to suit the needs and situation of Namibia, it can serve as an example of nutrition education material for other countries. The document is designed for use in non-formal settings, for example, youth groups. Many of the lesson plans can easily be adapted for use in formal settings, such as schools.
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Related links
Game board, part of Food & Nutrition - A Handbook for Namibian Volunteer Leaders
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/008/a0104e/a0104e00a.pdf
Nutrition and consumer protection division (AGN) Web-site
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/index_en.stm



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Food, Nutrition and Agriculture NO 33
http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/006/j0243m/j0243m00.htm

Contact: Peter Glasauer
Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division (AGN)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Peter.glasauer@fao.org

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE - KNOWLEDGE AS A TOOL TO FIGHT HUNGER AND POVERTY         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
SORIA FELIPE
FAO, ROME, 2005,
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English
This paper is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This paper was presented at the workshop held at FAO in Rome in 2002. It underlines that knowledge is a powerful means of liberating children, and their families, from the cycle of poverty and hunger. For children living in remote rural areas, from Angola to Zambia and Bangladesh to Brazil, attending school competes with a whole host of demands on their time and energy - collecting water, herding animals and looking after their younger brothers and sisters. Rural people need more schools, with improved teaching methods, techniques and materials, focusing on their real needs.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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FOOD SECURITY CONCEPTS AND FRAMEWORKS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      E-learning     Non-formal education    
ANYAEGBUNAM CHIKE
MEFALOPULOS PAOLO
MOETSABI TITUS
FAO, ROME, 2004,
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English
French
This training package targets agricultural extension agents and trainers in rural areas. It introduces the concepts and tools used in food security analysis. As a starting point, it defines the concept of food security and its relationship to the concepts of vulnerability, hunger, malnutrition and poverty. The course also provides guidelines on how to interpret and use conceptual frameworks for analysing food security. The course is divided into 3 lessons, that describe in depth the meaning of Food Security, the concepts related to it and the analysis relating to the importance of it.
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Related links
Food Security Information for Action
http://www.foodsec.org/index.htm



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Contact: _
Food Security Information for Action Programme
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
information-for-action@fao.org

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FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: E-learning     Teachers' training      Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
EC-FAO FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION FOR ACTION PROGRAMME _
FAO,
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English
This module was developed for mid-level managers, technical staff, field personnel who are involved in the collection, management, analysis, and reporting of food security information. The duration is approximately 2 hours. It is a computer-based distance learning resource accessible on CD and Internet The Duration is approximately 2 hours. This module is a computer-based distance learning resource accessible on CD and via the Internet.
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Related links
Food Security Information for Action Programme
http://www.foodsecinfoaction.org/News/index.htm
More Distance Learning Courses from FAO
http://www.imarkgroup.org



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Contact: Information for action programme
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
information-for-action@fao.org

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FOOD SECURITY POLICIES - FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      E-learning         
_ _
FAO, ROME, 2009,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This training package is a useful tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at policy makers and planners.It aims at supporting countries in the reform of their education, training and rural development policies. This course describes Food Security Policies and explains when and why they are required. The course also describes the process of Food Security Policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
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Related links
Food Security Information for Action
http://www.foodsec.org/index.htm



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Contact: _
Food Security Information for Action Programme
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
information-for-action@fao.org

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FOOD SECURITY POLICIES - FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      E-learning         
_ _
FAO, ROME, 2009,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This training package is a useful tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at policy makers and planners. It aims at supporting countries in the reform of their education, training and rural development policies. This course provides a definition of vulnerability and illustrates the critical dimensions used to define it. It also presents the most commonly used methods to assess vulnerability, and provides examples and criteria for selecting the appropriate vulnerability indicators in specific contexts and situations.
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Related links
Food Security Information for Action
http://www.foodsec.org/index.htm



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Contact: _
Food Security Information for Action Programme
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
information-for-action@fao.org

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FOOD, NUTRITION AND AGRICULTURE        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
DIFFERENT AUTHORS
FAO, 2003, pages 92
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English
French
Spanish
Arabic
Chinese
This publication targets educators, agricultural extensionists, nutritionists and health workers. It is a collection of articles which underlines the importance of educating students through the promotion of nutrition and health programmes at school. Providing healthy meals and snacks to students is one way that schools promote better growth and development of children.
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Related links
FAO Agriculture, Biosecurity ,Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/publications/fna/issue.jsp?lang=en&myURI=id639



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Alternative Food Security Strategy: A Hosehold Analysis of Urban Agriculture in Kampala
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/0305750x/1995/00000023/00000010/art00073

Contact: Economic and Social Development Department
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
http://www.fao.org

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FORESTRY EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools     Trees and Forests         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
TEMU A. B.
VAN LIEROP P.
RUDEBJE KIYIAPI
FAO, ROME,
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English
FAO, in collaboration with two regional education networks, the African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE) and the Southeast Asian Network for Agroforestry Education (SEANAFE) undertook a survey aiming at establishing the trends in forestry education and training in the ten-year period 1993-2002. This survey was conducted through questionnaires, scrutiny of records and reports, and interviews and covered 55 universities and colleges in nine African and six Southeast Asian countries. It illustrates what happened in the forestry education systems and underlines content and delivery mechanisms of forestry education and the links between formal education and forestry education. Besides it describes the study methodology adopted and summarizes the findings. The lessons learned and the recommendations are addressed to lecturers, students, researchers in the forestry sector.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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FRAMEWORK ON EFFECTIVE RURAL COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT        
subjects:  Communication              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
DEL CASTELLO RICCARDO
BRAUN PAUL MATHIAS
FAO AND DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR TECHNISCHE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) GMBH, ROME, 2006,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This book is a training tool for extensionists and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It is the result of an inter-institutional expert consultation workshop organized by FAO and GTZ. The workshop was conducted jointly with the Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry “Laimburg” and held at the Center’s facilities in Ora (Bolzano, Italy) from 18 to 22 October 2004. The book explores communication approaches and tools that can provide effective linkage mechanisms in line with the Millennium Development Goals
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Related links
the Neuchâtel Initiative
http://www.neuchatelinititiative.net
the Rural Services Framework
http://www.gtz.de/agriservice
the International Food Policy Research Institute
http://www.ifpri.org

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Contact: Riccardo del Castello
NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
Riccardo.delCastello@fao.org

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FREEZING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. AN AGRI-BUSINESS ALTERNATIVE FOR RURAL AND SEMI-RURAL AREAS        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
BARBOSA-CÁNOVAS GUSTAVO V.
ALTUNAKER BLIGE
MEJÍA-LORIO DANILO J.
FAO, ROME, 2005, pages 64
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English
This technical manual targets people who run small enterprises and markets. It presents fundamental knowledge and socio-economic issues concerning freezing both at large-scale and at micro or small–scale; it also contains basic concepts, operations and practical examples to give a better understanding on the application of freezing preservation. The last part of the manual presents cost estimates and product prices for selected frozen products.
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Related links
Agricultural Support Systems Division
http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/index.html



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Contact: Mejia-Lorio Danilo Jacinto
Agricultural and Food Engineering Technologies Service
Agriculture Support System
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
danilo.mejia@fao.org

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SOIL TESTING        
subjects:  Soil and land rights              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
DIWAKAR BOYANAPALLE
ICRISAT INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SEMI ARID TROPICS, 2004,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This manual targets farmers, and all those involved in vocational and secondary education. It explains by responding to questions what soil testing consists in. The guidebook enumerates everything from tools and methods for soil testing to the meaning of soil value numbers.
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Related links
www.icrisat.org




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Contact:
ICRISAT INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SEMI ARID TROPICS
Andhra Pradesh
India
Patancheru 502 324
icrisat@cgiar.org

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FROM AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION TO EDUCATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY. ALL FOR EDUCATION AND FOOD FOR ALL         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
GASPERINI LAVINIA
FAO, ROME, 2000,
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English
This paper is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. The paper was presented at the Fifth European Conference on Higher Agricultural Education, held at the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, from 10 to 13 September 2000. "From production agriculture to rural development: Challenges for higher education in the new millennium" was the theme of the conference. The main topics addressed in this report are: How do Education For All and Food For All strategies interact? Why has international assistance to agricultural education declined?
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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FROM AGRICULTURE TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT: CRITICAL CHOICES FOR AGRICULTURE EDUCATION         
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Non-formal education         
MAGUIRE C.
FAO, ROME, 2001,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This paper is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at planners and educators on rural development. The paper suggests that rural development is a complex process that requires sustainable agriculture production, natural resources management, institutions, infrastructure, health, education, markets, finance, policy, local government and education in order to succeed. Agricultural education systems from universities to non-formal adult education have to decide what measures to adopt for increasing rural development. This paper suggests various relevant strategies.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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FROM AGRONOMIC DATA TO FARMER RECOMMENDATIONS: AN ECONOMICS TRAINING MANUAL        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
CIMMYT ECONOMICS PROGRAMME
CIMMYT (INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER), 1988,
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English
This manual targets mostly students and researchers. It is the most widely used manual for economic analysis of on-farm trials in developing countries. The manual explains how to do an economic analysis of on-farm agronomic experiments to help select treatments for further experimentation and develop recommendations for farmers.
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www.cimmyt.org




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Contact:
CIMMYT (INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER)
Mexico, D.F.
Mexico
Apdo. Postal 6-641
cimmyt@cgiar.org

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FUTURE FORESTS TEACHER'S GUIDE         
subjects:  Trees and Forests              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
SEEBACH MATTHEW
FAO, ROME, 2001,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
The Future Forests Teacher's Guide contains simple explanations of teaching tools and activities for young people, so that it is easy to follow whether you have been teaching for many years or you are working for the first time with young people. It is designed for your use to help young people get actively involved in learning about forests and their community. By using this guide, you will help them learn to participate in planning for the future of their forests and ensuring that they are used wisely. This guide will help you to lead young people in activities that teach skills, generate knowledge about forests and help them to be active in their community.
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You can find the Earthbird Series in this Tool Kit with the name THE EARTHBIRD SERIES

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Contact: VanLierop Pieter
Forestry Policy and Institutions Branch (FONP)
Forestry Policy and Planning Division (FON)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Pieter.vanlierop@fao.org

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GENDER AND ACCESS TO LAND        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping     Gender         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              

FAO, ROME, 2002, pages 50
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English
French
Spanish
Arabic
This guide addresses administrators in governments and their counterparts in civil society who are involved in land access administration questions in rural development. It emphasizes the importance of developing a better understanding of the situation for women and men when societies are subject to great economic, social and environmental changes. This guide also identifies indicators for measuring the quality and quantity of access to land and housing before, during and after an intervention. It outlines recommended principles for land administration projects from the perspective of national and international organizations.
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Related links
Land Tenure
http://www.fao.org/sd/in1_en.htm



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Land Tenure
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
SD-Dimensions@fao.org

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GENDER IN AGRICULTURE SOURCEBOOK        
subjects:  Gender              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Teachers' training          
FAO WORLD BANK
FAO - IFAD - WORLD BANK, ROME, 2008,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This Compendium presents the findings of a series of regional studies and consultations. The Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook provides an up-to-date understanding of gender issues and a rich compilation of compelling evidence of good practices and lessons learned to guide practitioners in integrating gender dimensions into agricultural projects and programs. It is a useful tool for capacity initiatives aimed at planners and educators on rural development.
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Contact:
FAO - IFAD - WORLD BANK
Rome
Italy

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GETTING STARTED! RUNNING A JUNIOR FARMER FIELD AND LIFE SCHOOL        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS     Education and Training Planning Tools         
levels and types of education: Teachers' training      Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education         
FAO WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
FAO, ROME, 2007,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
French
This book is an useful tool for planners and educators working in rural development and illustrates how to conceive a Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) in African countries. These JFFLS are designed to empower orphans and other vulnerable children aged 12 to 18 years who live in communities where HIV/AIDS has had a strong impact on food security. A JFFLS imparts agricultural knowledge and life skills to increase these children’s selfesteem and livelihood prospectst. The subjects of the book are agricultural practices for field preparation, sowing and transplanting, weeding, irrigation, pest control, use and conservation of available resources, use and processing of food crops.
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Contact: _
Gender, Equity and Rural Employment
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delel Terme di Caracalla 00153

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GLOBAL REVIEW OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND ADVISORY SERVICES PRACTICES        
subjects:  Communication     Education and Training Planning Tools         
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
FAO _
ROME, 2008,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
French
Spanish
This publication is for extension personnel, trainers and trainees for youth and adult education activities. It illustrates “good practices” within different agricultural extension and advisory service institutions that have used new agricultural innovations, in order to improve rural livelihoods and, to educate farmers to use sustainable natural resource management practices in different countries. The publication reviews the major objectives of extension systems in the agricultural development process that are technology dissemination,human capital development, building social capitaland educating farmers to manage natural resources sustainably. These major extension objectives are assessed under different extension models and are differently organized.
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Contact: Riccardo Del Castello
NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Riccardo.delcastello@fao.org

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GLOSSARY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE        
subjects:  Biodiversity     Food and Nutrition and School Gardening         
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
ZAID A.
HUGHES H.G.
PORCEDDU E.
FAO, ROME, 2001, pages 305
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English
French
Spanish
This glossary on biotechnology targets researchers, students, technician. It provides a convenient reference source presenting an up-dated list of terms currently used in biotechnology, genetic, engineering and closely allied fields. It includes terms selected by examination of a variety of sources: books, dictionaries, abstracts, journals and includes also terms of applied technology.
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Related links
Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture
http://www.fao.org/biotech/news_list.asp?Cat=131



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Contact: Andrea Sonnino
Research and Technology Development Service
Research, Extension and Training Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
andrea.sonnino@fao.org

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GOOD PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR AGRICULTURAL LEASING ARRANGEMENTS.         
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 2001, pages 71
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
French
Spanish
Good practice guidelines for agricultural arrangements targets governments and civil society with the aim to assist them understanding how agricultural leasing and related agreements work. This guidelines not only provides with a practical and up-to-date guide and commentary on the issues that need to be taken into consideration by the landlord and the tenant at the moment of negotiating over the leasing of agricultural land but also with the contextual and policy issues.
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Contact:
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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GROW MUSHROOM FOR MORE INCOME        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
SENZABURO IKEDA
ASIA/PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTRE FOR UNESCO (ACCU), TOKYO, JAPAN, 2002, pages 12
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English
This booklet targets rural families and extension personnel giving them information on how to get income in growing mushrooms. With the help of drawings, it guides the reader step-by-step showing him the time and place of planting and the necessary material.
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Related links
Literacy Materials with ACCU
http://www.accu.or.jp/litdbase/material/index.htm





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Mushroom production training for disabled people: a progress report
http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPre0072.htm

Contact: Mari Takano
Education
UNESCO (ACCU)
Tokyo
Japan
6 Fukuromachi, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8484
+81-3-3269-4559
maritakano@accu.or.jp

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GROWING SOYBEAN AND MAIZE IN ROTATION        
subjects:  Plants              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education     Primary education    
IITA
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE, 2006,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This manual targets mainly farmers or vocational education students, but thanks to its simplicity and many expressive pictures it could be used by primary school pupils. It presents the advantages and methods for growing soybean and maize in rotation on the same plot.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Related links
www.iita.org




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Contact:
IITA (INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE)
Ibadan
Nigeria
PMB 5320, Ibadan
iita@cgiar.org

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GROWING UP IN THE REAL WORLD CONTRIBUTES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Teachers' training          
BARLET A.
JATIKET M.
FAO, ROME, 2004,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This book is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at educators on rural development, and planners. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This book illustrates the “Rural Ecology and Agriculture Livelihoods” (REAL) in Thailand. It is an integrated learning process in which children explore what is happening on local farms, gain an understanding of ecology and develop critical thinking skills for addressing environmental, health and social problems; additionally, they grow up in the real world, bridging school and the rural world. The process of getting students out of the classroom and into local fields can break down barriers between schools and rural communities and encourage inter-generational learning and relevance of the curriculum to the needs of rural people.
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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education for Rural People group
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (NR)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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GUIDE TO BREAD WHEAT BREEDING AT CIMMYT        
subjects:  Plants     Food and Nutrition and School Gardening         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
VAN GINKEL MARTEN
TRETHOWAN RICHARD
KARIM AMMAR, JIANKANG WANG, MORTEN LILLEMO
CIMMYT (INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER), 2002,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This manual is designed to help scientists acquaint themselves with the CIMMYT's philosophy, objectives, strategies, and specific activities. This special report provides a detailed introduction to the three subprogrammes of the CIMMYT Wheat Programme. It addresses the breeding of bread wheat in the three subprogrammes: bread wheat for irrigated and high rainfall conditions, bread wheat for semi-arid and high latitude conditions, and hybrid bread wheat.
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Related links
www.cimmyt.org




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Contact:
CIMMYT (INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER)
Mexico, D.F.,
Mexico
Apdo. Postal 6-641
www.cimmyt.org

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GUIDE TO CONDUCTING A RIGHT TO FOOD ASSESSMENT        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening     Education and Training Planning Tools         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Non-formal education         
FAO _
FAO, ROME, 2009,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This guide is a useful tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at policy makers, planners and educators on rural development. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. It aims at supporting countries in the reform of their education, training and rural development policies.This guide describes methods and tools with which to undertake a right to adequate food assessment. It provides relevant methodological and operational information. The material contained in the guide draws on lessons learned from FAO-supported country case studies on the right to adequate food.
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Related links
The Right to Food web site
http://www.fao.org/righttofood/
http://www.fao.org/righttofood/




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Contact: _
Agricultural and Development Economics Division, Economic and Social Department.
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
righttofood@fao.org

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GUIDE TO EXTENSION TRAINING        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Teachers' training          
OAKLEY P.
GARFORTH C.
FAO, ROME, 1985,
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English
The guide targets extension agents; it is drawn from extension practices in Asia, Africa and Latin America. This resource text provides basic concepts and methods for extension services. It also presents case-studies and planning steps which extension agents apply to their work.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Related links
FAO Economic and Social Department
http://www.fao.org/es/english/index_en.htm



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Contact: Magdalena Bloom
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
magdalena.blum@fao.org

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GUIDE TO THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AVIAN FLU IN SMALL-SCALE POULTRY FARMING IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN        
subjects:  Animals and Pastoralism              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
FAO
FAO, ROME, 2006,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Spanish
This publication is addresses farmers with the aim to prevent and control avian flu in small-scale poultry farming in Latin America and the Caribbean. It stresses the measures needed to ensure on farm bio security and prevent contact between domestic poultry and potentially infected wild birds. The information is specifically designed to meet the needs of small-scale and farmyard poultry production units.
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Related links
FAO. Animal Production and Health Division
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/home/en/home.html



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FAO handbook offers guidance to small poultry farmers
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/en/health/diseases-cards/special_avian.html
Helping prevent avian influenza in Latin America and the Caribbean
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000381/index.html

Contact: Iñigo Alvarez-Miranda
Animal Production and Health Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Inigo.Alvarez@fao.org

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GUIDEBOOK FOR GENETIC RESOURCES DOCUMENTATION        
subjects:  Biodiversity     Rural finance and Book-keeping         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
PAINTING K.A.
PERRY M.C.
R.A.DENNING AND W.G. AYAD
IPGRI (NOW BIOVERSITY), 1995,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This guidebook targets scientists developing a new or improving an existing genebank documentation system. It assists users in making their own decisions on the analysis, design, implementation and use of both manual and microcomputer- based documentation systems. It represents a timely, self-teaching treatment of a subject of concern to those involved with many aspects of genetic resources documentation, characterisation, conservation, management and utilization.
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Related links
www.bioversityinternational.org




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Contact:
BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL
Maccarese (Rome)
Italy
Via dei Tre Denari, 472a 00057
Bioversity-publications@cgiar.org

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HANDBOOK ON PRESSURIZED IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES        
subjects:  Water              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
POCHAIDES A.
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 2001, pages 196
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This handbook targets irrigation and agriculture technicians and extension workers in the field of irrigation with the objective to provide a practical guide. It aims to explain how shifting from surface irrigation to pressurized irrigation. It contributes to making a best use of water for agriculture and improving irrigation efficiency that are important prerequisites for the future.
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Related links
Land and Water Development Division
http://www.fao.org/landandwater/default.stm



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Contact: Pasquale Steduto
Natural Resource Management and Environment
Water Development and Management
Land and Water Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
pasquale.steduto@fao.org

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HANDBOOK ON SMALL-SCALE FRESHWATER FISH FARMING        
subjects:  Fisheries and Aquaculture              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
GOPALAKRISHNAN V.
COCHE A. G.
FAO, ROME, 1994, pages 205
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English
French
Spanish
This book targets fishers and farmers; it provides information on what is the fish farming, how it is practiced and on how to keep a farm family healthy. The book also contains very short explanations in every aspect of the fish pond with the help of designs and illustrations.
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Related links
Simple Methods for Aquaculture CD-Rom. FAO training series 2007
ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/CDrom/FAO_Training/FAO_Training/FRA_MENU.htm
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
http://www.fao.org/fi/default.asp



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Contact: Valerio Crespi
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Aquaculture Management and Conservation Service
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
FI-Inquiries@fao.org

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HANDBOOK ON SMALL-SCALE FRESHWATER FISH FARMING        
subjects:  Fisheries and Aquaculture     Food and Nutrition and School Gardening         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
GOPALAKRISHNAN V.
COCHE A.G.
FAO, ROME , 1994,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
English
This handbook targets extension workers, technicians and teachers, to help them in presenting their knowledge of freshwater fish farming to small-scale farmers. The simple language employed in the text can be easily translated into other languages, and the diagrams can be reproduced or enlarged for screen projection. The handbook ends with a set of questions that could be used to test the comprehension of trainees.
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Contact:
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
FI-Inquiries@fao.org

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HANDLINING AND SQUID JIGGING        
subjects:  Fisheries and Aquaculture              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
BJARNASON B. A.
FAO, ROME, 1992, pages 62
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English
French
Spanish
This booklet targets small-scale fishers by providing them elements of hand lining and squid jigging. This publication explains how to choose appropriate gear, how to rig it altogether, how to improve the catch, as well as how to find the right time and place to fish. It also contains step-by-step instructions for the construction of simple hand reels and squid reels.
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Contact: Jeremy Turner
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Fishing Technology Service (FIIT)
Fishery Industries Division (FII)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
+39 0657056446
jeremy.turner@fao.org

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HEALTH MANAGEMENT FOR THE RESPONSIBLE MOVEMENT OF LIVE AQUATIC ANIMALS IN ASIA        
subjects:  Fisheries and Aquaculture              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
FAO/NACA _
FAO, ROME,
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These manuals address workers involved in aquatic animal production. They provide expert guidance for reducing the risk of disease spread through trade and movement of live aquatic animals within and between regions. Implementation of these guidelines contributes to securing and increasing income of aqua culturists in Asia as well as in rural livelihoods.
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Asia regional technical guidelines on health management for the responsible movement of live aquatic animals and the Beijing consensus and implementat
English
Manual of Procedures for the Implementation of the Asia Regional Technical Guidelines on Health Management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquati
English
Asia Diagnostic Guide to Aquatic Animal Diseases
English
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An FAO Technical Co-operation Programme (TCP) Project - “Assistance for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals” was launched by NACA in 1998, with the participation of 21 countries from throughout the Asia region. This programme complemented FAO's efforts in assisting member countries to implement the relevant provisions in Article 9 - Aquaculture Development - of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF), at both the national and regional levels.

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Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
http://www.enaca.org/
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF)
http://www.fao.org/figis/servlet/static?xml=CCRF_prog.xml&dom=org



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The Beijing Consensus and Implementation Strategy (BCIS)
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/X8485E/x8485e01.htm

Contact: Reantaso Melba
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division (FIM)
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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HERBAL PLANTS. KEEPING OUR TRADITIONAL WISDOM ALIVE        
subjects:  Trees and Forests              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education     Teachers' training     
ASIA/PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTRE FOR UNESCO (ACCU) -
ASIA/PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTRE FOR UNESCO (ACCU), TOKYO, 2002, pages 16
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English
This booklet targets neo-literates people living in Asia and Pacific areas. Six herbs commonly found in Asia are introduced for treating six symptoms, together with a message encouraging the use of locally available resources preserving their traditionally knowledge. In particular, this booklet explains the method of preparation, the application, where to find the herb and some safety precautions in their utilization. The reader can learn how to treat a common cold, cough, skin diseases, diarrhea, cuts and wounds and worm infestation.
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Related links
Asian Herbal Plants
http://www.borneofocus.com/saip/vaic/MarketScenario/article3.htm
Asian Herbal Products Web site
http://www.akitaherbalmedicine.com/



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Therapeutic use of medicinal plants in Africa.
http://www.healthepic.com/herb/static/herb_africa.htm
Traditional Herbal Medicine in South America
http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Herbal/lunny22.htm
Plants in Asian medicine
http://www.plantcultures.org.uk/themes/medicine_plants_in_asian_medicine.html

Contact: Mari Takano
Education
ASIA/PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTRE FOR UNESCO (ACCU)
Tokyo
Japan
6, Fukuromaci, Shinjuku-ku, 1628484
maritakano@accu.or.jp

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HIGH-LEVEL GROUP ON EDUCATION FOR ALL. REACHING THE MARGINALIZED: INVESTING IN EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE EFA GOALS AND THE MDGS        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
UNESCO _
UNESCO, PARIS, 2005,
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English
This paper is a useful tool for capacity development initiatives addressing at policy makers, planners and educators working on rural development. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This paper attempts to draw out the main issues discussed during the Fifth Meeting of the High-Level Group on Education for All, 28-30 November 2005. The meeting proposes strategies and approaches for offering rural people learning opportunities of equal quality as urban dwellers. The purpose of this session was to stimulate political commitment and policy reforms for education for rural populations.
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Contact: Education Group
NRRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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HIGHER AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN. AN OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF FIVE CASE-STUDIES        
subjects:  Gender              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education              
KARL MARILEE
LINDLEY WILLIAM I.
CROWDER L.VAN
FAO, ROME, 1997, pages 73
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English
This book targets extensionists and planners by presenting an overview of five case studies that can be implemented in the short-and medium-term to improve women's access to higher agricultural education, both formal and informal at all levels. This publication examines how women's access to agricultural education and opportunities are related to development planning and policy making institutions and, thus, to both the achievement of food security and empowerment of women.
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Contact:
Education for Rural People group
NRRR
NRR
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
erp@fao.org

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HIGHER EDUCATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Secondary and vocational education         
RAMOS EDUARDO
DEL MAR DELGADO MARÍA
FAO AND UNESCO-IIEP, ROME AND PARIS, 2005,
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English
This publication targets institutions, policy-makers and educational centres. This study describes the successful reform of the University of Cordoba (Spain) to face the radical transformations that have affected rural areas in recent decades. The book suggests a curriculum of higher agricultural education in order to promote an understanding of rural development which extends beyond agriculture.The University of Cordoba launched this process of change 10 years ago and it is hoped that it can inspire and guide other institutions facing similar challenges.
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Education for Rural People
http://www.fao.org/sd/erp/ERPPublications_en.htm



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Contact: Education for Rural People Coordination Unit
Education group
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
erp@fao.org

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HIV/AIDS PREVENTION EDUCATION        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS              
levels and types of education: Teachers' training               
HILDYARD STEPHEN
UNICEF, BEIJING, 2001, pages 117
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English
This guide is intended as a life skills education manual for teachers of junior and high school, with the aim of developing long-term, continuous educational activities in secondary schools. The manual contains activities and compiles training materials on AIDS prevention from China and abroad.
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Related links
UNICEF HIV/AIDS
http://www.fao.org/hivaids/index_en.htm
UNICEF publications
http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_pubs_hivaids.html



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Young People and HIV/AIDS
http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Young_People_and_HIV_AIDS.pdf

Contact: Jinglin He
Basic Education
UNICEF
Beijing
China
12 Sanlitun Lu, 100600
beijing@unicef.org

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HIV/AIDS RESOURCE GUIDE FOR EXTENSION WORKERS        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
FAO -
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY SERVICE (NAADS) AND FAO INTEGRATED PROGRAMME , ROME, 2004, pages 54
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English
This guide targets community extension workers and rural households involved in farming, fishing and livestock to better understand what impact the HIV/AIDS epidemic has on the agricultural sector and rural livelihoods. It provides suggestions to increases the uptake of appropriate responses to the epidemic by the agricultural sector.
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Related links
HIV/AIDS and Food Security web site
http://www.fao.org/hivaids/index_en.htm



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HIV/AIDS, food security and rural livelihoods
http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit/english/fsheets/aids.pdf

Contact: David Kantaale Kazungu
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY SERVICE
Kampala
Uganda
Plot 39A Lumumba avenue, P.O.Box 25235
+256-41-345440
info@naads.or.ug

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HIV/AIDS. LIFE SKILLS PROGRAMME FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS              
levels and types of education: Primary education     Non-formal education     Teachers' training     
ISAAC AGUM
DATIRO GRACE
SAMSON
UNICEF , NEW YORK, 2003, pages 72
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English
This booklet is for mentors about Life Skills-Based Education materials that are used in emergency situations, especially for children and young people who are vulnerable to sexual abuse and rape. While the materials are intended for an audience, ages 10 and up in Southern Sudan, the core content of the material is universally applicable and the materials can be adapted to a particular situation.
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Related links
UNICEF HIV/AIDS website
http://www.fao.org/hivaids/index_en.htm
UNICEF publications
http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_pubs_hivaids.html



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Young People and HIV/AIDS
http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Young_People_and_HIV_AIDS.pdf

Contact: Agum Isaac
Life Skills
Basic education
UNICEF
New York
USA
3 United nations Plaza, 10017
aisaac@unicef.org

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HOME GROWN SCHOOL FEEDING: A FRAMEWORK TO LINK SCHOOL FEEDING WITH LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Primary education              
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME _
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME , 2009,
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English
In the broadest sense, home-grown school feeding (HGSF) is a school feeding programme that provides food produced and purchased within a country to the extent possible. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has collaborated with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and other partners to develop an approach to HGSF. This document is a culmination of these efforts. It focuses in particular on linking school feeding programmes with local small-scale farmer production by creating an ongoing market for small landholders (“smallholders”). More in-depth case studies are also available for Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes in four countries (Brazil, Ghana, India and Thailand). This study is an useful tool for policy makers.
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School Meals -- In-depth
http://www.wfp.org/school-meals/in-depth



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Contact: Giorgia Mazzotta
OEDP - School Feeding
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Rome
Giorgia.Mazzotta@wfp.org

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HORTICULTURAL MARKETING        
subjects:  Rural finance and Book-keeping              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education              
GRAHAME DIXIE
FAO, 2005,
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English
This publication has been written for small-scale farmers. The objective of this guide is to provide a conceptual framework of the horticultural marketing and, supported by descriptive and illustrative pictures, helps small-scale farmers to understand better the commercial process in a free market, the effect of supply and demand on prices. A number of case studies from diverse countries such as a Caribbean Island, Bangladesh, Yemen and Africa are introduced in order presents the type of actions that could be taken by the small-scale farmers to improve their benefits in a specific context.
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Contact: Andrew W. Shepherd
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department
Agricultural Management, Marketing and Finance Service
Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
Andrew.Shepherd@fao.org

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HUMAN NUTRITION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
LATHAM MICHAEL C.
FAO, ROME, 2001, pages 515
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English
French
Spanish
This book targets workers in the field who assist the public in making informed food choices and appropriate decisions about diet. It provides science-based information on the most important nutritional problems of developing countries such as food, nutrients, the causes of malnutrition, nutritional disorders and their prevention and it suggests appropriate programmes and policies to address them.
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Contact: Peter Glasauer
Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
peter.glasauer@fao.org

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HUMAN RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education     Non-formal education         
QAMAR KALIM
FAO, ROME, ITALY, 2000, pages 172
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English
French
Spanish
Arabic
This publication targets professionals working in the communication, education and agricultural fields in order to improve their performance at the policy and management levels. Human Resources in Agricultural and Rural Development (HRARD) is an initiative sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that attempts to create a forum where innovative methodologies, successful strategies and institutional reforms are introduced in situations related to training, extension, education and communication.
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Contact: Van Crowder
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
van.crowder@fao.org

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IITA RESEARCH GUIDES        
subjects:  Plants     Soil and land rights         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
(INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE) IITA
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This series of Research Guides provides information and guidance to agricultural researchers, technicians, extension specialists, educators, and students involved in research and training.
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Fertilizer distribution machinery: design and operation
English
Improvement of soil fertility and weed suppression through legume-based technologies
English
Major insect pests of maize in Africa: biology and control
English
Mechanized minimum and no-till crop production for research farms
English
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Other booklets of this series available at IITA (www.iita.org)

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Contact:
IITA (INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE)
Ibadan
Nigeria
PMB 5320, Ibadan, Oyo State
iita@cgiar.org

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ILCA TRAINING MANUAL: FORAGE SEED PRODUCTION        
subjects:  Animals and Pastoralism     Plants         
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education         
(HERBAGE SEED UNIT) HSU ,
(INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK CENTRE) ILCA
ILRI (INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE), 1999,
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English
This manual targets mainly farmers. Its objective is to make available quality seed or vegetative material for livestock production. It explains methods from the seed production systems, site selection through forage matching to the site and crop management.
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www.ilri.org




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Contact:
ILRI INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Nairobi 00100
Kenya - Headquarters
P.O.Box 30709
ILRI-Kenya@cgiar.org

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ILLUSTRATED GUIDES SERIES        
subjects:  Plants              
levels and types of education: Non-formal education     Secondary and vocational education     Teachers' training     
IITA
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE, 2005,
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This series of guidebooks targets actual and potential growers of cassava, cowpea, maize, soybean and watermelon. These plants are major staple crops in Nigeria as they can be found in the daily menu of local people. The guidebooks full of colorful illustrations and written in a simple language show the step-by-step procedure and precautions for obtaining high quality harvest. Each guidebook is completed by trainer's guide which provides teachers with practical pedagogical advice and gives an explanation on how to conduct the course.
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Cassava utilization in Nigeria - Trainers' guide
English
Commercial Utilization of Cassava in Nigeria: An Illustrated Guide
English
Growing Cassava Commercially in Nigeria - Trainer's guide
English
Growing Cowpea commercially in Nigeria: an illustrated guide
English
Growing Cowpea Commercially in Nigeria - Trainer’s Guide
English
Growing Maize Commercially in Nigeria: an illustrated guide
English
Growing Maize Commercially in Nigeria - Trainer’s Guide
English
Growing Soybean Commercially in Nigeria: Trainers guide
English
Growing Soybean Commercially in Nigeria: an illustrated guide
English
Growing Watermelon in Nigeria: Trainer's Guide
English
Growing Watermelon Commercially in Nigeria: an illustrated guide
English
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Related links
www.iita.org




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Contact:
IITA (INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE)
Ibadan
Nigeria
PMB 5320, Ibadan, Oyo State
iita@cgiar.org

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IMPROVING ACCESS TO NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE RURAL POOR        
subjects:  Soil and land rights              
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
COTULA LORENZO
FAO, 2002, pages 75
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English
This paper addresses stakeholders; it makes recommendations for the development of strategic partnership within FAO and between FAO and external stakeholders. The report presents the experiences of FAO and other organizations with sustainable livelihoods (SL) approaches in the context of access by the poor to natural resources. It is organized in two parts: Part 1 describes the work of FAO, while Part 2 identifies other relevant organizations and their activities where SL approaches are used in relation to access to natural resources.
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Related links
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department
http://www.fao.org/sd/index_en.htm
FAO Livelihood Support Programme (LSP)
http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_pe4/pe4_040501_en.htm



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Contact: David Palmer
Land Tenure and Management Unit
Land and Water Division
FAO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
David.Palmer@fao.org

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IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION: A REFERENCE MANUAL        
subjects:  Education and Training Planning Tools              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
SWANSON BURTON E.
BENTZ ROBERT P
SOFRANKO ANDREW J.
FAO, ROME, 1997, pages 220
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English
This book addresses people involved in strategic planning, efficient management and scientific evaluation of problem-solving, demand-driven and needs-based agricultural extension programmes. It attempts to increase the cost effectiveness of agricultural extension programmes by providing the reader with conceptual, technical and operational methods and tools for strategic planning, efficient management and scientific evaluation of problem-solving, demand-driven and needs-based agricultural extension programmes.
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Related links
Sustainable Development Department- Extension Unit
http://www.fao.org/sd/kn3_en.htm



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Contact:
Research and Extension Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
sdre@fao.org

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IMPROVING AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES EDUCATION IN AFRICA. A STITCH IN TIME...        
subjects:  HIV/AIDS     Gender         
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education     Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education    
TEMU AUGUST
MWANJE INONDA
MOGOTSI KEBADIRE
FAO; ANAFE; SIDA, NAIROBI, KENYA, 2003, pages 36
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English
This booklet targets policymakers, educators, researchers and investors in agriculture and natural resources in Africa. The aim of the publication is to give information about farming systems, enterprise education focusing on youth and women, biotechnology, agricultural policies and effects of HIV/AIDS on people.
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WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE
http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/



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Contact: Dennis Garrity
WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE
Nairobi
Kenya
United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 30677-00100 Nairobi, Kenya
icraf@cgiar.org

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IMPROVING NUTRITION PROGRAMMES. AN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR ACTION        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              
ISMAIL SURAIYA
IMMINK MAARTEN
NANTEL GUY
FAO, ROME, 2002, pages 70
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English
French
Spanish
This book targets nutrition programme planners; it aims at providing a methodological guide for implementing food security and nutrition. The purpose of this book is to contribute to strengthening community based food and nutrition programmes. Its methodology is structured into four sections regarding the macro-environment, the micro-environment, programme design and sustainability.
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Improving food nutrition through agriculture: The role of International agricultural research. Conference summary and recommendations
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/articles/2000/bouis00_04.pdf
Imroving human nutrition through agricultural research: Overview and objectives
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/articles/2000/pinstrup-andersen00_02.pdf

Contact: FAO AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
AGN NUTRITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION
FAO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
ROME
ITALY
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153
http://www.fao.org/ag/

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IMPROVING NUTRITION THROUGH HOME GARDENING - A TRAINING PACKAGE FOR PREPARING FIELD WORKERS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA        
subjects:  Food and Nutrition and School Gardening              
levels and types of education: Secondary and vocational education              

FAO, ROME, 1995, pages 171
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English
Spanish
This training package targets agricultural extension agents and other field workers in Southeast Asia in order to strengthen their ability to assist households and communities in improving food production and adding nutritional value to their diets. The home garden can be used to raise many kinds of vegetable, fruits, staple crops, medicinal plants and spices as well as animals. Even a small plot of land, if well managed, can make a substantial contribution towards meeting household food needs and improving nutrition. These gardens have an established tradition and offer great potential for improving household food supplies.
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Contact: Ellen Muehlhoff
Nutrition Programmes Service
Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division
FAO
Rome
Italy
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153

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IMPROVING NUTRITION THRO