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Policy brief/paper
The Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA Africa) programme targeting in Niger

This one pager summarizes a study on the programming approach adopted in Niger to implement food purchases for food assistance and to provide procurement preferential treatment to small-scale family farming food outputs. The study provides a detailed description of the selection of farmers, discusses the main constrains faced in a...
Niger
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
Disaster response and strengthening the resilience of the agriculture sector in the Philippines

Natural and man-made disasters, including typhoons, flooding, drought and armed conflict threaten the livelihoods of farmers and fishers, and ultimately, food security in the Philippines. Helping communities recover and increasing the resilience of the agriculture sector is at the heart of FAO’s work in the country. The video features FAO’s...
Philippines
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Magazine article
Household-microenterprise – the missing link in gendered value chain analysis: lessons from an analysis of dairy chains in Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, gender analysis in value chains is usually restricted to a study of men and women as producers or workers within the chain itself. This overlooks many relevant dimensions of gender struggles. We therefore propose a gender analysis in value chains that pays attention to the interrelation of the...
Nicaragua
2017 - Nitlapan-UCA

Article
Why Gender Matters in Collective Action for Agricultural Innovation

The document discusses gender inequality in leadership roles within farmer and trader associations involved in a potato post-harvest project in Uganda. Despite women's desire to participate in store management, they faced barriers such as time constraints, fear of disapproval from husbands, and illiteracy. The document stresses the need for inclusive...
Uganda
2017 - CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform

Policy brief/paper
APAARI Strategic Plan 2017-2022

Pathways to Strengthened Agri-Food Research and Innovation Systems in Asia and the Pacific
The Strategic Plan 2017-2022 delivers the key pathways to strengthen agri-food research and innovation systems (AFRIS), in order to develop agri-food systems and to bring about sustainable agricultural development in Asia and the Pacific. These developments are considered fundamental requirement in the post-2015 development agenda and in realization of the...
2017 - APAARI Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions

Blog article
Environmental and social benefits of mountain ecosystems discussed at the Mountains 2016 event

The International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions (ICRSDMR) is a scientific event for sharing and discussing methods, tools, results, applications, trends and challenges in research in mountain systems. This event was organized for the first time in Bragança by IPB-CIMO (and other institutions such as Embrapa,...
2017 - Euromontana

Case study
Integration of nutrition in agriculture extension services in Africa

A desk review of country case studies, pre-service and in-service training materials
This desk review aims at mapping how nutrition is currently being mainstreamed into agricultural EAS pre-service and in-service training and to give recommendation on the way forward. The study is based on a desk-review of peer-reviewed literature and grey literature. The integration of nutrition into the agricultural EAS materials was...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition)

Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions
Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and...
2017 - World Bank

Policy brief/paper
EU rural development policy and the integration of migrants

Over the last few years, Europe has seen a significant increase in the number of migrants arriving at its borders. The European Commission's 2016 action plan on the integration of third-country nationals has highlighted the resources that are available from the European structural and investment funds to support the integration...
European Union
2017 - European Parliament

Report
Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2017

Building Resilience for Food Conflict and Crisis: A Perspective from Security and Nutrition in Times of Conflict and Crisis
The 2017 Near East and North Africa (NENA) edition of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition comes under the theme of “building resilience for food security and nutrition in times of conflict and crisis”. The report establishes a baseline against which to measure future progress towards achieving SDG 2...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Journal
CIHEAM Watch Letter n°38: Rural Innovation and Digital Revolution in Agriculture

The CIHEAM Watch Letter n°38 in February 2017 on "Rural innovation and digital revolution in agriculture " wishes to provide a regional Mediterranean overview in terms of innovation in rural areas and the role of ICT in agriculture. This issue is resolutely prospective and rich in the presentation of various...
2017 - Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)

Working paper
Agriculture in Africa

Telling Myths from Facts
Stylized facts drive research agendas and policy debates. Yet robust stylized facts are hard to come by, and when available, often outdated. In a special issue of Food Policy, 12 papers revisit conventional wisdom on African agriculture and its farmers' livelihoods using nationally representative surveys from the Living Standards Measurement...
2017 - World Bank

Blog article
Croatia’s fruit and vegetable producers may get a bigger slice of market

Croatia’s horticultural sector is beset by challenges including lack of know-how in modern production techniques, and fragmentation of production. Fruit and vegetable value chains rely largely on the country’s small-scale producers, but many of those producers lack the financing to upgrade their operations and struggle to supply processors and retailers with...
Croatia
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Blog article
Organic farming in the EU needs passion, clear rules and controls

Food security and global peace go hand in hand. The EU’s proposed organic food regulation is not perfect, but it is a step towards the sustainable food system we need, write a group of Green MEPs.
European Union
2017 - EurActive

Report
Resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos de pequeña escala con y sin asistencia técnica. Informe Nº 15 - Octubre 2017

Este documento está elaborado en el marco del Proyecto “Gestión productiva y económica de pequeños y medianos emprendimientos porcinos de Argentina y Uruguay vinculados al Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas CIAP”. Tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de productores, mejore la calidad de vida y optimice...
Argentina
2017 - Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas (CIAP)

Newsletter article
Euromontana has launched a new Facebook Page for the 2016 European Charter for Mountain Quality Food Products!

Euromontana is working hard to collect signatures for the 2016 European Charter for Mountain Quality Food Products. We recently created a Facebook page about the Charter. The page contains a link to sign the Charter and will be updated regularly with information about: mountain products, the progress of the Charter, examples of the use of the mountain product...
2017 - Euromontana

Video
Improved rural urban linkages: Building sustainable food systems

Land and water use, food production, environmental management, transport and distribution, marketing and consumption concern urban and rural areas. Looking at the food system from a city region perspective – the city and its surrounding areas –, can ensure a more sustainable urbanization, and contribute in tackling challenges like urban...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Project
Food loss analysis for identification of critical loss points and solutions of maize and rice value chains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The RBA Project is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Funded by the Government of Switzerland, the Project seeks to improve food security and income-generating opportunities through the reduction of...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Article
Concerns rise over electric pulse fishing

A meeting in Nieuwpoort, Belgium on September 1st, organized by Belgian inshore fisherman Jan De Jonghe and attended by a variety of commercial fishermen from the UK, Belgium and Holland as well as staff from the Low Impact Fishers of Europe Platform [LIFE] and researchers from the Marine Institute, highlighted the...
Belgium - Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe

Technical paper
Market implications of the integration scenario of Southeast Asian rice markets

This paper explores how the integration of rice markets in ASEAN countries influences the import, export, production, consumption, and prices of rice in those countries, as well as in the rest of the world. The analysis describes current policies applied to ASEAN rice markets, then evaluates the ten-year impacts of...
2017 - OECD
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