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Leaving no one behind: greater involvement and empowerment of rural women in Turkey and Central Asia
The project will help grass-roots rural women in Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, gain knowledge and skills to improve their economic status, start businesses and cooperatives, while empowering them to become agents of change in their communities. The project will also contribute to the creation of an enabling environment for rural...
Türkiye
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Newsletter
Access Agriculture Panorama -October 2022
This monthly e-newsletter gives a bird’s eye view of all the exciting updates from Access Agriculture, a world-leading organisation for quality agricultural training videos in international and local languages, working across the Global South.
The Access Agriculture Panorama features information on new videos, audio podcasts, blog posts, articles contributed by experts,...
Belgium
2022 - Access Agriculture
Video
''Biofertilizers and other technologies available to address the Fertilizer Crisis in the Latin America and Caribbean Region''
''Biofertilizers and other technologies available to address the Fertilizer Crisis in the Latin America and Caribbean Region''
Webinar Recordings | 9 June 2022.
Fertilizer prices have increased in recent months due to several factors, such as high energy prices. On the other hand, major exporters, including China, Russia, and Egypt, have reduced...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
FAO Analysis shows how Nationally Determined Contributions are lighting the way for climate action in the Near East and North Africa region
Agriculture is one of the sectors most affected by climate change, but as a recent FAO report ‘Regional analysis of the Nationally Determined Contributions in the Near East and North Africa’ illustrates, agriculture is also a key part of the solution to addressing the climate crisis, particularly in the Near East...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Manual
Training of trainers manual on the operation, maintenance and repair of farm machinery
This training of trainers (ToT) manual aims to provide insights into the operation, maintenance and basic repair of farm machinery. It provides an overview of the main concepts of equipment that can facilitate sustainable agriculture practices, with examples and guidelines on the topic. Its objective is to provide extension officers,...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter article
Reflections on Women and Fisheries Labour
A range of critical issues confront women in small-scale fisheries, the most basic being the under-recognition of women’s contributions. Since the 1990s, there has been an increased awareness that women do fish. However, there still is a deep-seated perception that “real” fishing is done by men while women merely play a...
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
Restoring ecosystem services in the Peruvian Andes
In the high Andes of Peru, rural farmers are becoming sustainable stewards of the ecosystems on which they depend – bolstering the region’s water security and their own livelihoods. IFAD is supporting these rural farmers the Conservation and Sustainable Use of High-Andean Ecosystems project, through compensation of environmental services for...
Peru
2022 - IFAD
Blog article
Conseil agricole et transitions agroécologiques des agricultures familiales : dynamiques, défis et perspectives en Afrique de l’Ouest
En Afrique de l’Ouest, le conseil agricole marqué par de longuesannées d’orientation vers le modèle de révolution verte, est de plusen plus sollicité pour accompagner des dynamiques de transitionsagroécologiques. Mais il y a un déficit de connaissances sur les ca-pacités réelles du conseil agricole à effectivement faciliter les tran-sitions agroécologiques,...
2022 - Inter-Réseaux Développement Rural
Technical paper
Human rights and the environment
This legal paper reflects on the evolution of international law on the interdependence of human rights and the environment. It illustrates their significance for the development and implementation of national laws on agricultural development and the management of renewable natural resources, ranging from land, water, fisheries, plants, and animals, to...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter article
What’s New, Webby?: ICSF Archives/Digital library
ICSF’s Archives/Digital library contains ICSF’s collections of more than three decades, built up since ICSF’s documentation centre was set up in Chennai in 1999 with the twin objectives of gathering all kinds of information pertinent to small-scale fisheries and making it available to all stakeholders in an easy and rapid-access...
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
E-learning
Diplomado Agaves & Mezquites Regenerando Zonas Semiáridas. 03 de junio al 24 de septiembre 2022
El Diplomado es promovido por la organización civil Vía Orgánica AC y por la Universidad de Guanajuato y va dirigido a estudiantes, agricultores y campesinos que deseen restaurar sus paisajes, enriquecer las tierras y combatir el cambio climático a través de la siembra de Agaves y Mezquites en sus comunidades....
Mexico
2022 - Vía Orgánica
Blog article
FAO workshop focuses on stronger land markets in Central Asia
The basis of agricultural production is land, and farmers need a properly functioning land market in order to make the most out of this precious asset. To this end, FAO convened Central Asian representatives of all related spheres in Bishkek to discuss the potentials of developing their national agricultural land...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Newsletter article
Yemaya Recommends: The Island of sea women: A novel
The Island of Sea Women: A Novel by Lisa See, 2019, 384 pages, Simon & Schuster Ltd, New York,, ISBN: 978 1 5011 54867
“Every woman who enters the sea, carries a coffin on her back. In this undersea world we tow the burdens of a hard life. We are crossing...
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
OASIS – The Original Agroecological Survey Indicator System
A simple and comprehensive system for agroecological transition assessment
This document is the first of two. This brochure introduces the system of indicators and describes its principles
2022 - Agroecology Europe
Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Cameroon
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Cameroon
2022
Conference/Meeting
How to scale agroecology
As part of its 10th anniversary celebration this year, Access Agriculture is organising a webinar on “How to scale agroecology” on 25 October 2022, in partnership with the Agroecology Coalition.
The webinar will feature an eclectic line-up of distinguished speakers and panelists, including representatives from the Agroecology Coalition, FAO Family Farming Knowledge Platform, ANTHRA, Collaborative Crop Research Program at McKnight...
Belgium
2022 - Access Agriculture
Policy brief/paper
Global biodiversity framework stuck in a paradigm of catastrophic growth
What future for Africa?
The global community is coming togetherunder the auspices of the CBD, after delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, to address the “silent catastrophe” of biodiversity decline (CBD, 2018). It is anticipated that the COP 15 to the CBD will meet in Montreal, Canada from 7-19 December 2022 to finalise and...
2022 - The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
Website
Développement local en République Centrafricaine
L’Iram lance un centre de ressources en ligne dédié au développement local en République centrafricaine. On y trouve des documents relatifs au cadre politique et législatif centrafricain, de la documentation scientifique, ainsi que des travaux produits à l’occasion de la conduite de projets (études, cartes, rapports). Le site a vocation...
2022 - IRAM
Report
OASIS - The original agroecological survey indicator system
Methodology and guidelines for the assesor
This document is the second of two. It explains the methodology of the indicator system in detail and guides the evaluator on how to assign a value to each criterion, conduct the assessment and interpret the results. The first document introduces the system of indicators and describes its principles.
European Union
2022 - Agroecology Europe
Blog article
Farmer-to-farmer agroecology: Q&A with Chukki Nanjundaswamy of Amrita Bhoomi Learning Centre
Nestled in a verdant valley in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, about a four-hour drive southwest of Bangalore, the agroecology learning center Amrita Bhoomi is one of dozens of farmer-to-farmer training hubs around the world focused on agroecology. The center was born out of organizing efforts of the local...
India
2022
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