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Inclusión financiera para ellas

No será posible acabar con la pobreza si una parte considerable de la población rural tiene un acceso limitado y desigual a los servicios financieros. De acuerdo con la FAO, es precisamente en las zonas rurales donde existe una mayor exclusión financiera y la reducción de la pobreza ocurre a...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Blog article
Workshop in Thorupstrand – 2018

“Survive and Thrive: Adding Value to Fisheries Policy and Production for Small Scale Fishers”  
Denmark
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe

Report
International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development - Impact Report 2018

Partnering for Impact
At ICENECDEV partnering is at the core of our strategy: They partner to end extreme poverty and promote the protection of the Environment. And in today’s development landscape partnership is important to drive the global development Agendas—partnering with the business community is more important than ever before to achieve the...
Cameroon
2018 - ICENECDEV

Blog article
Welcome spring! Welcome forests!

The 21st of March is the official first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. The day of the equinox, in which plants start to blossom and sprout as warm air begins to invade our latitudes. Not only this, this day is also celebrated throughout the world as the International...
European Union
2018 - SIMRA

Video
Bancos de Germoplasma, colecciones de vida

Los bancos de germoplasma son lugares físicos donde se mantienen colecciones biológicas colectadas en diferentes ambientes. El objetivo principal es asegurar que los especímenes sean debidamente catalogados y sobre todo conservados.
Colombia
2018 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Blog article
Supporting the fisherwomen of Nkombo, Rwanda

“Women” and “fishing” are two words that would not have been used together in the same sentence a few years ago in Rwanda. It has been a long-held belief in Rwanda that fishing is not for women – it is a man’s occupation. Women have mostly embraced this thinking as well, but...
Rwanda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
FAO and digital innovation in support of youth in agriculture

Digital services are changing the way farmers do business by giving them access to information and knowledge they can use in their daily activities. Working with partners, FAO is developing and implementing digital inclusion initiatives and scaling up innovative digital services. Digital innovation is transforming communities, empowering individuals and unlocking...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Case study
Case study on the groundnut value chain in the Republic of Malawi

Food loss analysis: causes and solutions
In order to improve global, regional and local knowledge about the underlying reasons for food loss, as well as to assess where critical loss points occur, FAO undertook a series of case studies involving numerous food supply chains in developing countries. Utilizing a defined food loss and waste analysis framework,...
Malawi
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Website
Mujeres con ingresos propios

En Belice, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá y República Dominicana, países que forman parte del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA), son limitadas las oportunidades de las mujeres rurales para generar ingresos propios. Aunque en esta región las áreas rurales abastecen de alimentos y otras materias primas a...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Journal article
Fourniture d’information et consentement à payer l’eau d’irrigation dans les groupements de développement agricole tunisiens. Une étude par l’économie expérimentale

L’eau d’irrigation est une ressource cruciale pour le développement économique et social en Tunisie. Dans un contexte de décentralisation et de délégation du rôle de l’État, une part importante de la gestion de cette eau d’irrigation a été confiée aux groupements de développement agricole (GDA). Ces groupements souffrent cependant d’un...
Tunisia
2018

Blog article
Attracting Zambia's youth to agriculture: it's about time

Zambia's vibrant youth are crucial to developing a prosperous agricultural sector. This means shaking off outdated perceptions and providing young people with the right incentives. 
Zambia
2018 - IIED blog

Blog article
People, places, cracks and light

There is a widely known song from Leonard Cohen, his “Anthem”, whose hook allegedly refers to a parable told by Jack Kornfield: A young man who had lost his leg came to a Buddhist monastery, and he was extremely angry at life, always drawing pictures of cracked vases and damaged things,...
Brazil
2018 - SIMRA

Blog article
Reviving Ukraine's Breadbasket

While wheat is the most consumed crop in Ukraine, domestic demand is slowly decreasing. Ukrainians consumed on average about 101 kg of wheat in the form of bread, flour, pasta, groats and other processed grain products in 2016, which is 18 percent less than ten years ago. With increased grain production, the...
Ukraine
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Video
Unleashing the potential of Africa's youth through innovation in agriculture

In Africa, digital innovation has the power to transform the agriculture and employment sectors by improving food production, providing agribusiness opportunities and creating exciting new employment opportunities for young people. In Rwanda and Senegal, the FAO has partnered with local farmers and innovators to develop and pilot four new mobile...
Rwanda - Senegal
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
Mujeres de Milpa Alta aumentan ventas en el Mercado de Productores en México

Video que da cuenta de cuatro mujeres de Milpa Alta, en la Ciudad de México: Irene, Judith, María e Irma, decidieron dar valor agregado a su producción de carne de pavo, realizando jamón y chorizo, pero solo lograban vender hasta 100 pavos al mes entre sus vecinos y la comunidad....
Mexico
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Fact sheet
Fall Armyworm threatens food security and livelihoods across Africa

Fall Armyworm is a transboundary insect pest that feeds on more than 80 crop plants, particularly maize when available, and it is able to move 100 km per night. It can cause significant yield losses if not well managed and has a high potential to affect food security. To support...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Newsletter
News from the Deck – December 2017 & January 2018

The newsletter of December 2017 & January 2018 includes: Large-scale project for the Mediterranean to be led by LIFE for three years with the support of the MAVA Foundation, Massive support to LIFE for the vote on pulse fishing, Other news from around the EU, News from our members as well as Press review
European Union
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe

Blog article
Social innovation as a driver for rural innovation – highlights from the OECD conference

The 11th OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Rural Development Conference was held in Edinburgh on 9-12 April 2018. Prior to the main conference, a series of interactive sessions, led by the European Network for Rural Development, showcased projects and approaches already launched by rural communities to face 21st...
European Union
2018 - SIMRA

Article
National committees for family farming in Colombia and Indonesia achieve the approval of important regulations in support of family farming

Also, various National Committees for Family Farming in Africa are involved in processes for the creation of national public policies and are playing a key role in defending the interests of Family Farming
The National Committees for Family Farming in Indonesia and Colombia have promoted processes of political dialogue between key players in Family Farming, leading to the approval of new regulations for the development of Family Farming in their respective countries. In Indonesia, the Law on the Protection and Empowerment of Farmers in...
Colombia - Gambia - Indonesia - Madagascar - Senegal
2018 - World Rural Forum

Working paper
Boletín indicadores del Sistema Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria 2017

El Boletín de Indicadores de Ciencia, Tecnología e innovación – CTI del Sector Agropecuario hace parte de los avances en materia de análisis y gestión de conocimiento sobre el Sistema Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria – SNIA, con el ánimo de proveer indicadores para apoyar la formulación de política pública, la...
Colombia
2018 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
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