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Artículo de revista especializada
Impacts of Improved Supplemental Irrigation on Farm Income, Productive Efficiency and Risk Management in Dry Areas
This paper provides empirical evidence that improved supplemental irrigation (ISI) can be justified on both environmental and economic grounds. Results of a stochastic frontier model which explicitly and simultaneously accounts for technical inefficiency and production risk applied to data collected from 513 wheat farms in the rainfed areas of Syria...
2017 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Vídeo
Women in Seafood
The video was shot at Bishop Koji, an island 10 minutes speed boat ride from Central Lagos Nigeria. It highlights the role of women in the seafood industry, their personal sacrifices vis-à-vis economic contributions to livelihoods, the lack of social support and amenities from the Local Government in terms of...
Nigeria
2017 - Women in Seafood
Vídeo
Betty Ndugga, a female entrepreneur in Uganda
Betty Ndugga used to be a clothing trader in Uganda's capital of Kampala. After her husband died, she returned to her village and joined a local farmer field school, supported by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, where she was trained in coffee production. After that, she decided to establish...
Uganda
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo
AgroEcological Transitions: changes and breakthroughs in the making
To underline the need for radical, systemic changes, we have chosen the term “AgroEcological Transitions” for the title of this volume. It stresses that a transition towards sustainable agriculture requires more than improving agribusiness as usual. To us, agroecology refers to broad and varied processes of experimentation and innovation that...
2017 - OT Team Agriculture & SocietyKnowledge Technology and InnovationWASS
Aprendizaje en línea
Organization Analysis and Development
Effective organizations are critical for sustainable development and particularly important for food security and agriculture. This course explains how to carry out effective analysis and development of state and non-state organizations in member countries and provides illustrations of organizational change including in government ministries, producer organizations and research institutes.
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo
Taking Advantage of the African Digital Tech Revolution.
Using mobile technology to scale the impact of agricultural development service provision.
Kenya
2017 - The Haller Foundation
Artículo de revista especializada
La gouvernance de l'eau souterraine dans le Sahara algérien : enjeux, cadre légal et pratiques locales
Depuis la découverte de son grand potentiel hydrique, et la baisse du coût de mobilisation de l'eau souterraine, le Sahara, où existait une agriculture oasienne en difficulté, est considéré comme l'espoir de l'agriculture algérienne. Sous l'effet conjugué de politiques publiques généreuses, notamment en matière de réalisation d'infrastructures, et de dynamiques...
Algeria
2017
Vídeo
Convite para Concurso vozes, imagens, historias e experiências das mulheres rurais
Video: Convite para Concurso vozes, imagens, historias e experiências das mulheres rurais
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
Artículo de blog
Direct selling at an organic market in Odisha
At organic market in Odisha, middle-class consumers get to interact with the producers of their food and appreciate traditional knowledge systems
India
2017
Artículo de blog
Estado reconhece importância das mulheres para fortalecer a agricultura familiar
Apoiar a população residente na zona rural, em especial as mulheres, é uma das prioridades do Governo de Minas Gerais. Prova disso é que está em andamento o diagnóstico sobre a situação das trabalhadoras rurais do estado. Desenvolvido pela Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Seda) e a Fundação João...
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEDA)
Artículo
L'agroécologie, un modèle qui tient la route ?
Un nouveau modèle agricole semble devoir s’imposer. En Amérique du Nord, en Europe, mais également dans certains pays d’Amérique du Sud et d’Asie, les systèmes de production agricole ont connu une véritable révolution pendant la deuxième moitié du vingtième siècle. Avec une production agricole standardisée, des rendements fortement augmentés et...
Burkina Faso
2017 - SOS FAIM
Aprendizaje en línea
Developing Country Capacity
This course aims to guide actors in member countries in effectively enhancing country capacity and to ensure that programmes and projects lead to truly effective and sustainable change. It consolidates existing knowledge, tools and lessons learned from FAO’s work.
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Revista especializada
Journal of Law and Rural Development
IFAD recognizes that securing the land and natural resource rights of its target groups is critical for the outcomes of the projects and programmes it supports, and in general for inclusive rural development and poverty eradication. Over the years, IFAD has supported a range of national, regional and global initiatives...
2017 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Artículo de blog
Tajikistan farms to get new, high-yielding varieties of wheat
If there’s one thing wheat farmers agree on, it is the importance of sowing high-quality seeds. More than 50 farmers in Tajikistan last week attended an FAO field day where new wheat varieties were introduced – part of a project to improve access to high-quality seeds by producing them right...
Tajikistan
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO
Libro
¡Compartiendo la cosecha!
Sharing the Harvest!
Ecologistas en Acción finally published the e-book : Compartiendo la cosecha: Agricultura Apoyada por la Comunidad, una guía ciudadana, a Spanish version of Sharing the Harvest, by Elizabeth Henderson y Robyn Van En. In this Spanish translation of the thoroughly revised and expanded classic, Elizabeth Henderson provides us with valuable...
2017 - Ecologistas en Acción
Artículo de revista especializada
Une innovation incrémentielle : la conception et la diffusion d'un pivot d'irrigation artisanal dans le Souf (Sahara algérien)
On observe depuis une vingtaine d'années l'émergence de bassins de production maraîchère dans le Sahara algérien par la mobilisation des eaux souterraines profondes, en marge des oasis traditionnelles. Dans la vallée du Souf, les agriculteurs se sont orientés vers la culture de la pomme de terre, irriguée par des petits...
Algeria
2017
Artículo de blog
Brasil assume Presidência Pro Tempore da REAF pelos próximos seis meses
Criada em 2004, a Reunião Especializada sobre Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (Reaf) é formada por Argentina, Bolívia, Chile, Equador, Paraguai, Uruguai, além do Brasil, representado pela Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead). O foco da Reaf é propor ações que fomentem a agricultura familiar nesses países....
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
Vídeo
Building Resilient Livelihood: Stories from the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Located in the extreme southeastern part of the country, the districts that comprise the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are both geographically and socio-culturally distinct from the rest of Bangladesh. Food insecurity is both chronic and widespread, and nutrition levels are among the lowest in the country.
In 2013, FAO began activities in CHT...
Bangladesh
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sitio web
Red Costarricense de Agricultura Familiar (REDCAF)
La REDCAF tiene como propósito promover la articulación, la coordinación y el diálogo nacional para la incidencia, la construcción e implementación y el seguimiento de políticas públicas diferenciadas para la Agricultura Familiar; mediante acciones y estrategias que contribuyan con la asignación de recursos y con el fortalecimiento de las unidades...
Costa Rica
2017 - Red Costarricense de Agricultura Familiar (REDCAF)
Acto
National on-job training for phytosanitary laboratory staff on pest diagnostic using modern laboratory equipment
FAO REU is continuing to support the NPPO of Belarus in addressing the lack of knowledge and skills on the use of modern laboratory equipment and inspection tools by provided trainings with involvement of high-level international experts. This is done by enhancing knowledge of specialized laboratory staff on modern laboratory...
Ukraine
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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