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Dimitra Newsletter: Rural women, literacy training and communication
In this latest edition of the Dimitra Newsletter, as in previous editions, we highlight the importance of access by rural populations, and particularly women, to information and communication. The ability to access information and to share it through dissemination and networking is crucial in order to combat inequality, malnutrition and...
Democratic Republic of the Congo - South Africa - Sudan - Uganda - Zimbabwe
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Libro
Trees and shrubs of the Maldives
In the Maldives, forests and trees are used by the islanders primarily as a source of timber but also for medicinal and culinary purposes amongst many others. For their effective conservation and sustainable management it is essential that relevant information on the identity, ecology and use of each species be...
Maldives
2007
Informe
Politique et Stratégie Nationalles d’Assainissement (PSNA)
a permis d’accomplir des progrès significatifs dans le domaine. Mais aujourd’hui, les évolutions et réformes institutionnelles dans notre pays rendent nécessaire la relecture de ce document. De plus, l’absence d’une politique nationale en matière d’assainissement constitue un vide qu’il convient de combler. C’est l’objet du présent document qui tire les...
Burkina Faso
2007
Artículo de revista especializada
Efecto ambiental y social por la variación de los niveles del lago Junín en las comunidades campesinas aledañas y su efecto en el costo de la energía eléctrica en el Perú
(Páginas 175 - 186 de la publicación). El impacto ambiental producido por las actividades económicas, principalmente extractivas, es estudiado y evaluado en forma conjunta a su impacto social, fundamentalmente en situaciones en que la actividad se desarrolla en un área geográfica poblada o en relación a ésta; a fin de...
Peru
2007 - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM)
Informe
Zambia: Smallholder Agricultural Commercialization Strategy
This report focuses on the potential and opportunities for smallholder commercialization in Zambia. The paper discusses the framework for Zambia's smallholder commercialization strategy, the current state of smallholder agriculture in Zambia, key issues, support from agribusiness to smallholders, and development of potential and opportunities for smallholder commercialization. The paper concludes...
Zambia
2007 - World Bank
Libro
Programme National d’Investissements Agricoles (PNIA)
Programme National d’Investissements Agricoles(PNIA) a été élaboré dans le cadre de la mise en oeuvre de la déclaration de Paris qui prône l’amélioration de l’efficacité de l’aide et la gestion axée sur les résultats et également dans celui de la mise en oeuvre de la Déclaration des Chefs d’Etat Africains...
Burkina Faso
2007
Artículo de revista especializada
Exploración de los principales mercados internacionales para flores tropicales de la provincia del Tequendama
El cultivo de flores tropicales en la provincia del Tequendama (Cundinamarca), ha surgido como una alternativa de producción económica, social y ambientalmente viable, gracias a las ventajas comparativas como competitivas de la provincia.
En este artículo se presentan los resultados de la valoración de la producción de flores tropicales en la...
Colombia
2007 - Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Artículo de revista especializada
Conversión agroecológica de sistemas convencionales de producción: teoría, estrategias y evaluación
La conversion de sistemas convencionales de produccion, caracterizados por monocultivos manejados con altos insumos a sistemas diversificados de bajos insumos, se basa en dos pilares agroecologicos: la diversificacion del habitat y el manejo organico del suelo. El funcionamiento optimo del agroecosistema depende de disenos espaciales y temporales que promueven sinergias...
2007 - Ecosistemas. Revista Científica de Ecología y Medio Ambiente
Documento/nota de orientación
Impact of EU’s agricultural trade policy on smallholders in Africa
IMF and World Bank liberalisation policies have had an uncertain impact on African economies and their agricultural sector. Despite some improved macro-economic data these liberalisation measures had a negative impact on smallholder farmers and their right to food. The shift in the EU-ACP partnership during the 1990s away from preferential...
Ghana - Uganda - Zambia
2007 - Germanwatch e.V
Manual
Integrated Crop Management Vol. 5-2007
Tropical crop–livestock systems in conservation agriculture: The Brazilian experience
This publication describes how pasture, fodder and livestock production have been integrated into conservation agriculture systems in Brazil’s tropical zones. Integrated crop–livestock zero tillage systems (ICLZT) allow the sustainable production of high-yielding pasture without further deforestation; in this system, grazing livestock convert both pastures and crop residues into cash. The...
Brazil
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Estudio de caso
Conservation Agriculture in Africa
Conservation agriculture as practised in Tanzania: three case studies
This book focuses on three specific case studies in Tanzania. A number of results and lessons, however, can be drawn from a cross-analysis of all eight case studies selected. Such an analysis offers a unique opportunity to look at key technical and process issues and will be the focus of...
United Republic of Tanzania
2007
Estudio de caso
Chiloé agro-biodiversity cultural system Chile Project Framework
This document presents the Chilean National Project Framework of a global initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) concerning Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). Chile’s Chiloé agriculture is one of the pilot GIAHS, featuring the traditional agricultural practices and indigenous management systems of...
Chile
2007
Estudio de caso
Sistemas Ingeniosos de Patrimonio Agrícola Mundial de Machupicchu al Lago Titicaca
En el caso del Perú se ha definido el proyecto SIPAM en el espacio ubicado en los Andes Centrales, en la sierra sur del Perú, que incluye dos cuencas del río Vilcanota (Cusco) y del río Ramis (Puno) y se le denomina el sitio como “De Machu Picchu al Lago...
Peru
2007 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO)
Documento de la Conferencia
International conference on organic agriculture and food security
In January 2007, a Call for Papers was put out in preparation for the International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, 3-5 May, to be held at FAO Headquarers in Rome, Italy. Over the course of 3 months, 115 papers related to organic agriculture and food security were submitted...
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Conferencia/Reunión
International conference on organic agriculture and food security
Rome, 3 – 5 May 2007
The International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security was held in connection with the 33rd Session of the Committee on Food Security in FAO, Rome. The objective of the meeting was to shed light on the contribution of organic agriculture to food security through the analysis of existing information...
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Libro
Educación, desarrollo rural y juventud
La publicación que se presenta recoge y sistematiza experiencias e iniciativas sobre cuestiones clave de la juventud rural en el norte argentino. El estudio abarca los aspectos sociodemográficos, económicos, de empleo y educación correspondientes a la última década. Se analizan los cambios producidos tanto en los aspectos subjetivos de las...
Argentina
2007 - Instituto Internacional de Planeamiento de la Educación/ IIPE-UNESCO
Boletín informativo
Pressure on water resources in the Mediterranean Region
In aggregate terms there is no lack of water in the Mediterranean Region. But geographical distribution of rainfall is very uneven and there is a marked shortage of water in the South and East. Using the Falkenmark water stress index (less than 1000 m³/inhabitant/year) as a benchmark, we find that...
2007 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Documento técnico
Increasing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security
The objectives of this Technical Paper are to highlight the contribution that inland and coastal small-scale fisheries can make to poverty alleviation and food security and to make practical suggestions on ways that this contribution can be maximized. This paper is organized into three main sections. The first section discusses...
Bangladesh - Brazil - Cambodia - India - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Malawi - Philippines - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Actas de conferencia
Report of the national workshop on micro-enterprise development in coastal communities in the Philippines: Sharing of experiences and lessons learned
The goals of the National Workshop on Micro-enterprise Development in Coastal Communities in the Philippines were to exchange experiences and good practices and to identify financial and institutional support services and facilities to sustain livelihoods and micro-enterprise development in coastal areas. The workshop was attended by 45 participants from people’s...
Philippines
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Libro
ICSF Guidebook: Understanding the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007
This guidebook attempts to provide a quick overview of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007, which was adopted in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2007 at the 96th International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). It does not purport to provide interpretation of any provisions of the Convention...
2007 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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